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George, rising, withered Wales with a glance and, in his first public speech in Canada, began forthwith to twit the heir to the British throne...
...Those who think evil things of me say I dislike my daughter-in-law Helene [Mother of King Michael]; that I am jealous of her; that I wanted the regency; that I even begrudged little Michael inheriting the legal right to the throne. These accusations are heartlessly false. I love Helene and her child with all my heart. They have been deserted by their husband and father.* Shall I forsake them in this solemn, trying hour when Michael is about to ascend the throne? No. A queen's heart has greater love than that...
...chiefs of the army to the humblest soldiers, will give proof of that spirit of discipline which is the pride of the army, and that you will remain worthy of the confidence which your country has placed in you, devoting all your strength and souls to the fatherland and throne...
...funeral of their father, and advising him not to call himself "Carol II." Seemingly he resolved to take his sister's advice, although newsgatherers and photographers surrounded Carol's villa day and night, hoping that he would dash by airplane to Rumania and seek to claim the Throne...
Last week "Rightful King" Rupprecht, a Wittlesbach not descended in the "mad" line, must have known not only that the demonstrations in his favor can scarcely culminate in setting him on his father's throne, but also that the demonstrations might never have occurred had not the onetime Wittlesbachs been kings so unforgettably picturesque...