Once upon a time, royals married royals with the intention of keeping power in the family and/or creating alliances. What they didn’t realize then was that it was incestuous and, well, a little creepy. Most of today’s royal families are descended from Queen Victoria, whose 9 children married relatives in other European kingdoms to keep the lineage strong. Queen Elizabeth II is married to her third cousin, the Duke of Edinburgh, though their union was born out of love. This brings us to modern-day royals, who prefer to water down their DNA with those who don’t share a link to Victoria. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are a prime example, as are Crown Prince Pavlos and Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece and Denmark. The latter couple have five children, the eldest of which is a gorgeous 19-year-old blond studying at NYU. Her name is Princess Marie-Olympia, but she goes simply by Olympia. Australian tabloid New Idea recently linked Olympia to Prince Harry, declaring that he has found love, and everyone approves. “Harry has fallen head over-heels with Maria-Olympia,” someone pretending to be a “royal insider” claims . “He’s absolutely smitten. They’ve been on a string of dates and are planning to go skiing in Switzerland before Easter.” Said insider gives credit to Harry’s younger cousin, Princess Beatrice for introducing him to Olympia, who was raised in London. Beatrice also set up Harry with his ex-girlfriend, Cressida Bonas. The magazine reports that “Wills and Kate love Maria-Olympia and think she is Harry’s best girlfriend yet. “They can’t believe how happy and settled Harry is thanks to Maria-Olympia being in his life – before she came along, he always seemed quite restless, but now he’s much more content.” So, a little background on how Harry and Olympia are related, albeit very distantly. Harry’s grandmother and Olympia’s grandfather are both great-great-great-great-great grandchildren of King George II. Olympia is Queen Victoria’s great-great-great-great granddaughter through the Greek royal line. Harry, 31, is Queen Victoria’s great-great-great-great grandson Prince Philip, was born a prince of Greece and Denmark before becoming a naturalized British citizen in 1947. Constantine II is one of Prince William’s godfathers, and the Queen attended Marie-Chantal and Pavlos’ 1995 wedding at Hampton Court Palace in London. After Olympia’s younger brother, Constantine-Alexios was born in 1998, the crown princely couple asked William to be a godfather, according to The Duchess Diary . Whether it’s because they’re a little too related for comfort, or due to an 11-year age gap, royal sources have firmly denied any relationship between Harry and Olympia. True, she’s a blond and fits his type , and his own parents were 12 years apart, but the story is too asinine to be real. View Slideshow: 16 Times Prince Harry Made Us Royally Swoon
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