Between discretion and respect for Tatiana Blanik

We published at the end of last December that Doña Sofía’s nephews had become Republicans to be able to be Greek again. It wasn’t a joke. The little brother of our Queen Emerita, King Constantine, who died two years ago, never renounced his dynastic rights but his children, in order to have the nationality have had to apostatize: to renounce their rights to the throne. That is, embrace the Republic. After Jroña that Jroña (years and yearsin Homer’s language) waiting for the Helena nationality, the maternal family of Felipe VI has achieved it but has paid a price.

And now it turns out that Nicolás de Grecia’s brand new wife does not want them to be told “princess.” Therefore, it does not seem very counterpart Chrysi vardinoyannis because her husband Nicolás and all the children of Ana María de Grecia have become republicans despite sweating blue blood on the four sides: they belong to the house of Schleswig-Holstein-Sanderburg-Glücksburg, also called Glücksburg House, a branch of The Danish dynasty of Oldemburg. Constantine’s blood (like that of his sisters Queen Sofia and Princess Irene), was even more blue: Federica de Greece was great-granddaughter of the German emperor Federico III and Princess Victoria of Saxony-Coburg-Gotha, that is, descendant of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. They are now Republicans.

As we see, in this tangle of European lineages, where each marriage bond seems fabric with threads of convenience and abolengo, there are unexpected twists that break even the most tanned in the social chronicle. “Tatiana Blatnik has left the group.” That imaginary phrase could have appeared in the family chat of the descendants of Ana María de Grecia the night in which Nicolás, the son of the deposed King Constantine, married again after 15 years in which his other wife shared his title of Princess Consort. Entered the family group Chrysi vardinoyannis, The Greek multimillionaire who has decided that the lineage does not need another royal emblem hanging from her name.

The story is that of a cold, elegant and silent relief. Nobody in the Greek royal house refers to Chrysi as a princess, or as a highness, not even with the slightest courtly varnish. Maybe some crown in invitations logos. But she appears simply as “Mrs. Chrysi Vardinoyannis” in the official communiqués. It is a subtlety that betrays that appearances matter. In Greece, where the monarchy is a ghost that wanders in the memory of some nostalgic, there is no need to add more pomp.

But gestures are treacherous. In his discreet wedding, Chrysi decided not to use the title, but The corsair tiara. The same diamond jewel that Tatiana behaved when he married Nicolás More than a decade ago. It is a piece that drags the history of the dynasty, always borrowed by Ana María de Grecia to all the brides of her children. It did not matter the symbolic of the object, nor its weight in recent memory. Chrysi adorned his head with the tiara and left that image for history.

There have been no stridency in this new union. The wedding, which brought together queens, princesses and potentates of the business aristocracy, was held with a low media profile. It is not that the bride and groom are unknown. Nicolás de Greece, with his regal bearing in a country that has made him one more citizen, does not need a presentation. And Chrysi, from a family whose wealth eclipses any noble title, does not need more honors to sustain its position.

Vardinoyannis are authentic Business princes of Greece, although not blue blood. In the business world, his last name weighs more than a title granted by birth or marriage right. Chrysi’s uncle is a navigation tycoon, a colossus in the maritime transport sector, with financial tentacles that extend to all corners of the planet. His father, on the other hand, presided over the Panathinaikos, the most history football club in Greece. Since childhood, Chrysi grew between power and influence, aware that his last name was a key that opened more doors than a crown.

To top it off, Chrysi was married to Stefanos Sakellarios Xypolitas, better known as Nino, a Greek singer of Swedish origin who reached fame after passing through reality Fame Story. His marriage to the artist lasted five years and the result of that relationship was born his two children, Giorgos and Karen Agapi. Now, married to a prince without a throne, his story acquires a new dimension.

Being a princess in Greece did not see as much as in other parts. The recent history of the country is a constant reminder of it. The Greek monarchy fell out of favor after the dictatorship of the colonels, when the young Constantine II, father of Nicolás, failed in his attempt to redirect the political situation with a military counterattack. Overthrown and forced into exile, he never resigned from his dynastic rights, but had to accept that his kingdom became the Hellenic Republic, I didn’t want him back.

The ties with European royalty, however, never broke. Constantino II was the brother of Queen Sofía of Spain and brother -in The nostalgia of a lost power. And with him, his family, including Nicolás and his brothers, had to adapt to a country where royalty is seen by many as an uncomfortable relic of the past. When not something worse.

The marriage of Nicolás with Chrysi Vardinoyannis It is a symptom of times. It is not just a matter of love or social convenience. It is a confirmation that the titles have lost their weight against the surnames that control capital and real power. Chrysi does not need to be a princess because, in the world where he moves, that title is almost a ballast. Meanwhile, Tatiana Blatnik It has not been completely out of the story. Your metaphorical salida From the WhatsApp group of the Greek royal family is just a transcript of a greater reality. His time as a princess ended the same day the divorce roles were signed.

Tatiana spoke

A few days after her ex -husband’s wedding, Tatiana spoke. He was not referring to the link in his publication, but his words, chosen with the precision of who wants to communicate without hurting, responded to the echo of that event. “A special thanks to those who help me stay strong, physically and emotionally, and in all important aspects,” He wrote, making it clear that he did not face this period of changes alone. His decision to stay in Greece is an affirmation, a way of planting roots in a field that was now his, beyond the real ties. “When they ask me if I will continue living in Greece, my answer has never been so resounding: yes,” declares. Greece, with her sea that she does not judge and her mountains that shut up, has become her refuge, the perfect setting for silent reconstruction. And in Greece, where titles have lost their brightness and royalty is just a distant echo, Chrysi vardinoyannis He has made the decision to assume the Republic, dispense with the pomp and the title of princess and remain alone with real power. That of his fortune.