US EditionQueen Sofia's sister Princess Irene dies aged 83
Princess Irene, known for her humanitarian work and lifelong ties to Spain and Greece, died at 83; funeral services will be held in Athens with burial at Tatoi Palace.
- The royal household said Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark died at 11:40 a.m. at the Zarzuela Palace in Madrid, aged 83.
- Born on May 11, 1942 in Cape Town, South Africa, Princess Irene entered the world during the royal family exile in World War II and returned to Greece in 1946 at age four.
- Educated in Germany at Salem School, Irene trained as a pianist, studied archaeology, co-published Archaeological Digest in 1960, and devoted her life to cultural and intellectual pursuits.
- Following Queen Frederica's death in 1981, Irene relocated to Madrid to live with Queen Sofia at the Zarzuela Palace and is survived by Sofia, King Felipe of Spain, and Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece.
- Political events of the 1960s and 1970s meant a 1967 military coup and 1973 abolition of the Greek monarchy, and Irene obtained Spanish citizenship in 2018, renouncing Greek nationality and earning foreign honors.
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The Royal House issued, on the afternoon of this Thursday, January 15, a statement to report the death at 11:40am of one of the great pillars of Queen Sofia: her sister, Princess Irene, 83, born on May 11, 1942 in exile by the Greek Royal Family in Cape Town, South Africa, due to the Nazi occupation of Greece during the Second World War, returning to the country in 1946 when Irene was only four years old. I have met her on several occasions, mos…
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Princess Irene of Greece, sister of former Queen of Spain, dies aged 83
Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, the younger sister of Queen Sofía of Spain, has died at the age of 83, the Spanish royal household has confirmed. She passed away at the Zarzuela Palace in Madrid, where she had lived for decades alongside the former queen. Princess Irene, a member of both the Greek and Danish royal families, was born on 11 May 1942 in Cape Town, South Africa… Source
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