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Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece
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| Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece | |
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| Born | September 17, 1968  London, England, UK |
| Spouse | Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece |
| Children | Princess Maria-Olympia, Prince Constantine Alexios, Prince Achileas-Andreas, Prince Odysseas-Kimon |
Marie Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece, Princess of Denmark (née Marie-Chantal Claire Miller, born September 17, 1968), is an international socialite, designer of children's clothes, the wife of Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece, a daughter of duty-free billionaire Robert W. Miller, and one of the three famously well-married Miller sisters.
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Her father is Robert W. Miller, who made his fortune in duty-free retail. Her mother is the former Maria Clara "Chantal" Pesantas, born in Ecuador. She has two sisters: Pia Getty, the former wife of oil heir Christopher Getty, and Alexandra von Fürstenberg, the former wife of Prince Alexandre von Fürstenberg, the only son of fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg.
Born in London, Marie-Chantal was raised in Hong Kong until the age of 10. She and her sisters Pia and Alexandra, attended (but did not graduate) Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland between 1977 and 1982. She graduated instead from The Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, NY, in 1986. After that she studied one year at the Academy of Arts in New York City. Later she picked up her studies again, studying art history at New York University although she never graduated.
In 1995 she was engaged to Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece, whom she married in London on 1 July 1995 in a lavish London ceremony that reunited much of Europe's royal houses. She was received into the Greek Orthodox Church before the wedding.
The couple have four children:
- Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark 25 July 1996 in New York
- Prince Constantine Alexios of Greece and Denmark 29 October 1998 in New York
- Prince Achileas-Andreas of Greece and Denmark 12 August 2000 in New York
- Prince Odysseas-Kimon of Greece and Denmark 17 September 2004 in London
Crown Princess Marie-Chantal has used the following titles and styles:
- Miss Marie-Chantal Claire Miller (1968-1995)
- Her Royal Highness The Crown Princess of Greece, Princess of Denmark (1995-)
| Monarchical Styles of Marie Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece |
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| Reference style: | Her Royal Highness |
| Spoken style: | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style: | Ma'am |
In 2000 she founded her own line of children's clothing under the name "Marie Chantal LLC." The clothes can be bought in "better department stores" in the United States, London and Athens, Greece.
She also illustrated her first book in a series of classic fairytales, "The Frog Prince."