Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A wannan lokacin, Marie ta sadu da Laftanar Gheorghe Cantacuzène, memba, duk da cewa ta hanyar reshe ne ba bisa doka ba, na tsohuwar dangin sarakunan Romania kuma zuriyar Yarima Şerban Cantacuzino. Kodayake ba kyakkyawa ba ne, Cantacuzène ya yi fice ta hanyar amfani da abin dariya da kuma salon sa, da kuma baiwarsa a hawan doki. Ba da daɗewa ba su biyu suka shiga cikin soyayya, amma an dakatar da dangantakar su bayan da jama'a suka sani. Kamar yadda ta la'anta halin Marie, mahaifiyarta ta ba ta izinin zuwa Coburg lokacin da, a 1897, ta zama ciki. Masanin tarihi Julia Gelardi ya yi imanin cewa Marie ta haifi yaro a Coburg; yaron zai iya kasancewa an haife shi ko kuma an aika shi zuwa gidan marayu nan da nan bayan haihuwarsa. Akwai hasashe kan ko 'yar Marie ta biyu, "Mignon", 'yar Cantacuzène ce, ba ta Ferdinand ba. A cikin shekaru masu zuwa, an kuma yi jita-jita cewa Marie tana da alaƙa da Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich na Rasha, Waldorf Astor, Prince Barbu Știrbey da Joe Boyle. A cikin 1903, Ferdinand da Marie sun buɗe Gidan Pelișor, wani gidan Art Nouveau a Sinaia wanda Sarki Carol ya ba da izini ga ma'auratan sarauta. Marie kawai ta koyi game da girman zalunci da aka yi amfani da shi don murkushe 'Yan Kasuwanci na 1907 na Romania
da zarar ya yi latti don yin ceto. Daga baya ta fara yin ado sau da yawa a cikin kayan gargajiya, a gida da kuma a bainar jama'a, ta fara yanayin salo tsakanin matasa mata masu daraja.