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Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 271, 13 November 1909, Page 15

The life story of King Charles of Roumania, who kept his seventieth birthday the other day, is a remarkable one. When a young man in the twenties, and a Prince in the Prussian army, he was suddenly called upon to rule over the people of Roumania. He had to make a secret journey into his new country, as war was in the air, and there were other reasons why his identity should not be revealed en route. No one guessed that Carl Hettingen, the name under which he was travelling, was on his way to govern a people, but a catastrophe nearly occurred when the young Prince forgot his name on the frontier, and had to look at his passport before he could remember it. Eventually the Prince reached his new capital, and at once began to make himself popular. After some time the principality of Roumania was raised to a kingdom, and King Charles became one of the most respected of crowned heads in Europe.