become a biographer and historian. He has written several biographies about members of ruling dynasties, those about contemporaries often including accounts and anecdotes attributed to his royal relatives. He has also written novels about historical royalty, distinguished for meticulous detail. In English: Sultana (1983, reprinted several times) Louis XIV, the other side of the sun (1984) Rani, La femme sacrée, a novelised but well documented biography of the Rani of Jhansi (French: 1984 ; English: 2013) The royal house of Greece (1988), illustrated album Living with ghosts (1995) The Empress of Farewells: the story of Charlotte, Empress of Mexico (1998) The White Night of St. Petersburg (2000), historical novel Jewels of the Tsars (2006), illustrated album Le Rajah Bourbon (2007) Voices of light (2012), illustrated by Marina Karella Marriage and issue Michael married Marina Karella (b. 17 July 1940) on 7 February 1965 in Athens, daughter of Theodore Karella and Ellie Chalikiopoulos. Marina is a Greek artist and sculptor of international reputation whose work has often been exhibited in Athens, Paris and New York. The marriage was held at the Royal Palace in Athens. This was a non-dynastic marriage, which obtained the legally required authorisation of King Constantine II only after Michael renounced all rights of succession to the Greek throne for himself and his descendants. The couple has two daughters: Princess Alexandra Elli Francisca Maria of Greece (born 15 October 1968), married to Nicolas Mirzayantz on 27 June 1998. They have two sons: Tigran (16 August 2000) and Darius (April 2002). Princess Olga Isabelle of Greece (born 17 November 1971), married in 2008 to her second cousin Prince Aimone of Savoy, 6th Duke of Aosta, a member of the former royal family of Italy. Aimone and Olga are the parents of two sons, Prince Umberto (b. 7 March 2009) and Prince Amedeo (b. 2011), and of a daughter, Princess Isabella (b. 2012). Titles, styles, honours and arms Titles and styles 7 January 1939 – present: His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark. Honours : Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Redeemer. : Grand Cross with Collar of the Royal Order of Saints George and Constantine. Foreign honours : Knight of the Order of the Elephant (R.E., 11 September 1964). Empire of Iran: Recipient of the Commemorative Medal of the 2500th Anniversary of the founding of the Persian Empire (14 October 1971). Ancestry See also Royal