August 31, 1912
Oh dear. According to the Marquise de Fontenoy, the "estrangement
between the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Greece has reached the point
of open rupture." Many are now assuming that a separation "is
imminent," despite the many efforts "heal their differences."
The former Princess Sophie of Prussia has "many of the masterful
characteristics" of her oldest brother, Kaiser Wilhelm II. She has
maintained her :"German distinctions openly in Greece," and she is
apparently forcing German ways and German ideas at the court in Athens.
For a time, her "good natured husband," Crown Prince Constantine was
"completely under her finger and thumb," but it has become apparent that he
is in "open rebellion against her dictatorial whims." It has also been
stated by someone with strong ties to the court that he went so far as to
"smack her on the cheek," for her insulting remarks about Greece and the
modern Greeks.
The marriage of Princess Sophie and Crown Prince Constantine took place on
October 15, 1889 in Athens. It was said to be a love match engineered and
aided by Constantine's Aunt Alexandra, then the Princess of Wales, and
Sophie's recently widowed mother, Empress Friedrich.
Constantine was only 21 one at the time, and he was "devoted in his
attentions toward Princess Sophie."
The Crown Princess is now in Darmstadt visiting her younger sister, Princess
Friedrich Karl of Hesse. She has flatly refused to return to Greece.
her brother has ordered her to return to Greece, reminding her of her wifely
duties, but she responded with "Allow me to manage my own affairs my way."
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