The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-11-07

and Mrs. Wallis Simpson. The
history making love affairs Of
King Carol Of Rumania, who
wed Zizi Lambrino and once re-
nounced his throne for red
headed Magda Lupescu, are the
subject of willis Thornt0n's
concluding story Of "When o
King Loves.
BY WILLIS THORNTON
NEA Service STAFF Correspondent
If petticoat influence on
kings and rulers seems a
thing of the powdered and
periwigged past remember
that within a matter Of
weeks, 100000 angry people
have paraded in protest
against a royal favorite.
The streets OF Bucharest, capital
OF Rumania, were filled with mil
ling crowd Of members Of the Peas
ant Party shouting: "Lupescu mus,
go!" And q red-headed woman was
the cause OF 1t all.
OF her, former Premier Manu-
said; "As long as Nine. Lupescu re-
mains in Rumania, nobody will be
able to accomplish anything good.
Through her 1meddling In politics,
13 governments and four elections
have followed on each others heels.
Nine. Lupescu Is responsible for al
most every evil In this country"
King Carol bears the distinction
of having lost a crown, partly be-
cause Of his attachment for Nine.
Lupescu, and then of having re-
gained 1t. II In response to mount
Ing protests against the red-haired
favorite who rules his court, he
should lose his crown again, then
the all-time record will have been
broken.
Lupescu Is Twice Divorced
Nine. Lupescu was born simply
Magda Wolff, daughter OF O Jewish
drug commission merchant. Magda
has told Of first meeting the prince
Economically when they both were
children at q lawn party given by
King Ferdinand.
The actual beginning OF romance
between the young Crown Prince
Carol and the bronze -haired beau-
ty Is not definitely known. 1t did
not take place, however. until after
the dashing young prince had
sowed o considerable crop of royal
wild oats over the Balkans. They
included morganatic marriage
with Iibl Lambrino, who bore him
O son. King Ferdinand and Queen
Marie engineered an annullment OF
that one.
Nine. Lupescu had herself been
married twice to army officers, but
divorced the second OF them when
she resumed her childhood admlra-
ton for Carol. whom she had met
at q military ball. II was then that
she Rumanicized her name OF Wolff
into Lupescu. The king and queen
were furious, and violent quarrels
shook the court. In 1881 they en-
ginereered Carols marriage to
Princess Helen Of Greece, whom he
did not love. Carol continued to
take his fun where he found II.
Fled TO France With Favorite
AS result of court bitterness,
Carol left Rumania and sojourned
for several years with Nine. Lupes-
Gu In France. It was announced
that he had resigned his rights to
the throne. Meanwhile Ferdinand
had died and Queen Marie tshe who
transformed the United States after
the World War, was virtually rul.
Ing as regent, while Carols young
son Michael nominally wore the
crown.
During this exile, Carol divorced
Helen, and kept IN touch with r..
manian affairs. Seizing an oppor.
tunity during the summer OF 1880
Carol made O dramatic flight to
Bucharest, and aided by army Of
ficers loyal to him, seized the crown
from the head Of his own son, and
the regency from his mother, Queen
Marie. 1t was given out at that
time that Carol had renowned the
fiery-haired Lupescu, who was to
remain an unconsolable exile In
France or Switzerland.
All went well for some months,
with the Rumanian peasantry con-
WINGED that the charmer was gone
from court life for good. But 10
and behold, suddenly Nine. Lupes-
Gu popped up In Bucharest again
and 1t became apparent that Carols
remuneration Of love had been mere
ly q ruse.
Michael Is Against Her
Immediately the "Lupescu issue
began to develop, and has been
growing more intense as the months
pass. Demonstrators have not hesi-
tated to parade before Nine. Lu-
pescu's residence with banners
warning her of the fate of Queen
Draga of Serbia, who was slain with
her husband, King Alexander, by
their own officers In 1908.
This opposition to "the red-head-
ed witch" has mounted to the point
where one effort has already been
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