The Marriage That Destroyed Princess Olga’s Life
6.2K views · Feb 5, 2026 · People & Blogs
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@tudorphilliposhellespana6904 · 13 days ago
She broke the engagement with Frederick because he was an alcoholic.
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@JLFAN2009 · 7 months ago (edited)
What the video omits is that Olga was originally engaged to the then-crown prince of Denmark (the future King Frederik IX) -- who (for some reason) jilted her. She met Paul in England, where her family traveled in the hopes that she catch the eye of the Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VIII). He was a consolation prize whose hand she accepted because she really had no other choice: the royal marriage market for princesses had shrunken considerably, in the wake of World War I. Despite her beauty and class Olga was really a beggar, not chooser, when it came to catching a husband: Paul offered neither advantage (a cousin of King Alexander I Karageorgevich, not expected to succeed to the throne of Yugoslavia) nor security (in the Balkans); but he "would do" for a princess who herself came from a royal family who was in a state of limbo (the Greek dynasty was in a state of limbo, alternating between being reigning and deposed several times over the course of a century). And the assassin of King Alexander was a Croat, not Bulgarian ...
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@JSH911 · 7 months ago
Paul also was a “good friend” of diarist Chips Channon…..seems like it went beyond friendship
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@pddocumentales · 7 months ago
Qué destino tan cruel para una princesa
@MorningGlory62 · 7 months ago
This is Ai generated?
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