Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-06-07
BAD BOY OF
RUMANIA WILL
BECOME KING
Carol Uses Airplane In
Dramatic Return
From Exile

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TIT has been decided that for
mer Crown Prince Carol. who made
q dramatic return to Bucharest by
airplane from exile yesterday. is to
be proclaimed king OF Rumania this
&rtning.
The proclamation OF the former
Crown Prince Carol as king Of Ru-
mania will remove from the list OF
European kings its youngest mem
Der, little King Michael. who as
cended the throne on July 20. 1927,
when he was not quite six years old.
King Michael. or Mickey" Is he
was known by his young friends in
the days before he became a king.
was not to have actually ruled Ru-
mania until he became OF age.
Loves Sports
A board Of regency. one member
OF which was his uncle, Prince
Nicholas. acted in his stead, and he
only made his appearance as king
on formal occasions.
He Is the hero Of many childish
exploits having to do with sports
and his love Of outdoor life.
RUMANIA, BUCHAREST. June 7
-H1-Prince Carol has packed ron
siderable romance. intrigue. and ad-
venture into his SO years OF life.
A stormy youth in which he was
often al odds with his father, the
late King Ferdinand. eliminated in
1918, when he was not vet Is years
old, in q Morganatic marriage at
Odessa with a Mile. Zizi Lumbrino.
daughter Of a Rumanian general.
The marriage shocked his family,
which took immediate steps to an
nul the marriage. The Prince pro-
tested that he would never leave
her, but would renounce his royal
rights. In the end his family pre-
vailed. and he consented 70 an an
nulment. a son was born, and in
after years Nine. Lambrino's efforts
to secure his name for the o
caused him some trouble.
Married I'm 1921
He was married on March 10, 1921.
IL Princess Helen Of Greece. and
Eenained with her until after the
birth Of their son, Michael, or Mihal
as he is known in Rumania. on Oc-
tober Is Of that same year. Life IN
the Bucharest palace soon irked
him, however. and in December,
1925, he left Rumania 10 take up
life with q read haired woman. Nine.
Magda Lupescu, In northern Italy
and In Paris.
On December 81, 1925, official
proclamation was made that he had
renounced the throne of his country
in favor OF his son. Michael. and haf
abandoned his position as a member
Of the royal family. A later parlia-
mentary decree gave him the name
Caral Caraiman.
His father. King Ferdinand I, died
In 1927, and. although Carol was
said to have wished 10 return TO
Rumania, opposing political elements
al home prevented his doing so,
and Michael was crowned king.
Some months afterward Princess
Helen, who with her sons accession
became known as q princess Of Ru-
mania, obtained a divorce from him.
Plot Disclosed
In June, 1923. a plot 10 bring about
his return to Rumania by means of
an airplane was disclosed. and there
were various international remon-
strances at his having plotted TO
this while residing inside their
boundaries against a friendly gov
eminent. He was expelled from
England for his part in the affair,
which gained considerably more pub
licity than other alleged conspiracies
TO regain his throne or at least TO
return to his home.
Recently there have been recur-
ring reports that he would give up
Nine. Lepescu and would 60 back
70 Bucharest, but these the govern
ment always denied, insisting that
IL was impossible that he should ever
4 return. Opposition TO him in Bu-
charest lay. II seemed. In the liberal
elements grouped around the re-
signed government Of M. Bratianu.
who wished to keep Carol in exile.
Recent accusations that the gov
eminent and members Of the royal
family were plotting to bring about
his return were denied vigorously
by palace and government circles
and newspapers printing them were