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Legally, it wasn't that clear. The 1864 consitution and every one after that stated that the succession to the throne included " All the legal descendants of King George I , of eastern orthodox faith, with preference over the males" (that is my own traslation from greek). So , the wording isn't...

Well, Monarchy isn't a solution and this has nothing to do with being pro or against the institution. The country is going through a political transformation with old parties collapsing and new parties emerging and there is no way a 21st century western monarch can do anything about it. The main...

:previous: They definitely didn't have strippers in this party. I know the place they went well , and it doesn't have strippers - these girls are professional dancers dancing on raised platforms and spots,and they don't strip (they usually wear full length nude(?) coloured uniforms), plus you...

Memorial services are very common in the Greek Orthodox Church -and mean it ;) There are those "compulsory" who happen the 3rd, 6th and 40th day of someone's passing then one after 3 months, another after 6 months, another after a year and another after 3 years are completed. And from that...

I remember reading years ago an extract about the wedding where it was mentioned that the jewels Sofia was wearing that day were " gifts of Their Majesties". And I think that Queen Sofia herself mentioned in a biography that she got diamonds for her Father as a gift . So I am guessing that since...

The thing is that,for most Greeks, the decades after 1974 have been the best years Greece has ever seen (this has of course stopped now but that's a very long and painful discussion :whistling:). And I am not just talking about money here - political stability was established , society became...

The Greek Constitution at the time , just like every Constitution until the abolition of the monarchy, stated very clearly that only members of the Eastern Orthodox church were eligible for the throne. So Philip lost his right to claim the throne automatically when he joined the Church of...

Let's not forget the fact that Madeleine was with Jonas for years - I wouldn't be suprised if she already had a wedding look formed in her mind. Perhaps she planned to wear the historic lace veil for the other wedding and now she just couldn't bear putting it on and wanted something drastically...

IMO , there's is nothing wrong with saying your wedding vows in your native language - I suppose that it probably feels more real this way and sounds more honest and genuine ( anyway I don't know how wedding vows should sound, we Greeks just shut up during the whole religious wedding service...

IMO, Chris made it clear from the very benning to his future in -laws and the royal establishment that he was not willing to contribute to the SRF and keep his own life outside the Royal House. As for learning swedish, the reason could very well be personal - after all, he is getting married to...

On the photo with the emerald parure, it seems to me that she is wearing the pendants of the Connaught tiara as earrings, like Madeleine does these days. Does anyone else sees it? :smile:

:previous: I believe CP Margaret's turquoise bandeau had already been used before that date - from a large picture I ve found on the Web, it seems that Princess Martha borrowed it and wore it on her sister Astrid's wedding back in 1926 . And I thought that Ingrid's portait with the veil , tha...

I' ve been wondering lately why the QMother didn't receive a "historic" piece of jewellery as a wedding present from her mother - in -law , when her sisters -in-law did (except Mrs Simpson of course). Mary - she got her great -grandmother Victoria's sapphire coronet( actually,, striclty...

I believe that the earrings are of Russian provenance as well - I read once on the Web that they were a wedding gift from a relative. Also it seems that although they are very pretty, they were also very delicate, and it wasn't comfortable to wear them - one fast and curt head movement and the...

No, I talk about a cabochon sapphire framed by diamonds, it was a very classical design. You can see it pinned on her sash on Artemisia's post (#53) in Frederika's thread, Personally, I believe that it was inherited by Sofia (the sapphire she wore on her neck at the Duke Of Brabant's wedding it...