The captivating beauty of Irene Urdangarin (without boyfriend) at her cousin Teodora’s big Greek pre-wedding

Henri-Marie Beyle (better known as Stendhal) described the syndrome baptized with his pseudonym after being a victim of the phenomenon that the French writer experienced when he contemplated the immense beauty of the Basilica of the Holy Cross in Florence, as published in his book Rome, Naples et Florence, more than two centuries ago. The author of red and black gave its name to the sensation that causes happiness, elevates the heart rate, produces palpitations and incomparable feelings when the individual is exposed to extreme beauty.

It is not ruled out that Juan Urquijo, when contemplating his beloved cousin in the distance Irene Urdangarin, suffer symptoms typical of this psychosomatic illness, such as dizziness, tachycardia and sweating. Because the mayor’s brother-in-law has stayed in Madrid while the granddaughter of Juan Carlos I, captivating at 19 splendid years, was the star that attracted glances and flashes at the pre-wedding of Theodora of Greece, held this Friday at the Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens.

The only daughter of the Infanta Cristina She chose a printed dress with a halter neckline, off the shoulders, with her hair in a bun that let us admire her long earrings. He has been little in London, where begins her new stage as a university student. As we previewed, the daughter of Infanta Cristina and Iñaki Urdangarin is settled in Oxford, where she is studying a degree in Hospitality, Event Management and Tourism. The granddaughter of Don Juan Carlos and Doña Sofía landed in the British capital on September 16. There she was accompanied by her boyfriend, Juan Urquijo, who this time has not mixed with his girlfriend’s maternal family through whose veins he bleeds even bluer than through the Bourbon side. Irene was smiling this Friday, beautiful, as we see in the photos where the young woman is flanked by her aunt, Infanta Elena, her mother, her grandmother, her brother Miguel, with her namesake and great-aunt, Princess Irene of Greece, in front of the group , in a wheelchair.

We do not see Irene’s boyfriend, who will have to wait three thousand something kilometers away, in the capital governed by her brother-in-law Almeida. The bad thing is that his beloved Irene does not return to Madrid, but to England, as we already know.

The King’s family has chosen to pretend that nothing is happening and this Friday, Queen Sofia, a collateral victim of the scandal involving the publication of images of her husband kissing Barbara Rey, She smiled, surrounded by her family. Queen Sofía arrived in the same car as her sister Irene from Greece; his two daughters, the infantas Elena and Cristina; and two of his grandchildren, Miguel and Irene Urdangarin. La Emerita held her own, very elegant, with a pearl gray two-piece by Alejandro de Miguel.

Infanta Cristina, impeccable on Thursday in Madrid at the funeral for Villar Mir, was dressed in aquamarine blue in Athens with a plain skirt with a sash and a shiny blouse. Aunt Elena, faithful to her Bourbon traditionalism, chose a white satin model with a beige and red Manila shawl. Everyone smiled in the Greek capital (despite the one that is falling) when they saw people appear holding hands Theodora of Greece y Matthew Kumar through the gardens of the Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens. While the daughter of Constantino and Ana María attended her 250 guests, in Galicia, Don Juan Carlos starred in the reunion with his granddaughter the princess Leonor, in the presence of don Felipe y Mrs. Letizia, at the Naval Academy of Marin.

Juan Urquijo was not there but we were. We reviewed the guests, among whom we saw faces from the most royal royal universe, the one that credits the stone of Queen Sofia and her family, that is, from the House of Glücksburg, the Hanovers, such as Paul of Greece and Marie-Chantal of Greece with his sons, Olympia, Constantine Alexios, Achileas, Odysseas and Aristides; Philippos from Greece and Nina Flohr; Ana María de Grecia and Nicolás de Grecia; Alexia de Grecia and Carlos Morales with their children Arrietta, Ana María, Carlos and Amelia; Benedicta of Denmark or Alessandra de Osma or Cristián de Hannover.

Who’s who at Teodora and Matthew Kumar’s wedding

The youngest daughter of the late King Constantine and Anna Maria, and the Californian lawyer chose the Byzantine and Christian Museum in the Greek capital to warm up the big Greek wedding. The dinner, with live music under the sky of the building’s gardens, was a true conclave of the family of Queen Sofia, whose blood is bluer than the Ionian Sea.

Queen Anne Mary of Greece arrived on the arm of her son Nicholas. Constantine’s widow and sister-in-law of Queen Emerita exuded happiness on the eve of her daughter’s big day. Teodora will wear the same veil that she wore at her wedding with the brother of Doña Sofía and Irene de Grecia. This week he has been helping the couple with all the preparations and now he is enjoying this first celebration

Paul of Greece, head of the Helena Royal House, arrived with his wife, Marie-Chantal and their children. The prince will accompany his sister to the altar this Saturday in the Cathedral of the Annunciation of Saint Mary next to the museum located in a villa built in the mid-19th century, where the pre-wedding took place.

Olympia of Greece and his brothers posed upon arrival with their parents and his brothers, Constantine Alexios, Achileas, Odysseas and Aristides. The eldest daughter of Princes Pablos and Marie-Chantal is one of her aunt’s bridesmaids.

Alexia from Greece accompanies her little sister these days. Accompanied by her husband Carlos Morales and the rest of her family, Ana María’s first-born daughter, close to her cousin Infanta Cristina with the Canarian architect. Arrieta, Ana María and Amelia Morales. The children of Alexia de Grecia and Carlos Morales are all Spanish by birth. The eldest, Arrieta, is one of her aunt Teodora’s bridesmaids, who is also her baptismal godmother.

Philippos de Grecia and Nina Flohr You will soon celebrate your third anniversary: ​​you also got married in Athens.

Benedict of Denmark sister of Queen Ana María and sister-in-law of Queen Sofía, she has turned 80 and has had her sixth granddaughter. He couldn’t miss his niece’s wedding.

Gustav Sayn Wittgenstein He is the son of Benedicta of Denmark, nephew of Queen Margaret of Denmark and cousin of the bride. He went with Carina Axxelson to this dinner in the gardens of the Byzantine and Christian Museum. The relationship with the American woman has been maintained for more than twenty years but they have not married. Carina is a writer and worked as a model.

Sassa de Osma, wife of Cristian of Hannover, whose father, Ernest of Hanover, is Queen Sofia’s first cousin.

Chantal Hochuli (with her daughter-in-law behind) is the mother of Ernst August and Christian of Hanover. She was the first woman of Ernesto de Hanover before he married Carolina of Monaco. The German prince, who is still formally married to the Monegasque princess, is dating the Spanish Claudia Stilianopoulos, daughter of Pitita Ridruejo.