THRONE OF ROUMANIA

Gisborne Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 10192, 2 January 1926, Page 5

THRONE OF ROUMANIA

HEIR RENOUNCES RIGHTS

A SENSATION RECALLED'

(Received Jan. 1, 11 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 31. Prince Charles hs renounced his succession to the Throne of Roumania.

The King, in a communique, states that Prince Charles, having informed His Majesty by letter of his irrevocable renunciation of succession and all the prorog itivc-s appertaining to that rank, including membership ot the Royal Family, he is compelled to accept renunciation and proclaims his grandson Michael, aged four, heir to the Throne.

The Council of State has approved of the step and Parliament meets on the fourth to ratify tile King’s action.

Prince Charles’ decision recalls the censation of Septunler, 1918, when it was disclosed that he had secretly married a Moldavian girl, Zizi Lambrinu, daughter of a Roumanian General. The King ordered Charles back from the honeymoon and he sentenced him to seventy-fivi days’ close confinement. He renounced his rights in 1919 and asked that he he sent to serve among the soldiers at the Front. The marriage was annulled and Charles went on a world trip. He married Princess Helene ot Greece in 1920. He. has latterly been (keenly interested in flying and has made several flights to England. He visited London to attend Queen Alexandra’s funeral.

The Queen of Roumania explains that the Royal Family is forbidden to marry Roumanians in order to avoid the family becoming involved ini party intrigues.—Sun Cable. LONDON, Jan. 1.

There are no details of the immediate cause of the Crown Prince Charles’ renunciation of the heirdom, but it is known that more than once previously he had expressed a wish; to relinquish it, notably when he married in 1918 the daughter of a Moldavia professor at Odessa, in consequence of which lie wa.s sentenced to six weeks’ solitary confinement-for breaking the military regulations, presumably for marrying without permission, but he refused to give up his wife. He succumbed to pressure, however, and. the marriage was annulled and liis right to the throne restored. He married a second time (Princess liclcne ot Greece) in 1921 and visited England in 1924, arriving by aeroplane from Holland. There were rumors in 1923 that the relations between the Prince and Princess were strained and that divorce proceedings were pending, but a denial was issued.—Reuter.