DIVORCED QUEEN

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 363, 26 October 1932, Page 5

DIVORCED QUEEN

(Press. Assn.-

V1SIT tO SON ' rUMANIAN iCiNG ' tJRGES PEOPLE TO GlVE WELCOME . , COURTESIES O# RANK

— By Telegraph — Copyrlght).

Re'c. Oct. 25, 5.5 p.ta. BuchanesL October 24. King Carol urges the population , tp nieet the train and give, Princess Heleh, his . divorced wifle, a rousing weleome when sh'e arrives fOT the birthday "Of Prihce Michael, their son and heir to the thrptte. lt is 'uttderstood that Prihcess Helen was de^e):mined secretly , tp return for her ,soh's birthday, but King, Carol learttt of her intention attd sent a special train. He has arrattged a puhlic reception attd promises to treat her with all the courtesies due to her rahk. He, says he is much distfessed at the fecent statements made by Princess Ilelen in LondOn, an'd adds that there is -no reaso'n why a small boy shottld he the bohe of contention betweett a divorced couple. A messags from London on October 6 said:, The saddest small boy in London to-day was Prince Michael of Runiania. He crie(d bitterly when he heard that it was his last day here. His mother, the ex-Queen Helen, feeling the separation keenly, remained almost the whole ddy at her son's side, and descended the hoter steps eh Toute to Buckingham Pala'ce for tea witfl Their Majesties with an arm affectiohately around his shoulders. The ex-Queen permitted Michael to have a farewell drive around London, accompanied by her lady-in-waiting. Michael re'thrned carefully carrying a parcel containing a present for his mother. After dinner they sat in a small room talking of the days when they will meet again. Helen was sad. and Michael's usually smiling face was solemn. The ex-Queen's protest has been published in Rumania, and has produced a great stir. The State of luxury in which King Carol maintains Mdlle. Lup-escu in a time of financial stress is causing great resentment. The Ruma,nian Charge d'Affairs in London called on the ex-Queen and vainly attempted to induce her to retract her well-founded charges.