It is an thrilling week for the Greek royal household as Princess Theodora lastly will get to wed her fiancé Matthew Kumar on Saturday.
The couple have been pressured to postpone their authentic nuptials because of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Theodora’s paternal aunt, Queen Sofia, who was queen of Spain from 1975 to 2014, is anticipated to be among the many visitors, however given the British royal household’s connections to the Greek royals, will any of the Windsors be in attendance?
Theodora’s late father, King Constantine, was a second cousin to King Charles and was additionally the Prince of Wales’s and Woman Gabriella Windsor’s godfather.
Constantine’s funeral passed off in Athens in January 2023, with the Princess Royal representing the royal household and a thanksgiving service for the final King of the Hellenes was held at St George’s Chapel in Windsor in February, with members of the Greek and British royal households in attendance.
The King and Queen are prone to miss Princess Theodora’s nuptials in Athens as they are going to be in Scotland on Saturday to go to Parliament to mark its 25th anniversary.
It is also unlikely that the Prince and Princess of Wales might be in attendance, on condition that Kate has solely simply accomplished her most cancers therapy.
It is potential that some prolonged members of the royal household could attend, akin to Princess Beatrice and her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, who have been among the many visitors at Theodora’s brother Prince Philippos and Nina Flohr’s marriage ceremony in 2021.
Princess Theodora’s childhood within the UK
Theodora was born on 9 June 1983 at St Mary’s Hospital, when King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie have been dwelling in London.
She counts the late Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Margrethe of Denmark amongst her godparents.
Rising up, she attended the all-girls boarding faculty, Woldingham Faculty in Surrey earlier than taking a spot yr at St Philip’s Faculty in Alice Springs, Australia, after which a level in Theatre Arts at Brown College. She additionally studied at Central Saint Martins Faculty of Artwork and Design.