.......Later they hoped for a wedding of CP Harald and Princess Irene of Greece.
Irene even learned Norwegian for this case.....................
So , also this marriage-wish didn't come true. I also once heard that this was the reason why Irene never married. Who knows, who knows..
As discussed earlier, a hope/wish for a wedding between Harald and Yriny was widely rumored and recorded on paper print, in the 60s, in Greece.
I would seriously doubt though that this was the reason she never married. There is no documentation, whatsoever, that Yriny was in love with Harald. If anything, this would have been an arranged marriage.
One easy and reasonable answer is that even in the tumultuous 60's it was still unusual for European royals to marry outside their world (except for the British who had already established the precedent of marrying into British noble, but non-royal, families from the early 20th century) and, in addition, Queen Frederika knew very well that marrying into a defunct royal or princely family would provide neither the exuberant lifestyle nor the prestige she had in mind for her children.
A good possibility would have been for Yriny to marry a Greek gentleman of standing but this would have raised eyebrows and caused resentment in Greece.
One rumour that circulated widely and intensely back then among upper class circles in Athens, was that there was a romance between Yriny and a member of the Nomikos Shipping Family and that Queen Frederika was very much against the idea.
In any event, it is quite interesting that 40 years later, a different member of that family, Mr. Markos Nomikos, married princess Victoria de Borbon y Dos Sicilias, daughter of prince Carlos de Borbon y Dos Sicilias, Infante of Spain. The couple and their children live very quietly in Greece. Indeed, no one in Greece has any clue that Mr. Nomikos is married to a princess who is very close to the Spanish royal family.
King Pavlos made wise choices,in my opinion.
