Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-06
ROYAL SCANDAL
STIRS ROUMAN|A
KING CHARLES INFATUATED
WITH EDWARDS NIECE
is A sPRIeHTLY PRINCESS
50 Far the Gossip, Though Notorious,
Has Been ignored by Queen
"carmen SYLVIA" the
Kings consort
specIal cabIe to rhe HeraId.

Special Cable to The Herald.
| LONDON, Aug. 5. - Unless King
Edward intervenes-as he is likely to
do energetically as soon as the thing
comes to his ears-there may be anoth-
er royal scandal-this time in the court
Of Roumania. A private letter recently
received from a lady in waiting at the
court of King Charles and Queen Car
men sylvia" states that King Charles
is openly infatuated with Princess
Marie, who is the wife Of Crown Prince
Ferdinand, granddaughter of the late
Queen Victoria and niece of the pres
ent king of England. SO far the gos-
sip about them has been ignored by
Queen Carmen sylvia" 1t is notorious,
however, that her majesty's position
has long been distasteful to her, and
she only attends upon her husband at
the most formal functions.
1t is stated that King Charles and his
fair niece-in-law are constantly to-
gether, whether at court, the opera or
when horseback riding-a pastime both
indulge in quite freely, and there ap-
pears to be little doubt of the interest
each takes in the other.
Edward a Careful Guardian
No scandal has ever been attached
to any of the women members OF
Queen Victorias family, and King Ed
ward is quite as stern and careful as
his mother was in anything approach
ing a Irritation on the part of the female
/ portion of his personal household. Con-
sequently, an interesting situation is
crystalizing which may cause some-
thing more than family complications.
Princess Marie is half Russian, her late
father, the duke of Edinburgh, having
married Romanoff She has all the
independence and vivacity of a Russian
princess, and invariably follows her
own inclinations
Those who have practically grown
up with the present generation of Brit
ish royalty remember well that her
royal highness Marie was an incorrigi-
BILE flirt in her girlhood days and there
may be some excuse for her continued
! gayety because of the almost intoler-
able position she is forced to maintain
at the Roumanian court. Perhaps the
crown princess has not motherly in
stincts, but she is certainly proud of
her children. She recently said, how
ever, that she would love them If she
dared" Bitterly she confesses that
her children belong to Roumania, not
to her. and it is utterly hopeless to
worry overmuch, since their future is
not under her control. 1t may be re-
marked that her husband, Prince Fer
dinand of Hohenzollern, is the heir and
adopted son of King Charles, and her
son, Carol now twelve years old, will
succeed to the little kingdom on the
Danube which was carved out of the
Turkish dominions after the Russo
Turkish war.
Mixture of Religions
There never has been much sympathy
between the queen, Carmen SYLVIA"
and the lively crown princess. In fact.
the odd mixture of religions in the PAL
ace of Bucharest is sufficient cause for
strained aloofness among nearly all
the members of the household. The
queen is devout member of the Luz
theran house of Wied, while the king
is a Roman Catholic, and so is the
crown prince. Her Royal Highness
Marie keeps to her English state
church-the doctrines of which are not
permitted her children. They are be-
| ing brought up in the orthodox Greek
church of Russia. Then Princess Marie
has a strong love of domination, which
has estranged her from many of her
imperial relatives. Even her cousins.
the czarina, the czarinas sister, the
Grand Duchess Serge of Russia, and
Princess Margaretha of Prussia, are
much too sedate to be overfriendly, al
though she is of the same blood.
When Princess Marie last visited her
uncle, King Edward, she simply APP
palled the whole family by her untlring
energy, utter disregard of royal con-
ventionality. and her sociability. She
cared nothing for the rank of her as
sociates, but cultivated the gayest and
smartest folk in town, with whom she
danced, laughed and talked often until
long after midnight Eight o'clock next
morning would likely find her returning
from a stiff ride in the park. Her brill
liancy and exploits upon this occasion
resulted in her being well sped at her
parting.
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