Engagement of Princess Theodora of Greece and Matthew Kumar - November 16, 2018


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I agree, they are not going to give any official reason, and I believe that their wedding will not be announced like that of Prince Filippos.
Now I also think that we are speculating about , why it has not been celebrated yet looking at the Greek Royal Family, but we forget that it is possible that it, the reason, could be on the side of Matthew's Family.
This would also be possible, that the wedding was suspended for reasons related to Matthew's Family.
I believe, and the proof is in the Filippos-Nina wedding, King Constantine was in poor health, and was present at the THREE EVENTS, the pre-wedding, the wedding, and the event at the Yacht Club. I don't think the problem has to do with the King's health.
 
I do not know the reasons, but it is curious, because if you follow Nina's instagram, you can see that Theodora-Matthew, Philippos-Nina are spending a few days in Morocco, and two months ago, they were in Mozambique, in the hotel complex of Nina. I think , they have free time, the reason why they have not married yet, and obviously it is not for work reasons, and not because of the pandemic....My opinion, the reason why that they have not yet married would be reasons external to them, related to other people... It cannot be excluded the state of health of King Constantine , they might want to wait for Constantine to improve his health after the problems he had in December and January
 
Philippos and Nina managed to get married, so if they truly wanted to get married, I don't see why they couldn't do so. Apparently, they are fine being engaged and getting married is not that much of a priority to them.

It is not unlikely that her father will never be 'in better health', so waiting for it could even result in him not being able to attend at all as he might have passed away by then.
 
Agree to anything said before. The King not only attended all ceremonies in Greece for Philippos and Nina but also travelled in Switzerland in the middle of covid for the Civil wedding. So if Theodora and Matthew really wanted to book a date, the whole GRF, including the King would attend.
I just believe that they are well like this and they don't want to do something more.

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Maybe there is some family hesitation to the union, from one or both sides?

Maybe there is some obstacle with the religious aspect...Matthew is experiencing difficulty with conversion to the Greek Orthodox faith?

And last...I flinch to mention it...perhaps the Greek family lawyers or the family itself are not satisfied that the groom is financially solvent enough to marry in? He is an attorney for a collection agency. That's a lucrative enough career for an "average" person.

But the married-ins in the Greek Royal family tend to have considerably more financial and social clout than Theodora's fiance.

In any case I am 100% convinced that they are not treading water because they like it this way. The couple was way too giddy and enthusiastic at the time of the announcement, looking forward to their wedding. Theodore is at an age where having children becomes a priority (assuming she wants children)

I really hope it works out soon for them.
 
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Its a long engagement ...4 years this November.
 
Moonmaiden23 said:
Maybe there is some family hesitation to the union, from one or both sides?

Maybe there is some obstacle with the religious aspect...Matthew is experiencing difficulty with conversion to the Greek Orthodox faith?

And last...I flinch to mention it...perhaps the Greek family lawyers or the family itself are not satisfied that the groom is financially solvent enough to marry in? He is an attorney for a collection agency. That's a lucrative enough career for an "average" person.

But the married-ins in the Greek Royal family tend to have considerably more financial and social clout than Theodora's fiance.

In any case I am 100% convinced that they are not treading water because they like it this way. The couple was way too giddy and enthusiastic at the time of the announcement, looking forward to their wedding. Theodore is at an age where having children becomes a priority (assuming she wants children)

I really hope it works out soon for them.
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From the 5 children of King Konstantine CP Pavlos and Prince Philippos made rich marriages. I don't think that Carlos Morales or Tatiana are especially rich. So I don't think that the financial situation of Matthew could be an issue.
As for the conversion in orthodox church if it creates an issue for him they can just do a civil wedding. But actually they are not married at all

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I think it would be hilarious if we find out they've already married and no one announced it. :)

But, who knows? Whatever their reasons, that's their business. If there's any hesitancy, they're wise to wait, just as any couple would be. Better to have a long engagement than go into a marriage that doesn't work out.
 
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From the 5 children of King Konstantine CP Pavlos and Prince Philippos made rich marriages. I don't think that Carlos Morales or Tatiana are especially rich. So I don't think that the financial situation of Matthew could be an issue.
As for the conversion in orthodox church if it creates an issue for him they can just do a civil wedding. But actually they are not married at all

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Carlos Morales and Tatiana Blatnick might not be wealthy, but they are socially well connected especially Tatiana.
 
Yes that's true, and they already belonged to the social circle of the Greek Royal Family, just like Nina too.
Princess Theodora and Matthew have yet to get married for some reason we don't know.
It's strange that they haven't had at least one civil ceremony yet.
 
They might have married secretely meanwhile because him accompanying Theodora to Margrethe' s jubilee was the first time both attended together at an official event.
I still wonder why he didn' t attend Philippo' s wedding.
Can' t imagine them having a big church wedding still because that had happened meanwhile. (..)
 
