Prince Nikolaos and Tatiana Blatnik have tied the knot today, surrounded by family and friends. The wedding took place on the Greek island of Spetses, in the Cathedral of Ayios Nikolaos (Saint Nicholas) church.

Tatiana is now known as Her Royal Highness Princess Tatiana of Greece and Denmark.

A few people have asked me why the Greek royal family are known as princes/princesses of both Greece and Denmark. This is because King Constantine is a male-line descendant of Christian IX of Denmark, so he and his family retain this title. Constitutional changes, however, removed the Greek royals from the line of Danish succession since they are a lower cadet branch of Denmark’s House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. Read more…

Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece gave birth to her fifth child, a son, the day before her thirteenth wedding anniversary with her husband, Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece.

The new baby joins the royal couple’s four other children: 11-year-old Maria-Olympia, nine-year-old Constantine Alexios, and three-year-old Odysseas-Kimon.

While the family continue to use their royal titles, the Greek monarchy was actually abolished in 1974 with the rise of the Hellenic Republic. The king is referred to as “ex-King” Constantine of Greece.

The former Marie-Chantal Miller, daughter of the duty-free shops “king” Robert Miller, married Prince Pavlos July 1, 1995 in a traditional Greek Orthodox ceremony in London.