May 18, 1929
The engagement between Princess Irene of Greece and Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe has been broken. The Princess, who is the second youngest daughter of the late King Constantine I of the Hellenes, has "disavowed the engagement because she found that she would be obliged to live almost permanently in the atmosphere of German monarchist and military society at Potsdam," reports the New York Times.
Prince Christian's estate in near Potsdam.
Princess Irene is in Bucharest, Romania, where she is staying with her sister, Helen.
Irene's brother, King George II of the Hellenes, announced the engagement on October 12, 1927. At the time, the king said that his sister and Prince Christian had known each other for many years. Prince Christian is a nephew of King Christian X of Denmark.
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