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The coronavirus pandemic has also wreaked havoc in Greece, where there are more than 1,700 confirmed cases, which is why the Government has shielded the country and decreed the confinement of citizens in their homes. Something that has especially affected King Constantino, Doña Sofía's brother, and his family, who in 2020 had the project of throwing the house out the window with marked family events, which have had to be suspended. What has caused them great sadness, above all due to the delicate state of health of the dethroned sovereign, who at 79 years of age and given that due to his ailments and age is in the risk group , is confined to death with his wife Ana María, in her residence in Porto Jeli, the coastal town where she settled in 2013 after returning from her long exile in London.
The most important event planned was what was already dubbed the "Great Greek Wedding", the bonding of his young daughter, Princess Theodora (36), with the lawyer Matthew Kumar, whose celebration, although not officially confirmed, was given for sure this coming May. This had been revealed by sources around the monarch, and published by numerous media, including the date, May 23, on the island of Spetses.
The same scene where Teodora's brother, Nicolás, and Tatiana Blatnik married in August 2010, with the assistance of Queen Sofía, the groom's aunt, the Infantas Elena and Cristina and the then princes Felipe and Letizia. Presence that was taken for granted again this time, which had generated great media expectation as it was the first public meeting between Doña Letizia and Marie Chantal, wife of the Greek heir and daughter of the magnate Robert Miller. The billionaire harshly criticized Don Felipe's wife after her scuffle in Palma with Doña Sofía. "Letizia has shown her true face," he said on his Instagram. Since then, they have not coincided publicly.
But in addition to the wedding, the pandemic has forced to suspend other events of great significance for the dethroned Greek monarch. One of them has been the memorial in Tatoi for the deceased kings Pablo and Federica, scheduled for the beginning of this April, to which Queen Sofía usually travels, and brings together family, former employees of the royal house and supporters of the monarchy in the Tatoi Palace. Another of the ceremonies that Constantine never fails is the Resurrection vigil, the main act of Orthodox Holy Week , where the monarch receives the sacred light in the temple of Saint Nicholas in Spetses, which this year is also canceled.
Not counting an event that made Ana María, Constantino's wife, especially excited, and it was the celebration in style on April 16 of the 80th birthday of Queen Margarita , her older sister and Danish sovereign, in which Constantino and Ana María were to occupy a preeminent place, which has also been suspended.
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In addition to this, another very important event for the Greek royal family is also in danger, such as the celebration of the 80th birthday of Constantine of Greece on June 2, due to the complexity of reuniting his loved ones. Her sisters Sofía and Irene live in Madrid, but they never miss this celebration. In fact, last year her brother's 79th birthday coincided with the farewell of King Juan Carlos from institutional life, on June 2 in the Aranjuez bullring, and Doña Sofía was the great absentee because she preferred to travel to Greece to be with his brother.
Constantine's children and grandchildren also live scattered throughout the world , except for Nicolas, who currently resides in Athens. Alexia, her eldest daughter, married to the architect Carlos Morales and mother of four children, lives in Lanzarote; Pablo, the heir, lives in New York with Marie Chantal and their five children, a city where the youngest Philippos also resides, while Teodora is based in Los Angeles.
It has been the most affected by the pandemic, as the celebration of their wedding seems unfeasible in the short term, since although the quarantine ends in Greece, many royalty guests would be unable to attend, given that displacement seems to remain restricted a good season. Apart from the Spanish royal family, it is also the case of the Danish, since Teodora, related to almost all the European royal houses, is the niece of Margarita , the queen of Denmark, and goddaughter of Elizabeth II of England, not to mention that the kings of Holland are intimate with the Greece, as they have their summer residence next to Constantine's in Porto Jeli.
A real link that threatens to continue without a date when almost a year and a half of the commitment announced by hype and saucer on November 16, 2018 by Constantine himself has been fulfilled. Usually, no more than six months pass in royalty without a wedding, but in this case a good part of 2019 passed without any details of the link, something very strange. Professional commitments were made for Teodora, who is an actress by profession.
Fourth daughter of Constantine and Ana Maria, was born in exile in London on June 9, 1983, and was sponsored by Elizabeth of England. After educating himself in prestigious English schools, he decided that acting was his thing and went to study performing arts at a Boston school. He appeared without fortune to countless castings in London, so he decided to settle in 2010 in Los Angeles. She was hired to play a secretary in the famous soap opera Beauty and Power and achieved some roles in films such as Little boy , so far her most prominent intervention. In California, where she is known simply as Theo, she lives on the fringes of her princess role, she even posed nude in 2017 for photographer J. Scott to raise awareness about breast cancer.
But she did not just stand out as an actress , nor was luck in love with her, until Matthew Kumar, her only known boyfriend, appeared . Their first photo together was in 2016, at the wedding of a friend of the princess celebrated in Texas by the Hindu rite, and later they traveled to Thailand, Guatemala and that New Year to Amsterdam. It was Teodora who uncovered their romance by posting on her Instagram a photo of both kissing in a photo booth. Until then the identity of his mysterious companion with the aspect of the Tarzan of the beginnings of the cinematographer, who they said was called Toni, was unknown.
Their idyll took on serious overtones when they appeared in London in February 2017 at the wedding of Greek heirs Philippos Lemos and Mariana Goulandris , attended by large numbers of royalty, including their parents, Constantine and Ana Maria and Queen Sofia, who when the bride and groom said "yes, I do" gestured to her niece, indicating "next time is you".
Then the true identity of the groom was revealed, his name is Matthew Kumar, he is 36 years old as Theodora, he was born in California although he is of Hindu descent and his profession is that of a lawyer specialized in compensation lawsuits, which he practices in Los Angeles.
Constantine has welcomed Matthew with open arms , even when he accompanies Teodora to Greece, he stays at his residence as one of his children. Although, due to the coronavirus pandemic, acquiring the status of a member of the Greek royal family as the husband of Princess Theodora seems like it will have to wait.
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