{"id":7262,"date":"2025-03-01T16:14:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T16:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=7262"},"modified":"2025-03-01T16:14:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T16:14:21","slug":"it-is-with-great-sadness-that-we-announce-that-the-prince-has-passed-away-suddenly-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=7262","title":{"rendered":"It is with great sadness that we announce that the prince has passed away suddenly tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, first cousin to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, has died at the age of 85 in Athens. Born in 1939, he was the only child of Prince Christopher of Greece and Princess Fran\u00e7oise d\u2019Orl\u00e9ans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7263\" src=\"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/469580231_122116840868604272_4254552163620985915_n-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/469580231_122116840868604272_4254552163620985915_n-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/469580231_122116840868604272_4254552163620985915_n-2.jpg 726w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A writer and historian, Prince Michael renounced his claim to the Greek throne in 1965 to marry artist Marina Karella. 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