Greece

Queen Anne-Marie wears the same pendant she wore on her wedding day as she says goodbye to her husband of 58 years

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16th January 2023
Queen Anne-Marie led mourners at the funeral of her husband, King Constantine of Greece, on Monday in Athens. Constantine married Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark on 18th September 1964 at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens. In a touching tribute to her late husband, Queen Anne-Marie wore the very same diamond cross pendant to the funeral that she wore on her wedding day over 58 years…
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Details of King Constantine's funeral revealed

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16th January 2023
Further details of King Constantine’s funeral at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Athens have been revealed. Rehearsals for the funeral took place over the weekend ahead of the Monday funeral. The pallbearers will be Crown Prince Pavlos, Prince Constantine-Alexios, Prince Achileas-Andreas, Prince Odysseas Kimon, Prince Nikolaos, Prince Philippos, and Matthew Kumar; Pavlos, Nikolaos and…
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Royals expected at King Constantine's funeral

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15th January 2023
King Constantine of Greece will be laid to rest on Monday, 16 January, in a private funeral service; however, that does not mean that royals from across Europe won’t be in attendance at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Athens. Belgium: King Philippe and Queen…
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The Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens - the setting for the final part of a King's story

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14th January 2023
On Tuesday, 10 January, King Constantine II died in Athens, Greece, at Hygeia Hospital at the age of 82 from stroke complications. His private funeral will be held in Athens on Monday, 16 January, at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens.  The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Annunciation is informally known as the Mētrópolis and is below the Acropolis in Athens. It is a Greek Orthodox…
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The royals buried at Tatoi

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12th January 2023
King Constantine II of Greece, the former King of the Hellenes, died in Athens on Tuesday, 10 January. He will be buried at Tatoi Royal Cemetery at the Greek Royal Family’s former summer home in Greece. Tatoi Palace was the summer estate of the Greek royals…
Greece

The Greek Royal Family's special relationship with the other royal houses of Europe

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12th January 2023
Greece may no longer have a ruling monarchy, but its former royal house has close connections to several royal families in Europe through the late King Constantine and his wife, Queen Anne-Marie. Denmark: Queen Anne-Marie was born Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark as the youngest child of King Frederick IX and Queen Ingrid. Her older sister, Margrethe, is the current Queen of Denmark. Thus, the…
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