Prince Nikolaos of Greece, second son of the last king of the Hellenes, announces his engagement with the heiress Chrysí Vardinogianni. The precipitated announcement fell a few hours after the rumors that circulated in the press and less than a year after her divorce with Princess Tatiana.
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Prince Nikolaos of Greece got engaged!
A few days ago, Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark, 55, second son of King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie, attended a tribute ceremony, who died in January 2023, accompanied by Chrysí Vardinogianni. The attitude adopted by Nikolaos and Chrysi at the exit of a restaurant left little doubt about the nature of their relationship. Shortly after, the Greek press even reported the possibility of a future marriage.
Following the media press, the Greek royal family formalized the couple's relationship but also their mutual commitment. Prince Nikolaos is engaged to Chrysí Vardinogianni and a marriage is even announced. The date of the wedding, which will take place in Athens, will be communicated soon. Orthodox confession allows religious remarriage. Nikolaos had married the Venezuelan Tatiana Blatnik in 2010. The couple, who remained childless for 14 years, announced their divorce in April 2024. The royal family was aware of the situation in the couple for several years but the divorce came up Less than a year ago.
The ex-husbands have settled their divorce ” With great care and mutual respect, reflecting the depth of their mutual appreciation and the moments they have shared ”. The ex-husbands maintain cordial contacts, so that after separation, Tatiana still attended events alongside her ex-Belle-Mère, Queen Anne-Marie. In September 2024, the long -awaited and repeatedly rejected marriage of Princess Théodora, Nikolaos' sister. That day, a certain Vardinogianni chrysí was invited.
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Chryssí Vardinogianni, daughter of the wealthy shipowner Giórgos Vardinoyannis and Agapi Politi, is a long -standing friend of the family. Chryssi's father was also the owner and president of the Vardinoyanis Giórgos of Panathinaikos, the Athens football club. During his 21 years at the head of the club, the Panathinaikos won the Greek championship six times and the Greece Cup nine times. Giórgos’s brother, Chryssi's uncle, was the Vardinogiannis Vardis billionaire, who died a few months ago. Vardis appeared in the classification of forbes of the richest men in the world. Chryssi has been rushing into the entourage of the royal family for many years, especially during their charity activities. As explained by the magazine Hello!, Chrysí is separated from director Konstantinos Markoulakis, since December 2023. Chrysí was also married to singer Nino, with whom she had two children: George, born in 2013, and Karen-Agapi, born in 2014.
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Prince Nikolaos is the brother of the Crown Prince Pavlos, current head of the Greek royal family, since the death of their father. Prince Nikolaos, his two brothers and two sisters recently obtained Greek nationality, a nationality of which they had been deprived of the abolition of the monarchy in Greece. The five children of the Crown Prince Pavlos also acquired nationality. Officially, in the civil status, they took the family name “from Greece”.
King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie had five children: Alexia, Pavlos, Nikolaos, Théodora and Philippos. The five were married. Alexia married the Spanish citizen Carlos Morales and the couple has four children. Crown prince Pavlos married Marie-Chantal Miller, British-American heiress of the owner of a Duty Free store chain. Prince Nikolaos was married to Tatiana Blatnik until 2024. Princess Theodora married the American lawyer Matthew Kumar last year. Prince Philippos married the Swiss heiress Nina Flohr, whose father owns an airline of private jets.
Nicolas Fontaine
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