My opinion of her has changed since I found out she had an affair with the married Taki Theodoracopulos.
She posed for Italian vogue and I found this quote to be very intresting (seems to confirm the idea that Olga is privately a wild child, on par with many of the modern princesses (finding a rich and well connected husband, for an easy retirement).
I always felt that Aimone was the serious type, afraid of the responsbilities before him.
I always wondered, what if she got pregnant [at the age of 37 to her only child] on purpose to spur Aimone to finally make her his bride.
"Olga is extraordinarily determined; she has indomitable tenacity", says Aimone, her husband, "she's a true wild Greek. But paradoxically she's also a great dreamer. As a couple, I'm the one with the feet on the ground. I don't think I've ever met anyone with her aesthetic sense, her ability to see and create beauty. It is a daily need for her, as basic and necessary as breathing".http://www.vogue.it/en/ma...0/07/olga-di-savoia-aostaOlga on her new role as wife and mother of the future head of the Savoy family...
"For me the monarchy today primarily means being at the service of others. We work. We don't want to end up in the newspapers only because of our name, but for something we have achieved"