Queen of Romania Marie of Edinburgh (1875 – 1938)
Later Queen of Romania, was a granndaughter of Queen Victoria.
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Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
A medley of extemporanea,
And love is a thing that can never go wrong
And I am Marie of Roumania.
He kicks against tradition and restrictions without realising that tradition made him, is his raison d'etre.
Lately I have been living in a world which I no more understand & which has become very lonely; Ileana married, Sitta gone, Nicky banished, but I struggle on. I look beaten but am I really beaten? I was always a good fighter, you remember. But fight against one's own flesh & blood?
Fashion exists for women with no taste, etiquette for people with no breeding.
It is like a wide embrace gathering all those who have long searched for words of hope… Saddened by the continual strife amongst believers of many confessions and wearied of their intolerance towards each other, I discovered in the Bahá'í teaching the real spirit of Christ so often denied and misunderstood.
Romania needs a face, and I will be that face.
One is always afraid of upsetting their conventionalities.
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