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Royal Style - Bring out the Baubles! We'll wear your jewellery if you don't want to!
Maireas · 09/07/2022 16:46
KillingMeDeftly · 08/08/2022 20:25
I thought semi-arranged? Not sure poor Sofia ever found much happiness with JC.
Serenster · 09/08/2022 13:27
Yes, semi-arranged, and politically expedient for Juan Carlos, and the bride’s parents who allegedly wanted to shore up their teetering throne by marriages across the European royal families. So, Constantine ended up married to Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark (that was definitely a love match though). Sofia’s sister, Princess Irene, was rumoured to be the favoured bride for (then) Prince Harald of Norway, but obviously history and Harald took a different path!
Apparently they had to get clearance from the Pope for the Greek Orthodox Sofia to marry Catholic Juan Carlos, and that’s how they ended up with the double religious ceremonies.
KillingMeDeftly · 08/08/2022 20:25
I thought semi-arranged? Not sure poor Sofia ever found much happiness with JC.
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