The courtship of Juan Carlos and Sofía of Greece

La Queen Frederick of GreeceIn the summer of 1954, he organized a cruise on the Yacht Agamemnon, for 110 young people who belonged to the different European royal houses.
The objective of this trip was for these young people to get to know each other. On that trip was 15-year-old Princess Sofia of Greece and among the young people was 16-year-old Prince Juan Carlos de Bordón of Spain.
On the deck once the two princes met, and afterwards they continued to meet many times.
But the most important meeting between them was at the wedding of the Duke of Kent on June 8, 1961.
On that day, the secret engagement of Juan Carlos and Sofia.
In that year, the photo of the princes holding hands came out and their engagement was announced. The bride and groom posed for the media in the gardens of the Tatoi Palace, home of Princess Sofia.
Sophia her fiancé gave a ruby ​​bracelet and Juan Carlos she gave him a gold seal that he sometimes carries in his right hand.
Dona Sofia remember how it really was, “Do you remember - he said looking at don Juan Carlos before other witnesses - that in Switzerland at your grandmother's house, after lunch, you came in, you put the bracelet on me and you told me: We got married, huh?
On May 14, 1962, they were married in Athens for the two rites.
First they were married in the Catholic Church in the Cathedral of San Dionisio, then they were married in the Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, this wedding was authorized by the Pope.
When the ceremony ended, rice and rose petals fell on the bride and groom.


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