Word: umberto
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Repudiating rumors that King Vittorio Emanuele and Crown Prince Umberto opposed the Axis policy which might have carried Italy into war, the Foreign Minister said that on the contrary His Majesty and His Royal Highness, foreseeing this possibility, had "asked the privilege and honor of serving the country in arms." He warned Britain and France that "real peace" will be impossible to get if they insist on Austria, Czecho-Slovakia and Poland regaining their independence. Nor will Italy, declared Ciano, attempt to create a Balkan Bloc. In a slap at the Allied blockade control he concluded: "Italy continues to follow...
...private motor travel was forbidden after September 3. Then, after the neutrality decision, the terrifying atmosphere was relaxed. Italy was ready to defend herself if attacked, was the word. Command of Italy's armies was divided between General Graziani, no disciple of the Germans, and Crown Prince Umberto, no favorite of Mussolini's but a great favorite (as his father's son) with the people...
...report had it that an old lung ailment had returned and that inactivity had been prescribed for her. Another report (published in Paris by the weekly Aux Ecoutes) had it that the ambitious Edda had recently overreached herself in a quarrel with Crown Prince Umberto and his wife, the Princess Maria José: usually indulgent, Papa Benito, unwilling to have dynastic troubles on his hands, had set his foot down for once-so ran the story-and had commanded his strong-headed daughter temporarily to take up homely pursuits...
...secret has it been that the gaunt, pale-faced Edda is hopeful that her somewhat mediocre young husband may some day become Il Duce II. A possible obstacle is Prince Umberto, who is accepted, rightly or wrongly, as the spearhead of opposition to Axis policies which Count and Countess Ciano champion...
...along the railway route taken by the Führer on his trip to Rome last year, have been unanimously painted over. There is a dour expression on Italian faces as they watch the heavy-booted Nazi chiefs who now are seen all over the Italian landscape. Crown Prince Umberto, supposed to be antiFascist, is greeted tumultuously whenever he appears...