The Washington times., 1920-11-21
Snapshot of His Royal
Highness
the Duke de Guise.
with the
Countess de Martimprey.,
while on q visit
to her villa at Cannes.
Beneath il
is the Martimprey
coat-of-arns.
Ry the Countess Fl0ria de Martin,prey
CHAPTER ~.
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Copyright, 1920, international Feature Service: Inc.
ryOR many years. with only few exceptions, spent
~ great paSt of every Winter at royal Cannes.
u played an intimate and think may say
memorable part in the life Of that luxurious delightful
resort upon the enhancing Riviera Here the kings
princes and granees of Europe enjoyed themselves to
their hearts content free from all Of state and from
all necessity of keening up dgnifed appearances.
mingled with them in the fairylike fetes. the spen
did banques the anight Dances the masquerades the
zarre revels the yachting parties that made life at
cannes an endless succession of dissipation
The first year after my marriage to Count Bernard de
Pourtales spent mainly abroad, where my husband
was in the French diplomatic service 1t with great
eagerness that seized the opportunity to renew my &C.
quantance with Cannes and to return there for Winter
better equipped to enjoy its delights than had
ever been before.
And this time was returning to the most brilliant
season Cannes had ever known. My husbands villa
the Crosette with its beautiful tropical gardens running
down the slvery beach, the Villa Marguerite was re-
furnished and repaired with exquisite taste in order to
make splendid setting for me- the newly married one.
The Prince of Wales shortly to succeed to the British
throne King Edward VII, expected for his usual
visit to Cannes and like every woman with social inter
csts looked forward to meeting him again. His Royal
Highness had not been intimate terms with uncle
and aunt the Baron and Baroness de Charete since the
contretemps which described in previous chapter,
when the Prince planned to take me for quiet spin on
his yacht and my uncle surprised him at the dock.
The Prince arrived attended by large and brilliant
suite great many prominent English people came with
the Prince that There Lord and Lady Ches
terfed Lord and Lady leicester Sidney Grevile Lord
and Lady Suffied, Lord Forescue Mr. and Mrs George
Keppe., Sir Douglas Dawson and many others.
Most conspicuous among the British set q noted
English society woman who exercised the greatest inu
ence over the Prince during the later years of his fe
both at the period of which write and after he became
King.
She was q large handsome high-colored woman, with
n That Grand
Boris who liked little women remarked to con-
corning this formidable charmer:
Gee est pas une femme, cest un monument (She
is not a woman she is a monument)
Much amusement often caused by her lack of self
consciousness and her brazen parade Of her peculiar n
ence in high quarters. On OCCASION when she came
back Cannes from journey she was exasperated at
the slowness of the porters in securing her luggage With
evident warmth she exclaimed before many persons;
"Do hurry, my good man. Remember that you are
keeping the Prince of Wales waiting
The Prince called upon me Immediately after his ar.
rival surprising fact for he treated nearly every
member Of the Cannes colony intimate was de-
lighted him. for every knew OF course that ne
the most powerful parsonage socially in Europe and
it thrilled to think that now married woman
could under the Cannes CODE derive the fullest benefit
from his friendship.
The Prince stroed up on foot to my villa accompa.
M usual by his equerry British noblcman but this