It is with great sadness that Her Majesty Queen Sofia announces the death of her beloved sister, H.R.H. Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark. She died at the Zarzuela Royal Palace in Madrid on January 15, 2026, at 11:40 a.m., at the age of 83. She was the youngest daughter of King Pavlos of Greece and Queen Frederica of Greece and the younger sister of Queen Sofia of Spain and King Constantine II of Greece. Princess Irene never married; after her mother's death in 1981, she lived with her older