In exile, Michael I and Helen settled for some time in Switzerland, where the deposed sovereign observes bitterly the Western acceptance of the establishment of a Republic in Romania. The princess grew up in an environment strongly anglophile, among a cohort of British tutors and governesses, including Miss Nichols, who took care especially of her. In these circumstances, the three Greek princes and Queen Marie of Romania decide to made an emergency return to Switzerland. In exile, Helen's parents were soon followed by almost all members of the royal family, who leave their country with the return of Venizelos as Prime Minister and the entry of Greece to the war alongside the Triple Entente. Learn how your comment data is processed. Disgusted by all these betrayals, Helen supports, in turn, fewer meetings with Soviet officials and worried every day for the life of her son. Nevertheless, the Romanian forces gradually manage to push the Germans out of the country and to attack Hungary to liberate Transylvania (Siege of Budapest, 29 December 1944 – 13 February 1945). Over the years, the two Greek princesses retain a strong bond, which ended with the death of the Duchess of Aosta in 1974. For her part, Queen Sophia was much less favorable to her daughter's wedding. Despite her sometimes stormy relationship with her sister-in-law, Queen Frederica, Helen also spent long periods in Greece and participates in the cruise of the Kings (1954), the marriage of Princess Sophia with the future King Juan Carlos I of Spain (1962) and the events organized to mark the centenary of the Greek dynasty (1963). (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Princess Helen of Greece is an outstanding figure of Romanian history although little known to the larger public. After the marriage of Michael I and Anne, Helen returns to Villa Sparta in Fiesole. Under these conditions, the Queen Mother considering exile with more determination but she was concerned that they didn't possess any foreign resources, because his son refused to save money outside Romania. During the following years, she has no contact with her former husband, who only briefly tell her by telephone the death of Queen Marie in 1938. Despite these few attempts of emancipation, Helen and her son spend most of the conflict playing as hosts of the German officers passing in Bucharest. Helen also seeks to reconnect with Alexander I. Between 1949 and 1950, Helen also houses her sister Irene and her nephew Amedeo, whom later settle in a neighboring residence. Still, the Sovietization of the Kingdom was accelerated. According to SS Hauptsturmführer Gustav Richter, the counselor for Jewish Affairs at the German legation in Bucharest in a report sent to Berlin on 30 October 1942: "The Queen Mother told the King that what was happening . Protected by the Entente countries, and in particular by the French Republic, in October 1916 Venizelos formed a parallel government in Thessaloniki. In Fiesole, the life of Helen and her sisters was relatively retired, even if they were regularly frequented the Italian House of Savoy, which has always been welcoming the Greek royal family during his exile. Helen has better luck with her own family. In July 1927, King Ferdinand died, and Helen’s son Michael ascended the throne at the age of just five. This trip was also an opportunity for the Queen Mother to place in a Swiss bank, two small paintings of El Greco from the royal collections. In this difficult context, Michael I sometimes was prone to bounts of depression and Helen then concentrate all her efforts to made him more active.

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