Re: Princess Françoise of Greece wearing the turquoises Archived Message
Posted by SarahN on July 25, 2012, 6:38 pm, in reply to "Re: Princess Françoise of Greece wearing the turquoises"
What happened to the money Prince Christopher had received from his first wife - did he spend it all, or bad investments during the Depression? --Previous Message-- : Princess Françoise's son, Prince Michael of : Greece, writes in his book "Mémoires : insolites", that his father died : pennyless when he was only one year old. : : The widowed Princess Françoise was obliged : to sell the family jewels, and also the : Villa Anastasia in Rome was sold (it had : been bought with the money of Christopher's : first wife Nancy Stewart Worthington Leeds - : Princess Anastasia of Greece) . : : When Michael's maternal grand-mother died in : 1961 he inherited his share of the Orléans : fortune, which in those years was quite : considerable. :
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