The Brother-in-Law

Baudouin, King of the Belgians, like many a conservative bridegroom, was beginning to discover a thing or two about at least one of his bride's relatives. As Baudouin honeymooned last week in Andalusia with his winsome new Spanish Queen, her brother, "Count" Jaime ("Call me Jimmy") de Mora y Aragon, 35, was giving in to what he calls his "little weakness" -- the love of notoriety.

Reclining in pink pajamas on a vast bed in Paris' Hotel George V, Count Jimmy confessed he had missed Fabiola's wedding because the Spanish government (reportedly at the request of the bride) refused him an exit permit as he tried to board a plane for Brussels.

Sometime Duke. "They thought I'd enter the church riding on an elephant," cracked Jimmy. He did not blame Fabiola, whom he piously describes as a "lay saint." The trouble lies with two other sisters, who, said Jimmy, spitefully accuse him of confiding to newsmen that Fabiola looked like a "monster" until she had her nose fixed by plastic surgery.

Dapper, velvet-eyed Jimmy has a thin mustache, an addiction to black brocade vests, gold signet rings, gold tie clasps with coronet, and he sometimes swaggers about in a blue cape and monocle. He once pursued a U.S. heiress all the way to Ardmore, Okla., assuring her that he was the "Duke of Imperial." Actually, though his two brothers have titles, Jimmy has none. Leaving Oklahoma behind, Jimmy paused long enough to marry Mexican Movie Actress Rosita Arenas, but they are now separated. According to a Madrid newspaper, Jimmy sold all Rosita's jewelry, including her eight-carat engagement ring. Says Jimmy Mora of his marital status: "I have a Jaime Mora divorce," meaning presumably that he feels divorced in his own eyes.

Glorious Fling. A popular Madrid story insists that Jimmy's father once banished him to a Mora ranch, where he promptly sold all the family cattle and spent the money in a glorious fling in Bilbao. When the money ran out, Jimmy supported himself by playing the piano in a local bar. Visitors to Jimmy's overstuffed Madrid apartment are impressed by his fur-lined easy chair, stupefied by the flowers that are banked everywhere, even in the bathroom, and often intimidated by his bad-tempered chow dog and five enthusiastic great Danes. Jaime's mother, Dona Blanca de Aragon, outdoes him by keeping 53 dogs and 26 cats in the family palace.

Though barred from Sister Fabiola's wedding, Jimmy has been swift to capitalize on it. He boasts that in Belgium alone, 600,000 copies have been sold of a record containing his compositions entitled Fabiola and Waltz of the Queen. His next ambition is to appear on Ed Sullivan's TV show. He has already written and sold his "memoirs" to a French feature syndicate. Sample: "It is true that, unlike my worthy sisters and brothers, I don't lead a well-ordered life, monotonous and without the unforeseen. But why do they throw rocks at me if I do what I like and if I love it when people speak about me?"

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