The Shah's remarriage last month
freed this beautiful but tragic
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woman who now seeks to erase
the past and build a new life;
what are her chances?
Queen and the handsome Italian noble
man met again in Munich and attended
a Fasching (German mardi gras) to
gether. What had started as a flirtation
on both sides was ripening into some
thing more important Orsini begged
Soraya to cancel her much-heralded trip
to the U. S., but she went anyway on
the advice of her family.
As early as last May, however, Soraya
quietly visited a priest, Father Fran
cesco Sardi, in Rome. Friends openly
speculated that she wanted to receive
instruction in the Catholic faith so that
she could marry her prince. She told
her mother then: "I don't think I've .
ever been so in love with anyone."
When the rumors of marriage began
to circulate, however, the Shah, Orsini's
parents, and the Catholic Church threw
up what appeared to be insurmountable
obstacles. The Shah claimed that Orsini
was more noble than prosperous and
couldn't support a former queen; Or
sini's parents pointed out that Soraya
was a Moslem and of common birth;
and when the couple appealed to the
Church, the verdict was: no marriage.
For a time, it seemed as if the Vatican
edict published in the official Church
paper, Osservatore Romano, would end
their idyll. They saw less of each other.
Soraya, visibly unnerved by the setback,
was placed under a doctor's care in a
Cologne, Germany, clinic. European pa
pers reported that she even attempted
suicide by taking an overdose of sleep
ing pills. She denied the report, but not
to the satisfaction of Italian newspa
permen. By last November, however, Orsini
and Soraya were together again and
there was speculation that they would
marry despite the family and religious
barriers. It was said that they had qui
etly ironed out their difficulties with the
Church (the Vatican purportedly had
ruled that once she becomes a Roman
Catholic her past Moslem marriage and
Soraya exchanges glances with Prince Orsini, whom she met on a skiing trip.
divorce from the Shah would be non
existent as far as the Church is con
cerned) and hence they were free to
marry.
So when the Shah announced his en
gagement to Farah Diba, it meant that
Soraya's last obstacle to remarriage was
behind her. If she doesn't wed Orsini.
which seems likely, it's possible that
Harold Krupp, scion of the wealthy Ger
man industrialist family, may win her.
Now, at last, it seems as if Soraya can
forget the heartbreak of the past two
years. Where, a short time ago, there
was only the pain of being an ex-queen
on public display, today she has the
chance for a happy marriage and even
a career.
Soraya's friends always thought that
if she hadn't been a queen, she would
have gone into the theater. And for a
time after her divorce, it looked as if
she might become an actress. But she
finally turned down a Hollywood offer
because of pressure from the Shah, who
still actively influenced her life.
At one of Orsini's parties (given so '
' that Soraya and her mother could meet
the prince's parents), Soraya was in
troduced to Ralph Bendix, a leading
European singer. She told him that she
had been interested in music ever since
she was a child taking piano lessons in
Isfahan, Iran, where she was bom. She
confessed to an interest in jazz and pop
ular singing.
The result of this chance meeting was
that Soraya started to take voice les
sons from Bendix. "Why not a singing
career?" she wondered. Bendix assured
her that she had the talent to be suc-
. cessful, and just recently she signed a
recording contract with a German
company.
Soraya won't be singing for her sup
per out of necessity although there
are those who claim that she would have
to support Orsini. The Shah gave her
$300,000 outright upon their separation
and will continue to send her a gener
ous monthly allowance. And her Ger
man ancestry (she's half German, half
Persian) has imbued her with a sense
of thriftiness. "She never was a girl to
want 365 dresses a year," a former cour
tier says. "Even when she was queen,
she didn't mind wearing the same dress
more than once. She can still easily af
ford Paris haute couture, of course, but
she is just as likely to find a $9 dress
that pleases her in a small shop as one
worth 100 times that much in the most
swank salon."
Soraya has finally closed the book on
a painful chapter in her life. For a time,
her future looked bleak indeed. Then
suddenly the Shah's remarriage freed
her for a new career and marriage.
So for Soraya, life begins anew, the
slate wiped clean. For the first time in
two long years, she hopes to find love
and contentment. True, she hasn't found
them yet, but now, at least, it will be
her own decisions that will decide her
future happiness.
When Shah of Iran married Farah Diba
(below), he cut all ties with Soraya.
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