The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-07-19
QUEENS BODY WILL
LIE 2 DAYS in STATE

(Coniinucd from "ag" onel
Der. personally tclcphoncd to his
cxilcd brother, former Prince
Nicholas, in Venice to break the
news.
Nicholas. now "Mr. Nicholas
Drama" since nc was stripped OF
his royal rank and driven from
Rumania by Carol year ago for
refusing to give up his morganat-
ic wife. asked permission to re-
turn to Bucharest for the funeral.
Carol consented but refused to
allow Nicholas wife. the former
Nine. Jana Lucia Deletj, to ac-
company him.
1t was reported from Italy that
Carol also refused to allow his
divorced queen. Princess Helen,
to return to Bucharest from Flor
Cnce for the funeral.
The death of Queen Marie,
beautiful and possessed of "A bril-
liant mind, ended life crammed
with flamboyant success and bit
ter disappointments.
The white haired queen, reallz.
ing that death was near, received
the last SacramcntS of the church
from Patriarch MirOn Christea,
premier of Rumania and highest
dicnitary of the orthodox church
and then babe farewell to her
family in raSping whisper as
they knelt and kissed her hand.
Tears wcllcd in the eyes of Car
oil. Crown Prince Michael and di-
vorccd Queen Elizabeth as they
knelt in silence at the bedside.
The patriarch and three physi-
clans stood in the background.
Carol stood silently at the bed
side of his mother as she died
peacefully, after a gallant fight
for life against torturous pain.
Minister of Justice Iamadi, who
also is bearer of the royal seal,
made out the certificate of death
and the entire cabinet was sum-
moned to arrange for the state
funeral and national mourning.
Queen Marie would have been
63 years old on October 20 and
would have observed her patron
saints day on Friday.
! Other children of the queen
we're notified Immediately after
her death and hurried to Ruma-
MIA.
/ Exilcd Prince Nicholas. who
was stripped of his royal rank by
! Carol last year because OF his
love for commoncr woman, IS IN
Italy. The queens other daugh-
tiers, Queen Marie of Yugoslavia
and ArchducheSs llcana, wife OF
Archduke Anton Of HapSburE,
were en- route to Sinaia.
When the royal standard on
the small palace at Sinaia was
slowly lowered at 1888 P. M. 1t
significd the end of life for wo-
man who had known more than
an ordinary share of the vlclSSI-
itudcs of JOY and sorrow.
I Best remembered by Americans
for her tcmpestuous trip to the
United States in 1926, an out
standing tiaScO Of poor Stage-man,,
aging, the granddaughter OF
Queen Victoria was only Is and
already a famous beauty wher she
married Rumania's heir-apparent,
Prince Ferdinand, in 1893.
Her character and rcsourccful-
ness far outshonc her husbands
and she used her charm and beau
ty to great advantage in further.
ing her ambitions - for herself
and her. country. Many persons
said driving ambition, causing her
to reach out for too much power,
was the cause of many of her dis
appointments.
Throughout Rumania, which
she swcrved to the side of the Al
lies in the World war against
great political odds, she was ia
nous for her charitable and kind
hearted manner.
Many of Marie's sorrows were
due to the amorous affairs and
marital difficulties Of her chill
dren, particularly Carols love fol
the red-haired Nine. Magda Lep'
eScu.
Maric's husband came to the
throne late and had reigned only
few years when he died from
an incurable disease.