Overview
- Spanish outlet El Norte de Castilla reports her death in Madrid at age 83, with the story still being updated.
- Queen Sofía halted engagements on Tuesday and stayed at La Zarzuela to accompany her sister.
- Reports over the past two years detailed cognitive decline with Alzheimer’s and dysphagia that led Irene to withdraw from public life.
- Her last public appearance was on 7 February 2025 in Athens at the wedding of her nephew and godson Nicolás of Greece to Chrysi Vardinogiannis.
- A resident of Spain since the 1980s, Irene was the daughter of King Paul and Queen Frederica of Greece and a close companion to Sofía.