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court. In this case, Nine. Lupescu
DESIGNATED Carol before the wit
nesses, who have reported that fact
to the court.
The legal obstacle looming is that
Brazilian law does not permit di-
vorce. However, the Brazilian Su-
preme Court may rule in the cases
of foreigners divorced before they
enter the country that their pre-
vious marriages are legally termi-
mated.
Marriage May Be Held Legal.
If the legal technicalitieS are ia
vorably surmounted, today's in ex-
tremis" marriage may be ruled legal
oy the marriage court-but only in
the event Nine. Lupescu dies.
If she lives and wishes to marry
Carol, another marriage must be
performed. Such procedure would
be permitted if the Supreme Court
recognizes their divorces.
Court officials emphasized that, as
vet, there is no legal marriage be-
tween Nine. Lupescu and the former
King.
Neither the judge nor the prose-
cutor in the local marriage court,
which must consider the case with
in five days, would comment.
The newspaper o Globo said Nine.
Lupescu would acquire the title
Helena, Princess of Romania."
In a rare interview obtained by
the Associated Press in 1941 while
she was en- route by ship from Eu-
rope to the Western Hemisphere,
Nine. Lupescu disclosed that her
first name was not Magda, by which
she had been known abroad for
years, but was really Elena.
In Exile Seven Years.
Carol, So, and Nine. Lupescu,
about 40, have been living in exile
for about seven years. They left Ro-
mania in September, 1S40, under a
hail of bullets from Gen. Ion An
tonescu's anti-Semitic Iron Guard.
They went first to Spain, then to
Portugal, Cuba and later to Mexico.
Their social life was much livelier
in Mexico than in Brazil.
Nine. LupeScu attended concerts
frequently and Carol likes night
clubbing, but they seldom appeared
together in recent months, appar-
emily due to Nine. Lupescu's failing
health.
1t has been reported frequently
that the state of Nine. Lupescu's
health prevented the couple from
returning to Europe, where they
could have occupied a French villa
Carols secretary recently told a
reporter that Carol had no plans
to leave Brazil. He was questioned
about reports originating in Rome
that Russia was interested in his
intentions of possibly returning to
his throne.
Renounced Throne in 1925.
Carol, eXiled twice from his coun-
try, left both times with Nine.
Lupescu He renounced the throne
for her love in 1925. He took her
with him when he fled in 1940
Carol has never made any political
statements during his stay in Rio
de Janeiro. He was rarely seen out
side the night club of the Copa-
cabana Hotel. Nine Lupescu's social
charm engendered a general feeling
Iof friendlinesS on her occasional
appearances in public.
Carol was married to Grecian
Princess Helen in 1921, but she
divorced him in 1928 because he
preferred the authenticated Nine.
Lupescu, daughter of a money
lender and wife of an officer in the
Romanian army.
For a long time, Carols friendship
with Nine. Lupescu was subject
of bitter political controversy. A
political leader once told Carol the
peasants might rise in revolt if she
were not banished.
Love at First Sight.
She was the target of anti-Semitic
demonstrations and political mani
festoes, but Carol stuck by this
woman he had met at military ball
the daughter of German-Jewish