Because she is Duchess of Sparta anh her husband is the Crown Prince of Greece.Doesn't matter if her husband will ever become King.
It means she does not understand the history of her husband's Family.
The greeks do not consider her as a greek.They would certainly consider Tatiana Blatnik more.
^ I'm sure she knows her husband's family history,you're right. But Cory is also right,Greeks don't consider her Greek at all and it is normal since she was not born/raised/educated etc here. MC is American,rich and famous and actually brings sparkle to her family-in-law. But i don't see why she should learn Greek since she won't live here.It's not like Princess Mary that has to learn Danish or Princess Maxima.She a member of an ex-Royal family so..
A person who marries a greek must learn greek and raise her children as greeks.A Princess of Greece must know the language of the country.Why does she convert to orthodoxy if she is not interested in Greece and in the Royal Family of Greece?
If he is not interested in Greece he should give up his titles as Crown Prince and Duke of Sparta for him and his children in favour of Prince Nikolaos, a real greek.
If Pavlos's wife doesn not even speak greek I am not surprised the greeks are not very in love with this couple.
Greeks perceive the language as everything sacrosant and when you speak it well you are ahead of the game.King Constantine has a phenomenal grasp of the Greek language as do Sofia and Irene.I think by now MC should have learned to speak some phrases - because Queen Anne Marie does and is fluent from what I know- with an accent but still fluent and everybody knew that she was learning at the beginning when she arrived in Greece and they loved her for it.We have no idea if she speaks it.
But to be quite honest I wouldn't be surprised if she didn't.
You are welcome and encouraged to read through the posts where you'll find out that Yriny and Sofia are quite popular in Greece.I understand that Constantine's parents were highly disliked in Greece and to some extent, Constantine inherited such animosity. My question is, for Constantine's siblings, like Queen Sophia of Spain, are they disliked as much in Greece?
As a newbie in this topic, it seems like that the sins of the father (or parents) are passed on to the son (and children).
Absolutely not. Even the old Constitution of 1952 and earlier ones under the monarchy were prohibiting titles of nobility. Even the titles of prince, princess, did not exist in Greece. Royal children, in fact, were called vassilopaides [=paidia, ie chidlren, of vassilefs ie the king] in a manner similar to that used in Spain [infante, infanta].Because she is Duchess of Sparta anh her husband is the Crown Prince of Greece.Doesn't matter if her husband will ever become King.
Princess Maria-Chantal does not seem to know how to deal with the greek people.I suppose she does not even know Greek.
No ability to speak the language should enable Greeks to rescind her title from her and she should therefore have no expectations whatsoever.Titles have their difficultiesWhen it comes to Marie Chantal and learning Greeks. although that would probably make her more likeable by the Greeks ( not to the point of restoring the monarchy of course) , she has no obligation to do so, and I don't see why she should try if she is not interested in the matter. Greek is a hard language to learn properly I believe and she might not even have the time. After all,IMO, no matter what kind of issues exist, existed or are to exist in the fututre between Greece and her husband's family, Marie Chantal owns nothing to Greece and Greece owns nothing to Marie Chantal.
This is not correct. The Greeks and Greece have no authority over the former royal family because the latter holds no formal status, meaning that it is not bound by the country's consitution or the law.No ability to speak the language should enable Greeks to rescind her title from her and she should therefore have no expectations whatsoever.Titles have their difficulties
It is ridiculous that the Greeks don't want their King back
Pavlos and Marie-Chantal would be great as King and Queen
They have an amazing blue-blooded lineage They are beautiful intelligent and healthy
What else do they want