Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-06
LUPESCU REMAINS
EXILE, SISTER SAYS
Denies Paramour of Carol
Returned to Rumania.
Tells of Pact.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PARIS. September 5 CN.AN.A)-
my sister has made a VOW that she
will not go back to Rumania until her
presence in that country will IN no
way embarrass King Carol"
This was the emphatic statement OF
Irma Lupescu, sister of the titan
haired Magda, for the love OF whom
Carol once gave up throne and family
Irma Lupescu, who came to Paris TO
see the International Colonial EXPOSE
ton, Indignantly denied reports that
her sister had returned to Bucharest
several months ago and was there play
ing a role similar to the one held by
Nine de Pompadour at the court Of
Louis XIV.
Has Kept Promise"
"Magda has been in 7eclusion in
Switzerland" she said when King
Carol judged the moment had come TO
take possession of the throne they
made q pact that she would not stand
in his way to a peaceful and orderly
reign. She has kept her promise faith
fully, although it is costing her good
deal to stay away from parents and
friends.
There is no man who can say hon.
estly that he has seen Magda in Bu-
chareSt since the return of King Carol"
went on Miss LupeScu, referring to dis
patches that there was a connection
between the departure of Princess
Helen, the Kings divorced wife, and
reports that Carol was building sump-
tuous villa on the Bucharest Champs
ElyseeS for the lady who shared his
exile with him in France and Belgium.
But" she added, nobody knows what
the future may bringi"
1T is all nonsense" she exclaimed.
''Where is that villa? Nobody knows its
location. Bucharest is not so big that
news Of palatial love nest would not
soon leak out and draw thousands of
sightseers on Sunday afternoons. The
King is indeed building. But he is re-
constructing the royal palace on the
Calea Vittorei which was destroyed by
fire several years ago.
Rebuilding of the palace was begun
long before the Kings return. 1t has
nothing to do with Magda. 1t Is in the
heart of the capital and the Queen
Dowager Marie has continuously lived
in one of the wings that was not
touched by the fire"
Miss Lupescu was asked whether the
idyll between the King and her sister
had come definitely to an end.
Magda Dependent.
1T cannot tell" she replied "All I
can say under the circumstances is that
Magda has been extremely downcast
and respondent since the separation
She felt when King Carol left on his
flight to gain his fathers throne that
the great romance of her life had come
to a close. She knows that it is the
woman who pays in such cases. and
that she would be doomed to live in
foreign countries perhaps the rest of
her life"
Pressed for the whereabouts of Magda
L. - s...l., i ,l,4 l. u
seen Magda only week before. hest
tated and finally said that the Kings
friend was dividing her time among
Lucerne and Interlachen and other
Swiss resorts. Later Irma admitted.
however, that she had come straight
from Bucharest to Paris on the Simplon
Express.
Returning to the relationship between
her sister and the King, Miss Lupescu
intimated that so great love as the
couple bore each other could never be
said to have finished altogether"
Their love-" she said. lis the one
great experience of their lives. How
can they forget it? They have loved
each other ever since they were mere
children. you might say. Magda was
married when she was very young to
an infantry officer. She met Carol one
night at a ball given at the Military
Club, and the King, then only the
Crown Prince, fell in love with her.
The rest of the story is known to every
body
Miss Lupescu omitted to say that her
sister had been divorced already from
a lieutenant at the time of the ball,
and that she ran away from her hus
band with a colonel in the air force,
who in turn was to bow before
superior officer when Crown Prince
Carol fell in love with Magda.
Dr. TOW IAt4
Diaconescu. who was charged by his
government to keep diligent watch
over the SWeethearts during their So
journ in Paris, has an entirely different
story. He maintains that on orders
from higher up he investigated Magda
IupeScus career from childhood and
found that she was a we'll known per-
sonage in Bucharest military circles.
This information he was charged to
convey to Carol in Paris, on behalf Of
the Queen Dowager. but the Prince
would not listen to him.
Detective Ousted.
Nobody has ever advanced a salts
factory explanation for the Kings in
fatuation with Madame Lupescu," said
the detective, who lost his job when
Carol returned to Rumania, and who
dares not show his face in Bucharest
now that Carol is King.
She is not beautiful, ner teetn are
uneven. she is fat and has thick ankles,
and is not overintelligent. King
Carol could have Md his pick OF the
greatest beauties o. Rumania. Dozens
were sent to him by the government
with the definite mission to lure him
away from Magda Lupescu. They tried
their best. but he turned cold Shout
der on them all and sent them packing
back to Bucharest"
King Carol, it is intimated in Ru-
manian circles seems to have given
up La Lupescu definitely. The unset
tied political condition of his country
would not permit him to bring back
the golden haired Jewish girl without
causing wave of indignation to
threaten his newly Won throne. Pop
uar sentiment in the royal love tri-
angle is all on the side of Princess
Helen. his divorced wife, who has led
an exemplary life, devoting herself eX-
clusively to the education Of her son,
during the years of the Kings absence.
Princess Helen did not leave the
court because of a new gorgeous bru
nette, Cynthia Dimitrescu. with whom
Carol takes frequent motor trips in the
pine forests that surround his capital
city.
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