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At that point they will habe been engaged for over 4 1/2 years. I guess some Greek princesses like long engagements. Olga took also quite some time to get married.
 
Finally, a new date for the wedding is announced. I hope the wedding finally takes place.
 
It is a bit strange that they have postponed it for more than 4 years. We do not know the reasons, maybe they weren't always sure about their marriage. And, if they want children, it would be time to get married.
Some couples have postponed because of Corona, but many others have married this or last year. And the excuse to being able to invite lots of royal relatives and couldn't because of corona , I just don't believe it.
 
There could be lots of reasons for the long delay. The family lawyers sorting out the financial details, or perhaps a private health issue was a factor. Also, the GRF might require any non-Orthodox married ins to convert, and the conversion process is a lengthy one.

In any case I am thrilled that Theodora is finally going to have her day, three years after it was originally supposed to happen.

My fingers are crossed that it isn't delayed again by something outside the couples' control.
 
That website article didn't look like an announcement to me. It was a report about an item in a gossip column. In fact, the story says that the family has NOT announced a location or date.

Was there some other reference?
 
The Royal House has not issued any official statement, in conclusion the date of early summer 2023, this is not official, this is a rumor.
However, the rumor has credibility, because it comes from people close to the designer Celia Kritharioti especially , she is the designer of the wedding dress, and she is also the designer for Queen Anne Marie and Princess Tatiana, and from other Greek designers, who have designed the dresses of the greek wedding guests . Fom these same sources was born the date of the wedding of Filippos and Nina.
The date exact, at the moment , it is not know, only, Summer 2023.

The wedding was going to be held in May 2020, in Spetses, so it is assumed that it will be celebrated there.
 
I remember that in 2020, it was published, a month before, the rumor that the wedding was on hold due to covid, based on the prohibition established in Greece of this type of event.... But I recognize that this information which states that it will be in the summer of 2023, is a rumour, this may or may not be true, but, but unlike 2020, the statement does not have a basis, that is, a source, it is a journalist who makes that statement but does not say where does it come from.
I try to explain that it would be more credible for me, if the origin or basis of the news or the rumor, were the residents of Spetses who work in the hotels on the island, but curiously the local press of Spetses did not know about this new date.
In conclusion, I would not rule out that the wedding could be before, even in this year 2022
 
I wonder what is causing the delays,the poor health of the king?
 
If anything, I would think she would want to marry without delay so that her can be present?
 
Her brother managed to get engaged and married since his sister's engagement. And indeed, especially with a father whose health is deteriorating postponing would seem the least likely thing to do.
 
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I have the feeling that some members of the greek royal family don' t like Matthew but since Theo is of age they couldn' t avoid the engagement. Otherwise she had married him already in 2019.
Konstantin' s health seems to dereorate other than getting better so IMO it doesn' t make sense to wait for him to improve. Just my opinion. If we are not allowed to speculate then we can close this thread because we might never find out.
 
Is Theodora active on her Instagram account?
Does she post regularly photos where she is together with Matthew?
Does she radiate with happiness?
 
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The Royal House has not issued any official statement, in conclusion the date of early summer 2023, this is not official, this is a rumor.
However, the rumor has credibility, because it comes from people close to the designer Celia Kritharioti especially , she is the designer of the wedding dress, and she is also the designer for Queen Anne Marie and Princess Tatiana, and from other Greek designers, who have designed the dresses of the greek wedding guests . Fom these same sources was born the date of the wedding of Filippos and Nina.
The date exact, at the moment , it is not know, only, Summer 2023.

The wedding was going to be held in May 2020, in Spetses, so it is assumed that it will be celebrated there.
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If you go back and look at post 90 in this thread, you'll see that the dress designer supposedly told the media the date of the wedding two years ago. Not a very credible source.
 
Tatler Magazine has confirmed that Celia Kritharioti will design Princess Theodora's wedding dress.
 
It has been known for more than two years that Celia Kritharioti is the designer of the dress. The news of Tatler is not new, in fact, Celia shared a publication on the occasion of the wedding of Prince Philippos with Nina, where she was invited, in which she confirmed that she was the designer. The dress has been stored for 2 years.....
 
Matthew Kumar was there at King Constantine's funeral.

Any recent news about Theodora and Matthew's wedding?
 
The last news was days after the burial of King Constantine, the news came from people close to the Greek designer, Celia Kritharioti (the designer of the wedding dress), it said that Princess Theodora had spoken with the designer to inform the wedding had been suspended. . At the moment the princess has not set a new date for the big event.
Regarding Matthew, he has been part of the family for a long time, he spent his summers, including Christmas in the house of King Constantine and Queen Anna Maria in Porto Xeli, and even Queen Margrethe of Denmark invited him to her birthday , as her niece's husband.He is member of the Family.
 
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