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"TET-A-TET in ALPHA" with Prince Michael, the only living grandson of King George I of the Greeks... In his first television appearance on a Cypriot channel, he illuminates aspects of Greek history, revealing even unknown incidents with Archbishop Makarios . Prince Michael, the only living grandchild of King George I of Greece, in a rare televised interview, where he talks about, among others, Princess Diana, Camilla, Harry and Meghan, as well as members of the former of the royal family of Greece... The show was broadcast on Sunday, April 10 at 18:45 by ALPHA Cyprus. The prince talks about unknown and interesting pages of modern Greek history. What was King George and Queen Olga like who founded the royal dynasty that reigned in Greece for about 100 years? How was the choice of his grandfather, by foreign powers, as the new king of the Greeks, after the expulsion of Otho from the Greek throne? How was Queen Frederica in her daily life and King Paul who took over his guardianship, after the death of his parents? What does he remember from growing up in Tatoi, next to Konstantinos, Sofia and Irene? What incidents does he remember from Archbishop Makarios? What does he think about the institution of royalty today? Who is Prince Michael? The only child of Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark and Princess Francesca of Orléans, sister of Henry, Count of Paris. His father passed away when Michael was only one year old. He is also a first cousin of Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, who died in 2021, and an uncle of Charles, Prince of Wales, Queen Sofia of Spain and the former King of the Greeks, Constantine II. He is the only member of the former royal family of Greece who renounced his rights in order to marry his wife and who has Greek citizenship since he is registered in the census of the municipality of Athens as "Michael De Gres". He has published more than 20 books around the world, historical biographies and novels, while a French newspaper called him, in the 1980s, "the author of aviation bestsellers" since, as he said, almost all the passengers on the planes read his books during of flights. Together with his wife, they have founded in Greece the charity "Eliza" for abused children after the tragedy of little Eliza, who was murdered by her mother in New York, which marked them because Prince Michael and the wife they had taken over the expenses for her education. Instagram: / tasostrifonos Facebook: / tetatetstonalpha Twitter: / tasostryfonos producer : Andreas C. Saplaouras produced by : SLAS Productions www.slas.gr