Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark passed away at the age of 85.
This past weekend, Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, the grandson of King George I of Greece and first cousin of Prince Philip, passed away at the age of 85.
Today in Athens, the Greek royal family gathered for his funeral.
Attendees included Queen Anne-Marie, Crown Prince Pavlos, Princess Marie-Chantal, Michael’s wife Marina Karella, and their daughters Princess Olga and Princess Alexandra.
The funeral service was held at Saint Theodore Church in Athens, Greece, and Prince Michael will be buried at the Tatoi Royal Cemetery, where King Constantine was also laid to rest last year.
The funeral service was held at Saint Theodore Church in Athens, Greece, and Prince Michael will be buried at the Tatoi Royal Cemetery, where King Constantine was also laid to rest last year.
Last fall, around the publication of his illustrated memoir, Prince Michael of Greece: Crown, Art, and Fantasy: A Life in Pictures, Prince Michael told T&C, “To be what I am, to be a prince, what is it? It is to be exactly like everyone, but not to be considered like everyone. I have a respect for our past. In churches everywhere, there are relics of saints. These relics are usually a disgusting piece of bone or a disgusting piece of skin that belonged to a saint. We are not disgusting, but we are uninteresting, unassuming relics of a fabulous past.”
He also spoke about why people are so fascinated by royals, saying, “People imagine royalty not exactly as they are. Reality is far less glamorous than what people imagine. People need to dream; people need to escape the daily life with images of fairy tales. So royalty provided this, good or bad. And why not? If it’s done well and if it can make people happy, why not? But I repeat, thank god that they don’t see too much of the reality which is perhaps less inspiring than what they think. Some are inspiring, some are less I would say.”
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Source: CNN
