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Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark (born 11 May 1942) is the youngest child of King Paul of Greece

Paul of Greece

Paul reigned as King of Greece from 1947 to 1964.-Family and early life:Paul was born in Athens, the third son of King Constantine I of Greece and his wife, Princess Sophia of Prussia. He was trained as a naval officer....

 and his wife Frederika of Hanover

Frederika of Hanover

Frederica of Hanover was Queen consort of the Hellenes as the wife of King Paul of Greece.-Early life:...

. She is the younger sister of Queen Sofía of Spain

Queen Sofía of Spain

Queen Sofía of Spain is the wife of King Juan Carlos I of Spain.-Early life and family:Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark was born in Psychiko, Athens, Greece on 2 November 1938, the eldest child of the King Paul of Greece and his wife, Queen Frederika , a former princess of Hanover...

 and of deposed King Constantine II of Greece

Constantine II of Greece

|align=right|Constantine II was King of Greece from 1964 until the abolition of the monarchy in 1973, the sixth and last monarch of the Greek Royal Family....

. She is officially styled in Denmark as Her Royal Highness Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark.

Biography

She was born in Cape Town

Cape Town

Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...

, South Africa, on 11 May 1942. She was a pupil of concert pianist Gina Bachauer

Gina Bachauer

Gina Bachauer , was a Greek classical pianist who toured extensively in the United States and Europe....

 and, for a while, she was a professional concert pianist herself. After her brother was dethroned, she moved to India with her mother. Since her mother's death, Princess Irene has lived in Spain in an apartment at the La Zarzuela Palace

Palacio de la Zarzuela

Zarzuela Palace is the principal residence of King Juan Carlos of Spain and Queen Sofia and their family. The palace is on the outskirts of Madrid, near the Royal Palace of El Pardo. The complex also houses the official residence of the Prince and Princess of Asturias in a nearby mansion...

 in Madrid, the royal residence of the King and Queen of Spain. She was dating

Dating (activity)

Dating is a form of courtship consisting of social activities done by two persons with the aim of each assessing the other's suitability as a partner in an intimate relationship or as a spouse...

 Prince Michel of Orléans, comte d'Evreux, a younger son of the Orléanist

Orléanist

The Orléanists were a French right-wing/center-right party which arose out of the French Revolution. It governed France 1830-1848 in the "July Monarchy" of king Louis Philippe. It is generally seen as a transitional period dominated by the bourgeoisie and the conservative Orleanist doctrine in...

 pretender, when he met Béatrice Pasquier de Franclieu, whom he married on 18 November 1967 in Casablanca

Casablanca

Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region.Casablanca is Morocco's largest city as well as its chief port. It is also the biggest city in the Maghreb. The 2004 census recorded a population of 2,949,805 in the prefecture...

, Morocco, without his father's consent. Princess Irene has never married and is close to her brother, Constantine.

She is the founder and president of the World in Harmony organisation (Mundo en Armonía). She also collaborates with other benefic foundations and cultural activities.

Her niece, Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca named her daughter Irene

Irene Urdangarín y de Borbón

Doña Irene de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón , is the daughter of Infanta Cristina of Spain and Iñaki Urdangarín, the Duchess and Duke of Palma de Mallorca...

 (born in 2005) after her. On 23 April 2008 together with Mohammed VI of Morocco

Mohammed VI of Morocco

Mohammed VI is the present King of Morocco and Amir al-Mu'minin . He ascended to the throne on 23 July 1999 upon the death of his father.-Education:...

 they became the godparents of Simeon Hassan Muñoz, the son of Princess Kalina of Bulgaria

Princess Kalina of Bulgaria

Princess Kalina of Bulgaria, Duchess of Saxony , is the fifth child and only daughter of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria and his wife Doña Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela.-Biography:...

 and Antonio "Kitín" Muñoz Valcárcel.

Titles and styles

• 11 May 1942 – present: Her Royal Highness Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark

Ancestry