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Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece

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The Crown Princess Pavlos of Greece, Princess of Denmark (born Marie-Chantal Claire Miller on September 17, 1968 in London) is a socialite and the wife of HRH Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece, Prince of Denmark.

Family and Education

Her father is Robert Miller who made his fortune in duty-free retail. Her mother is Chantal Miller, born in Ecuador. She has two sisters, Pia Getty, married to Christopher Getty, and Princess Alexandra von Furstenberg formerly married to Prince Alexandre von Furstenberg.

Marie-Chantal was raised in Hong Kong until the age of 10. She and her sisters Pia and Alexandra, were educated at Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland between 1977 and 1982. In Paris, France, she studied at a bilingual school (1982-1986), after that she studied one year at the Academy of Arts in New York City. Later she picked up her studies again, studying art history at New York University.

Marriage and Children

In 1995 she was engaged to Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece, Prince of Denmark, whom she married in London on 1 July 1995. Template:Infobox greekroyalty The couple have four children:

Business Activities

In 2000 she founded her own line of children's clothing under the name "Marie Chantal LLC." The clothes can be bought in "better department stores" in the United States, London and Athens, Greece.

She also illustrated her first book in a series of classic fairytales, "The Frog Prince."

For photographs of Marie-Chantal and her family: http://princessmariechantal.tripod.com/id4.html