Word: mafalda
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...abdicated in 1918) intends to travel first to Belgrade, capital of Yugo-Slavia, where there are no princesses, but where he may meet Rumanian Queen Marie's youngest progeny -Princess Ileana who, however, is not yet 16 years old. Thence he will go to Rome where Princesses Mafalda, Giovanna and Maria grace their royal father's court. Unfortunately, the affections of Princess Mafalda (aged 22) are reported elsewhere engaged, while Princess Giovanna is but 17 and Princess Maria is just turned ten. From the Eternal City, the Bulgarian Monarch will travel to Paris, where is a fair sprinkling...
...return the visit to them in Rome last year by King George and Queen Mary, King Vittorio Emanuele and Queen Elena, accompanied by Prince Umberto and Princess Mafalda, hied them to London...
...Guild Hall functions, the Prince of Wales escorted the fair Catholic, Mafalda. Overlooking the fact that the occasion demanded such attention, the people, conscious only that the reprobate bachelor Prince appeared with a pretty girl of the right age and the same rank, fell violently to gossiping of an imminent betrothal. But the Prince of Wales remained his misogamist self...
...applause which was as loud as it was long. Vittorio Emanuele, dressed in the uniform of a general, took his seat upon a throne, erected under a canopy of red velvet, decorated with the Arms of Savoy in gold. Above and behind him were the Queen and the Princesses Mafalda and Giovanna, surrounded by their households. On either side of the Monarch were the Princes of the Blood Royal, resplendent in military uniforms. At the foot of the throne was Benito, covered with gold and lace and plumes...
Recently Queen Marie visited Rome. She saw the Pope and arranged a basis for a concordat. She sniffed around the Italian Court, and selected the Princess Mafalda, second daughter of King Vittorio Emanuele, as a suitable helpmeet for her fourth child, Prince Nicholas, now a midshipman on the British cruiser Benbow. With Rumania, foreign policy follows the Queen. She planned a formal visit for herself and King Ferdinand in April, not only to discuss the marriage, but the possibility of closer and more confidential relations between the two Latin nations that flank the turbulent Balkans. The Italian Court sent...