FDR fishing accompanied by Princess Martha. Courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library archive.
LIKELY: “There were many rumors about their relationship many at the time thought [it was] romantic,” says series creator, director, co-writer and executive producer, Alexander Eik. “We do not know for certain that was the case, but we know that President Roosevelt was infatuated with Martha and this has been confirmed by many sources [including] two of his grandchildren. … Early in the war, British Intelligence [also] reported from Washington to London that the President was infatuated.”
It’s true that in his spare time between 1941-1945, FDR’s most frequent companion was Martha, though others were often with them as well. “We have assumed President Roosevelt had romantic feelings for the Crown Princess,” sums up series’ co-writer and historian, Linda May Kallestein. “That does not mean they had a physical relationship.”
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2021 Academy Award winning movies inspire getaways to these vacation rental spots
Updated 5:58 PM;
You might be staying safe a home, catching up on Academy Award winning movies, but that doesn’t mean you can’t dream of someday traveling to cinematic places.
The clever folks at Portland-based Vacasa watched the Oscar victors and matched some of the film locations to one of the 25,000 properties the vacation rental company manages across the U.S.
Their thinking: “This past year in particular, movies have been an essential escape. We’ve . [been] transported to worlds of nomadic living, jazz riffs and historic cultural shifts. . We thought we’d take that escapism to the next level.”