RENOUNCING A THRONE.

Feilding Star, Volume 4, Issue 673, 4 January 1926, Page 5

RENOUNCING A THRONE.

I NTF.R EST IN PBIN CE CA ROL SENSATION IN ROVMANIA. '(Aust. and N.Z'. Cable.) ~ London, Jan. 2. The Bucharest correspondent of the Daily Express -states that Prince Carol is believed to be in Venice at present. One reason advanced for the Prince’s renunciation of the succession to the throne is; that lie wishes tv, re-marrv, for which reason he seeks a divorce from his present- wile. This lie would be unable to do while lm remained heir to the throne. The Prince in a letter to the King undertakes not to return, to Roumania for six years. It is generally supposed that the Prince is anxious to remarry Zizi Lambrinn, to whom lie is greatly attached.

The correspondent of the Daily Telegraph states that a well-informed diplomatic quarter asserts that the Prince’s action is not so closely associated with his morganatic marriage as popularly supposed. Ihe correspondent gathers that the action was more immediately determined, or at any rate precipitated, by events ol a political character. Recently the question of equipping the .Roumanian air force with new ’planes was under consideration. Certain departments were intent on purchasing machines from a certain Power. Ihe Prince, being the titular head of the service disagreed. He eventually imposed bi s will, and accordingly the machines were oidered .from another country. It appears that the choice was dogged by misfortune. One o! the pilots was killed during the tests, while the other machines were' proved to contain unsuitable engines. Tlie thwarted authorities sought to make capital of the incidents, urging a i official enquiry. The Prince strongly opposed this, hut the Cabinet overruled his objections and ordered an inquiry. These circumstances contributed in no small degree to the Prince’s resignation as Air Comman-der-in-Chief, together with his Royal prerogatives.

The engagement of Prince Carol and Pri'ncess Helene took place in Lucerne in November, 1018. Tlie Daily Chronicle’s correspondent, who was at Lucerne at the time, says the couple appeared to he happy lovers. He often mot them walking by the side of the lake or climbing the hills, always arm-in-arm. It is difficult for those who saw them to believe that the renunciation is associated with matrimonial differences.