Will Queen Sofia return to Greece? The former homes of the royal family in the most expensive areas of Attica.

In May 1962, Princess Sofia, the firstborn of King Paul and Queen Frederica, marries Prince Juan Carlos in the Athens Metropolitan Cathedral. Sofia converts to Catholicism and soon becomes the Queen of Spain under the name Sofia. After 61 years, she decides to return to Greece to spend her final years there. It seems that the controversial return of Juan Carlos from the United Arab Emirates to Spain prompted Sofia's decision to return to her homeland. A joyful reunion.

On January 16, 2023, global attention was once again focused on the Spanish royal couple. Three years after Juan Carlos's self-imposed exile in the UAE, marred by scandals involving financial misconduct and numerous extramarital affairs, they met in Athens for the funeral of Sofia's brother, former King Constantine. This unfortunate event hastened Sofia's decision to return to Greece. During the few days she spent in Athens, memories of her past life there were revived. The place where she was born...

Under the weight of losing her only brother, Queen Mother Sophia arrives at the house where they all lived, the old mansion in Psychiko. This is the villa where the family of Pavlos and Frederica spent their early years, shortly before their coronation.

"Royal" real estate

• The news that the son of the former king lives in the Papandreou house in Kastris might have seemed like a strange joke before. However, this is the home of Nikolaos and Tatiana Blatnik in Kastris, on the historic Galini estate of the Papandreou family, where three prime ministers of the country lived. The 5.5-hectare estate with an ancient historical villa of the uncle of democracy now includes a complex of two buildings, each with four apartments, featuring pools and jacuzzis on their terraces. In one of them, Nikolaos and Tatiana fulfilled their dreams when they decided to stay permanently in Greece.
• Currently, renovation work is underway on the house opposite Nicholas's maisonette, which, according to program data, belongs to a well-known entrepreneur in the education sector. However, this is not the only luxurious property of the former Royal Family in Athens. There are also the interior apartments measuring 320 square meters, which were purchased by billionaire Thomas Flor, the father-in-law of Philip Glyksburg from Nineta Fix. This impressive apartment is located in the Anaktaron area, near the Presidential Palace and Megaron Maximou, offering panoramic views of the Acropolis and the Saronic Gulf, Kallimarmaro, and Lycabettus. According to information, the golden deal made by Nineta Fix, the last wife of the patriarch of Greek brewing, Carolos Fix, with Swiss billionaire Thomas Flor, the father-in-law of Philip, the youngest son of former King Constantine, concerns the sale of the 320 sq.m. retreat at Ironda Attikou 17 for a mythical sum of 18 million euros.