Is Prince Harry dating his distant cousin, Greek Princess Maria-Olympia?
Greece dethroned their king and their royal family back in 1967, when a military junta kicked King Constantine II out of the country. Constantine and his family still used their royal titles in exile for decades, which is why American and British society pages often mention “the Greek king” and “Princess Marie-Chantal” and the like. Constantine’s oldest son, Crown Prince Pavlos, married Marie Chantal (half-Ecuadorian, half-American) in 1995 and they have five children together. Their oldest is Princess Maria-Olympia. She is 19 years old and she seems to spend her time between London and New York. One of Maria-Olympia’s godfathers? The Prince of Wales. The Windsors have long had close associations with the Greek royals, seeing as how Prince Philip originally was Greek royalty, and they’re all distantly related through Queen Victoria.
That was all background information for this gossip story: an Aussie tabloid claims that Prince Harry is dating his (very distant) cousin Princess Maria-Olympia!
Britain’s most eligible royal bachelor is reportedly dating Princess Maria-Olympia. After a string of high-profile break-ups, Prince Harry has fallen for a new woman fallen for a new woman – and a princess no less!
‘Harry has fallen head over-heels with Maria-Olympia,’ a royal insider tells. ‘He’s absolutely smitten. They’ve been on a string of dates and are planning to go skiing in Switzerland before Easter.
After being named ‘The Most Eligible Girl in the World’ by Tatler magazine in 2014, the princess has been fighting off the advances of men across the globe. But it was Harry’s cousin Princess Beatrice who set up the young ‘it girl’ with the 31-year old lovable prince, who has struggled struggled to find love since to find love since Cressida Bonas and Chelsy Davy. While the princess is well known in London’s society circles for her high-end style and connections, it’s her fun side that has really won Harry’s heart.
‘Wills and Kate love Maria-Olympia and think she is Harry’s best girlfriend yet,’ spilled the inside.
‘They can’t believe how happy and settled Harry is thanks to Maria-Olympia being in his life – before she came along, he always seemed quite restless, but now he’s much more content.’
The Daily Mail has an unnamed royal source who claims that Harry and Maria-Olympia are not dating. What do you believe? I believe that if Harry really was hooking up with a princess, we wouldn’t find out through an Aussie tabloid. That was my first reaction, although once I looked at photos of this 19-year-old princess, I find myself wondering if Maria-Olympia isn’t actually Harry’s type. She’s blonde and pouty. She’s well-connected and fun. Stranger things have happened. Now, that being said, Harry is too old to be messing around with any 19-year-old. The whole idea of Harry being pushed towards a teenage princess seems so old-school, probably because that’s exactly what would have happened a century ago. As soon as Maria-Olympia came of age, she would be married off to the most eligible royal dude her mother could find.
Photos courtesy of Maria-Olympia’s Instagram, Getty, WENN.
ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7pLHLnpmirJOdxm%2BvzqZmbW5maIZ3e8islqmqmaOwpqvHmqmrsY%2BZrrW1zaCWoaGjlLGqv9Oapa2Xk6TCtLXNmJ6rnZWgrLG%2ByKeanqujlLqivsiaZKikqaK9qq2O