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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No state funeral for Constantine II, the last King of Greece

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11th January 2023
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 passed away, the Greek government, led by Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, met to decide whether to hold a state funeral…
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The fairytale romance that turned a princess into the last Queen of Greece

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11th January 2023
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 Anne-Marie of Denmark’s romance went on to weather political crises and exile. Their path to the altar had begun five years…
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The coup that deposed the last King of Greece

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11th January 2023
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…
Greece

King Constantine II, the last King of Greece, dies aged 82

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10th January 2023
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 days. His wife, Queen Anne-Marie, was by his bedside, as were his children who flew in to Greece to be alongside their…
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