A ROYAL ROMANCE.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 187, 23 July 1920, Page 7

A ROYAL ROMANCE.

PRINCES MARRIAGE ILLEGAL. SEPARATES FROM LOVELY WIFE. Tokyo, July 12. Prince Carlos, the Crown Prince of Rumania, who renounced his position as heir- to the throne after marrying Allie. Zizi Lanibrini. the (laughter of one of iris lather’s subjects, .aHer the defeat of Riml.min in the war. is now m Japan on ;i certain mission. He de< lined to grant a persoyial interview regarding his marriage, which the Suprime Court of Rumania has since declared invalid, on account of certain iiiiorimilil i.'S. referring the •Herald” special representative to Colonel Arion, his personal aidg-de-r amp, who w.is rormerlv Minister of Foreign Affairs. Colonel Arion said the separation was irrevocable, on both sentimental and legal grounds. The Prince had agreed absolutely to this course, making his title as heir flawless. He first decided that if, judging him as a common citizen, the marriage was legal, he would iuli'd his'obligation and rer.ounee the throne, but he was latterly convinced of the illegality M the marruige from both a civil and religious vit-w--i point. Ho therefore wi.btlryw hts rc~ i ’.•.unciatioti of the heirship. j Regarding the interview credited to I hi* mother, Queen .Mini" <4 Rumanin, by Reuter, in which she alleged that J Ins marriage was the result of a-Gcr-i man plot to ent’aiigle him. the Princo considered that the story .was certainly twisted, and he cabled from India to have it corrected. • |The marriage of Prince Carlos, the Crown Prince of Rumania, who is now 27. with the daughter of a .commoner, was a romantic runaway match. Allie Zizi Lambrim, who is reputed to bo a very beautiful girl, captured the ‘Prince's heart during the wav and after the defeat of Rumania, they were married and ran away to Odessa. . Subsequently the Prince formally renounced his position as heir to the throne. Efforts were made by 1 bis parents, the King and Queen, to induct the Prince to return, but in August last- year he wrote to his father refusing to renounce his morganatic bride. Ultimately. he accepted the decision df I the Supreme Court that the marriage | was invalid, and returned to Court, it ! having been decided that rhere was no i power under the Rumanian Constitution bv which the Crown Prince could renounce his right of succession to the throne.