Denmark

Crown Princess Mary appointed as regent of Denmark due to absence of other senior royals

Crown Princess Mary has been installed as regent of Denmark whilst The Queen and other senior royals are absent from the country. Her Royal Highness is regent whilst Queen Margrethe and Crown Prince Frederik are in Athens attending the funeral of Constantine II. The Danish Royal Family are closely related to the Greek royals, with Constantine being Margrethe’s brother-in-law. Regents…
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Greece

Details of King Constantine's funeral revealed

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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Greece

Royals expected at King Constantine's funeral

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 Mathilde Denmark: Queen Margrethe and Princess Benedikte will be there to support their younger sister, Queen Anne-Marie. Crown…
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Greece

The royals buried at Tatoi

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, less than 30km from the centre of Athens. After the monarchy’s abolition in 1973, the family was able to keep it, but the Greek…
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