Thousands of people are queuing to pay
their final respects to Constantine II, the last King of Greece,
ahead of his funeral in Athens. The coffin of the former monarch
was brought to a small chapel at the Metropolitan Cathedral in
Athens early on the morning of January 16th 2023. A queue had
already formed as people came to say a final farewell to the man
who ruled Greece for almost ten…
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…
Following on from a recent SVT
documentary, the order of succession to the Swedish throne became a
hot topic of discussion. When Prince Carl Philip was born as the
younger brother of Princess Victoria, he was destined to become
King. However, a constitutional amendment half…
OPINION: King Constantine should have a State Funeral - anything else is denying history
15th January 2023
Constantine II, the last King of Greece,
died on January 10th 2022, over four decades after the abolition of
his country’s monarchy. The Greek government decided that he would
not be given a State funeral. Here, Royal Central’s Senior Europe
correspondent, Oskar Aamoen, explain why he believes that does no
justice to the man who ruled Greece for a decade. The fact that
Greece does not give…
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…
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens - the setting for the final part of a King's story
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…
Queen Sofía of Spain, accompanied by
members of the Greek Royal Family, arrived at Tatoi Palace, in
Athens, to go visit the graves of her parents, King Paul and Queen
Frederica, and supervise the creation of what looks like a new plot
to bury King Constantine II. The family, consisting specifically of
Queen Sofía, Queen Anne-Marie, Prince Nikolaos and Princess
Tatiana, Prince Philippos…
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…
The Greek Royal Family's special relationship with the other royal houses of Europe
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…
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…