Pavlos,Marie Chantal and the children's:photos

[Booklover]

Queen Annemarie did state in an interview that she considers herself Greek, and Nick has repeatedly said that he is Greek before anything else. Pavlos, I'm not really sure. Sure, he may have bought a house in Greece, but he has houses in the UK, the US, and the Bahamas, so maybe he feels Greek when he's in Greece. I doubt whether any of his children will end up in Greece especially since they probably don't speak the language.
 

[periwinkle]

Pavlos posted about the family being in Spetses.

Interesting because the building almost looked like it could be Swiss or something. What nice variety to the style we normally see.

I am not surprised if any of the late king's children feel Greek they were brought up in a bit of a Greek bubble and with a very proud Greek father who seemed to nourish links to the place in his family. Pavlos has obviously chosen to live a more cosmopolitan life courtesy of a rich wife who likes that and his move to purchase a place in Greece that is less vacation house and more of a permanent home is fine but the timing now that he's head of the family is not unnoticeable. He should be careful with these little steps he seems to be making into politics not just being a Greek citizen. That family and its tradition of exile may not be totally divorced.

[getafix]

MO posted photos wearing a lime/chartreuse gown and she must be here, she wrote in the caption "Kalispera" - wich means "good afternoon" in Greek.

Maybe she's here because of the Niarhos wedding.

ETA: I'm a bit excited because I don't remember she has posted anything in Greek before and I want to believe she tries to embrace some aspects of Greek culture and language...

as much as I wish MC and Pavlos and their offspring would see themselves as " greek" I cannot shake the feeling that for them it is a means to an end. it is not really how they feel. they will mouth it...for wotever reason it suits them to do so.

but I cannot feel that they truly feel they are "Greek" at all.

just a title. just like they feel Danish. when it suits them. isn't MC's mother from ecudor (??) do they ever feel 'ecudorian?

its all a show. JMO.

G

I don’t recall them ever saying or giving the impression that they feel Danish

Since they are a private family, where the most of them don’t really signal wanting any official roles in Greece, I don’t see the need to police if they want to embrace their Greekness. Especially since they obviously do have a relationship to Greece, now are Greek by citizenship and spend time in Greece.

that's a pity....because their wiki entry has this:

avlos, Crown Prince of Greece, Prince of Denmark[a] (Greek: Παύλος Ντε Γκρες, romanized: Pavlos de Grèce; born 20 May 1967) is a Greek financier who is the former heir apparent to the defunct throne of Greece, becoming the Head of the Royal House of Greece upon his father's death on 10 January 2023.[ Pavlos was Crown Prince of Greece and heir apparent to the Greek throne from birth until the monarchy's abolition
https://en.wikipedia.org/...s,_Crown_Prince_of_Greece

I realise this is only for Pavlos.

I agree with your other points. :-)

G

[Maria]

Well, the Danish title is old news and I don’t know how it could be taken away from them either.

I am more annoyed by the fact that they had Danish diplomatic passports because the various Danish governments cannot say no to Margrethe.