Police finalize security plan for ex-King’s funeral

A reported 1,000 police will be deployed for the funeral service and burial of former King Constantine Monday, according to Greek media.

Police would not confirm the number but announced that the number was finalized at a meeting of top security officials Saturday, adding that police "will have a presence at vital points (around) the metropolitan cathedral and (the royals' former summer residence of) Tatoi, as well as the funeral procession's route and the locations where invited officials stay."

Constantine, the former and last king of Greece, will be buried as a private citizen in Tatoi, about 29 kilometers (18 miles) north of Athens, next to his parents and ancestors are buried, the government announced Wednesday.

Constantine died in a hospital late Tuesday at the age of 82. Greece's monarchy was definitively abolished in a referendum in December 1974 and...