“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.”
He then moved to Athens, Greece, in 1863.
Prince Christopher also had his share of tragedies.
Tragically, Prince Christopher died after a brief illness in 1940.
Prince Christopher was described as popular during his lifetime due to his sense of humor and kind demeanor.
Interestingly, Prince Christopher was also a writer whose focus was history.
According toThe National WWII Museum, the Axis powers had left Athens six weeks prior to this civil war.
Like many countries across Europe, civil discontent and subsequent aggression had erupted, and Greece was no exception.
Tragically, though, she died when Prince Michael was just a teenager, leaving him an orphan.
“My mother died when I was 14,” Prince Michael wrote on his website.
“I was then brought up by my uncle, the Comte de Paris.
I passed my baccalaureate and later graduated from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques.”
In an interview with Italian journalistAlain Elkann, Prince Michael talked about his passion for writing historical novels.
“History is my field,” he said in the 2015 interview.
History has to be taken with passion.
My mother made me read books by the French historian George Lenotre.”
However, his residence there was short-lived.
Prince Michael later described having to get to know his own country when he was in his 20s.
It started when he met Marina Karella, a successful Greek artist.
“I found her absolutely charming,” he toldFox Newsin 2023.
“She also studied painting in Paris my mother was French, and I grew up in France.
She was just so lovely and gracious with me.
It didn’t take long to decide that I wanted to marry her.”
“I needed his approval … and I won.”
The two ultimately got married in 1965 and went on to have two daughters, Alexandra and Olga.
They also pursued their own creative interests.
As Prince Michael wrote on his website, “Our careers continued to develop.
“I am a monarchist, but it depends on the people who represent monarchy.
It is true that in our time monarchy can still offer some services.”
