New Britain herald., 1930-07-02
BY NuNOTT SANDERS

Paris. July 2.-Jneasy lies lhe heart when the head wears q crown,
 As bizarre as any comic opera plot and as odd as any movie TO- nance have been the life and loves of King Carol II who has just returned to his native Ru- mania to take the throne that he renounced four years ago when a pretty face, a pair Of flashing eyes and two rosebud lips proved more appealing than a kingdom.
 King Carols young life has been full of turbulent love affairs. In dozen years, two of Eu- ropes fairest maidens have been his wives and one has been hls mistress He has learned about women from each of them-but evidently, not very much.
 His Three Loves
 First, it was Zizi Lambrino. Zizl vas the raven-haired and laughing eyed daughter of a Rumanian colo nel back in the wartime days of 1918. Her charms proved irresistible to the debonair young prince - he was then only the heir to the throne-so he deserted his regiment and eloped with her to Russia where they were married.
 Next, it was Princess Helen. Helen's blood was royal; her father was the king of Greece and she was one of the most beautiful niaidens in all the courts of Eu rope. Conveniently. both church and state annuled young Carols marriage to Zizi. the commoner, robbed their baby of a name, and arranged a state marriage with Princess Helen.
 Then it was Madame Lupescu, red-headed and g. dashins adventures. She was just as looking as the royal Princess Helen and seemed to have all those captivating charms that Carols quiet and home-lovins wife lacked. So he deserted his wife and royal baby, renounced his right to the throne and ran away to live in Paris with her.
 Now, his four-year moral holi- day over, and his tempestuous career steaded by the weight Of more mature years. Carol has come back to Rumania to attempt to make his peace with his wife and recover the throne from his 9-year-old son who ascended to it upon the death of King Ferdi hand during Carols absence.
 Began Career Early
 The gay and reckless young Carol is a. product of his environ ment and inheritance. He grew up surrounded by the deep political conspiracies and romantic intrigue of the Balkans where marriages were made for political reasons and love went roaming anywhere.
 At IS, he was carrying on q vio. lent romance with a woman who was 30 ., and royalty was laughing In an amused way. A little older, he began to play" the chorus girls of the National Theater at Bucharest, and it seems that the theater manager wen royal favor by aiding him.
 Such was the atmosphere in which he grew up.
 Father Had Like Affair
 So 1t had been with his father. old King Ferdinand who died of q broken heart after Carol had re- nounced the throne and run away to Paris to live with Madame Lupescu.
 For old King Ferdinand, back in his youthful days, had a some. what similar love affair of his own.
 In those days he was the hand some young Prince Ferdinand, nephew of the childless King Carol I and presumptive heir to the throne. The old Queen Eliza beth, King Carols wife, was poetess with a some what warped view of life who could see no harm in anything cone in the name of love.
 Put Throne First
 The young Prince Ferdinand fell