ATHENS.- He Prince Michael of Greecewho remained in the country during the years of dictatorship, died on Sunday – July 28 – at the age of 85, the Greek press reported.
The prince, the last living grandson of the Greek monarch George I and uncle of the Queen Sofa from Spain, died in hospital in Athens, the newspaper reported Kathimerini.
After the death of his father, when he was one year old, he lived in Morocco and Spain and then studied in France.
Prince Michael was the only Greek royal to remain in the country after King Constantine I led a counter-coup in 1967 against the colonels who had seized power months earlier.
Prince’s studies
In accordance with The worldMiguel was not a member of royalty well known to the general public, despite the fact that he was always present at all the major events of both the Greek and Spanish dynasties.
Miguel de Grecia published dozens of works combining his historical knowledge with narrative.
“Miguel of Greece studied Politics at the Sorbonne, but later settled permanently in the Greek capital, where he served in the army for the first few years. It should be noted that, more than for his blue blood, the prince gained fame as a renowned historian and writer of biographies and historical novels, among which stand out titles such as The last tsars Nicholas and Alexandra, Joan of Arc o The Empress of Goodbye”, rese The world.