Located on the gentle slopes of Fiesole, a charming town just on the edge of Florence in Tuscany, the Villa Sparta was, for four decades, the home of Queen He…

A portrait of Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta by Philip de Laszlo, c1931.  Princess Irene was born a Princess of Greece and Denmark. By marriage, she was Duch…

King Constantine and Queen Sophie with their family. On October 27, 1889, Crown Prince Constantine (later King) of Greece and Princess Sophie of Prussi…

Just like her mother, the Empress Frederick, who was treated coldly in Prussia, Queen Sophia of Greece also endured the same in her adopted country bec…