PRINCE NICHOLAS RESIGNS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 72, 12 April 1937, Page 7

PRINCE NICHOLAS RESIGNS

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Morganatic Marriage Not Recognised ROUMANIAN SPLIT

(By TelegrapK-

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(Received 12, l.o p.mj BUCHAREST, April 11. Prince Nicholas, the only brother of King Carol, has resigned his rank and titles as a protest against Carol's refusal to recognise the validity of his morganatic marriage in 1931 wit a divorcee, Madame Saveanu, nee BimitresohTohany, and legitimis© the son of the Union, giving him the title of Prince and the motber the title. of Princess. As Prjnce Nicholas, in accordance with the law providing that a member of the Royal Family marrying without the permission of the King, becomes a commoner, the marriage will now he valid and the coupl© will probably go abroad. Princ© Nicholas headed the Regency Uouncil for three years until Carol claimed the throne. Th© courts immediately after the marriage pronounced it invalid, but Prince Nicholas and his wife were permitted to undergo two years in exile in Paris, instead of his serving a sentence of two mo-nths in a fortress. An official communique regarding the banishment of Prince Nicholas explains Eliat the Supreme Court in 1931 declare.d his marriage with Mdme., Saveanu illegal but the enforcement of the decision was postponed, as it was hoped that he would realise that this marriage was incompatibl© with the prestige of the reigning house. The quarrel between King Carol and Plince Nicholas was a long-standing personal one, aggravated by differences with Mdme. Lupescu. Mdme. Saveanu recently acquired a political complexion, as Prince Nicholas is in close contact with the Fascist Iron Guard.