The former King of Greece, Constantine II, will be laid to rest at his family’s burial ground following a ceremony at the historic Metropolitan Cathedral in Athens.
The service will take place on Monday, January 16th 2023.
Earlier, the Greek government announced that the former monarch won’t be given a State Funeral. Instead, a release said that Constantine would be buried as a…
King Constantine will be judged ''fairly and strictly'' by history says Greek Prime Minister
11th January 2023
Funeral and burial arrangements for King Constantine II of Greece have been announced, and the Government has not granted a State funeral. However, talks continue between ministers and the former monarch’s family over where the funeral service will take place.
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Constantine II, King of the Hellenes will be buried as a private citizen in the country he ruled for a decade.
The former monarch, who died on January 10th 2023 at the age of 82, will be laid to rest outside Athens in a private ceremony.
Just hours after Constantine…
King Constantine of Greece has a long list of connections to the Olympic Games. Aside from being an Olympic athlete and an International Olympic Committee member himself, Constantine’s family is full of other Olympic competitors.
His Majesty was an Honorary Member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after becoming a member of the IOC in 1963; his time as an active member ended in…
The death of Constantine II, last King of Greece, brings to an end a chapter in his country’s history. But for supporters of the Greek monarchy, the question of who now carries the claim of the crown remains. Constantine’s heir was his eldest son, Pavlos.
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It was a marriage that sealed a famous love story and turned a princess into a queen. On September 18th 1964, royalty from across Europe gathered in Athens to see the continent’s newest monarch wed a bride who had just turned eighteen. Constantine II of Greece and…
Greece’s last monarch, King Constantine II, has died. He ruled, technically, for ten years although the majority of his rule ws spent in exile.
The Greek monarchy ended in 1974 after a series of political crises and conflicts in the country. The Greek monarchy had then existed since 1832, when it was established after Greece became independent from the Ottoman Empire.
The Greek…
King Constantine II has died at the age of 82. Born on 2 June 1940 in Athens, Constantine was the only son ofKing PaulandQueen FredericaofGreece.
Constantine was only one-year-old when Italy and Germany invaded Greece, and he spent the next…
King Constantine II, the last King of Greece before the formation of the Hellenic Republic, has died in Athens at the age of 82.
Constantine had been in poor health for a number of years, with the former monarch being treated in an intensive care unit for a number of…
The last king of Greece, Constantine II, remains in a serious condition in hospital but he has now been moved from intensive care.
The former monarch is in a ‘serious but stable’ condition and his family remain at his bedside, according to latest reports on CNN.
Constantine, who is 82, has been in hospital for five days. It’s understood he has suffered a stroke.
His…
