Maria Olympias of Greece, 27, influential and maid of honor to Charles III

In 2014, the eldest granddaughter of the former King of Greece Constantine appeared on the cover of a British magazine. Tatler, reading for “high” enthusiasts. She was not yet 18 years old when the princess was already presented as “at the most beautiful party in the world”. Then the general public discovers Maria Olympia from Greece, with a flawless brush, kohl-blackened eyes. The young heir already has everything great.

It must be said that Maria Olympia was born under the best auspices. He was born in New York on July 25, 1996, a year after the grand wedding of his parents, Prince Paul of Greece and American commoner Marie-Chantal Miller, in London’s Hagia Sophia. The princess then became the first grandchild of Constantine II, the last sovereign of the Hellenes, and Anna-Marie of Denmark. True to Greek tradition, he was baptized in Istanbul by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople in 1996. on December 22. One of his godfathers was none other than Charles III, the then Prince of Wales.

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Golden youth

Maria Olympia spent her early years before moving across the Atlantic to London. There, with his four brothers (Constantine-Alexios, Achilles, Odysseus, and Aristides), he leads a good life and regularly sees his grandparents and exiles in Britain. In the winter, the family flies to Switzerland, to Gstaad, where her maternal grandparents, Robert and Chantal Miller, have a chalet, and where she hits the slopes with her cousin Talita Von Furstenberg (herself the granddaughter of New York designer Diana Von Furstenberg). : In summer, a change of scenery. Maria Olympia prefers the warmth of the Caribbean, Harbor Island, Capri or Greece. Life in Gossip Girl sauce.

On the academic side, the princess, a dyslexic, feels more “creative” than academic. So he joined a high school specializing in creative arts, where he became passionate about art history, graphic design and photography. This gives him the opportunity to undergo a three-week internship at Dior’s couture department. An experience that sharpens her appetite for fashion. This industry, known as the elite, quickly opened its doors to him. A model called the “it girl”, she browses the front rows of fashion shows. Sometimes with her mother, sometimes next to actress Emma Watson, the star of the Harry Potter saga. Princess Olympia, who is passionate about Isabel Marant and obsessed with Givenchy sweaters, recalls: City and: Country: Some of the best fashion advice she got from her father: “Please, Olympia, wear shoes you can sleep in.”

Musa Louis Vuitton

Hailing from Greece, Paul Sr eventually left the British capital to join New York’s Parsons School of Design before graduating with a degree in fashion business and marketing in 2019. Later, she became the face of the Capucine bag from Louis Vuitton, and then in 2022 she was named the brand ambassador of Aquazzura.

Very connected, Maria Olympia is playing influential today. And the strategy is paying off. On Instagram, she has 295,000 subscribers, to whom she reveals her daily life, her outfits, good addresses, her getaways in Tuscany… In short, a modern princess.

On the personal side, she was mistakenly credited with an affair with Prince Harry for a while. She is said to be in a relationship today with Peregrine Pearson, son and heir of the 4th Viscount Cowdrey, who lives in London. Birds of a feather flock together.