When Marie-Louise Ritz, representing her husband, who was very ill, held the opening speech at the new «Ritz» in Budapest, she received a telegram a few minutes before, informing her of the tragic accident of her son René Ritz. Even so she held the speech, hiding her grief and dismay and then returned to her room, where she was found collapsed later on. This was the first time Marie-Louise Ritz was to be tested. This woman needed a lot of strength when only two months later her husband finally died of his illness he had burdened for 16 years.
