Recent content by Odette

I am not a fun of MC by any stretch of the imagination, but I strongly believe that she is aware of who she is and how far she can go. Majesty is not a title I would think she expects to be called. However when a reporter from W magazine called for an interview years ago at the Connecticut...

:previous: Actually in her book "Education of a Princess" the only references about Queen Marie are when GD Maria was in Odessa with her second husband and Q Marie was in Jassy. The GD wrote letters to the Kings of Spain and Sweden and the Queen of Romania looking for information about her...

We can all read the books and interpret them any way we want. However Marie made no effort to hide anything and her relationship with the Prince was widely known. The Queen was a free spirited woman and she never tried to shield herself from gossip and rumours. Her marriage to Ferdinand was...

There were comments on a book (Marie Therese, the fate of Marie Antoinette's daughter) that Madame Royale was given poison by her captors while in prison to render her sterile. She was 17 years old when she was released and her Austrian relatives accepted her as the daughter of Marie Antoinette...

:previous: Goodness this was such a story! Great read and so far no one disputed the article. Kudos to Vanity Fair!

Mircea died when he was 4 from typhoid. Prince Barbo Stirbey who was widely rumoured to be Marie's lover kept constant vigil in the little boy's room with Marie. Accrording to the Queen Prince Stirbey was the one to lift the little boy's head while she passed the chain and cross around his...

Agreed 100%. The GRF has no "Crown Jewels". All jewels belong to the family and came as dowry with every bride since Grand Duchess then Queen Olga. It was their property and they had every right to remove it upon their departure in December 1967. As a side "argument" let's not forget...

The family left Athens the night of the 13th of December 1967 with a few trusted assistants and aides. The family did not pack their own suitcases. The jewelry as they were their own personal property left with the family the same night. When the King was heading for Salonika the Colonels warned...

:previous: McAfan. I knew I read this so I found the book that the information came from. Prince Philip, his secret life by John Parker,page 90 Now I have to go back and find out what disqualified P George from the succession line. :flowers:

:previous: I was hoping someone with ready cash and respect for the location's history would turn it into a museum. Does not mean it will ever happen:flowers: Psychiko was sold many moons ago to a Cypriot shipowner who obviously resold it a couple of years ago. The family did not own it for a...

Stalin proposed a Yugoslavian Monarchy behind the Iron curtain? Very interesting, I never heard of this before..Do you have any books to refer me? I'd love to read more about it.

My mistake! I am sorry I killed him before his time.:bang: According to my documents on the Greek lineage the Crown was inherited by Constantine I as first son of King George and was then worn by all his sons (George II, no issue) Alexandros and Pavlos. Constantine's brothers George...

Wouldn't that be discrimination? After the 1974 fall of the junta and the return of democracy the borders were wide open for all to return. Men who fought during the civil war, killed fellow Greeks and fled to the communist countries, were allowed to return, run for election and become MPs. So...

I came across some information on the law as it exists with regard to Greek citizenship/Citizens. One can acquire Greek Citizenship by birth if his parents were Greek citizens at the time. The military oath taken by persons who serve the Greek military substitutes for the oath of the Greek...

George husband of Maria Bonaparte born in 1869, died way before the time mentioned above. The George II who was King of Greece after the refenrendum brought back the monarchy was son of King Constantine and brother of King Paul. At the time the Prince Philip was planning his engagement to the...