Marie-Louise 'Morit' Blanc

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From 'Philip Bateman (1896-1965) his families and circle';
"....fate had arrived in the form of Colette's sister Marie-Louise from London where she was studying medicine and Philip "forgot sweet little Maisie" as he put it, and could think of nobody but the dazzlingly attractive Rumanian. She was nicknamed Morit and was the daughter of a lady-in-waiting to Queen Marie, Madam Irina Procopiu. He proposed to Morit, and to his astonishment, was accepted.
Philip moved to Bucharest, Rumania, and marriage formalities for a wedding at the ancient Monastery at Sinaia (where the royal family worshipped) were arranged for September 25, 1921. There were two weddings, as was the Rumanian custom - a civil one and a much more elaborate ceremony according to the ancient rites of the Roumanian Orthodox Church. The Queen, Crown Princess Helen, Princess Marie (who gave the bride away) and Princess Ileana attended, as well as the whole of the diplomatic corps in Sinaia with the Court, together with members of the royal household and numerous relatives and friends.
The couple left in a Rolls Royce lent by the British Legation to honeymoon in Constantea, the Black Sea port favoured by the royal family. The preparations for the wedding are recalled in the memoir from Dorothy Whyte and in Philip's own writings. At this time he was the Bucharest correspondent for the London Observer. "

Marie-Louise married Capt. Philip George Bateman, son of Dr. Alfred George (pref.George) Bateman MRCS, MB, CM and Antonia 'Mona' Schwarz, on 25 Sep 1921 in Manastirie, Sinaia, Romania. (Capt. Philip George Bateman was born on 26 Oct 1896 in London, died on 15 Aug 1965 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa and was buried in Victoria Park Crematorium, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, RSA.)