THE ROYAL TREATMENT

摘要

Shortly before Marie-Chantal Miller met Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, on a blind date in 1992, the young duty-free heiress and recent New York Academy of Art student had moved back home with her parents to a majestic 1913 town house near the Frick that the Millers had just finished transforming with the legendary Italian decorator Renzo Mongiardino. Rich bordeaux and emerald velvets draped the walls, and heavy wood furniture cast an imposing air. One of the rooms was lit by candles alone. "We called it the dark ages because there was no light," says the blonde beauty today, leading the way into the domed foyer. When Marie-Chantal- now a mother of five and the eponymous founder of a childrenswear brand-and Pavlos, who married in 1995, decided to relocate their family from an 18th-century mansion in London several years ago, the couple didn't need to embark on a real-estate hunt. "The house was empty, so we moved in."