Royalty
Ex-king’s funeral service to take place in Athens at noon on Monday
The funeral service for Greece's former King Constantine will be held at 12 noon on Monday at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens while his body will lie in the adjacent chapel of Agios Eleftherios from 6. a.m. to 10 a.m and will be open to members of the public to pay their respects.
The body of the former King will then be transferred to the royal tombs in Tatoi.
History in perspective
The Greek Republic is mature enough to be able to deal with and talk about its history and the protagonists of that history without insecurity and without passions becoming excessively inflamed.
The death of the former king Constantine II is an opportunity to assess his reign and its aftermath from a cool and calm perspective, without insulting anyone or overly praising anyone.
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Constantine II: The last king of Greece
The last king of Greece, Constantine II, died late Tuesday night, 100 years after the death of his grandfather, Constantine I, who died on January 11, 1923. Constantine was the last king of the dynasty that began with George I, who succeeded Otto in 1863 and remained king of Greece for the next 50 years.
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Ex-king to be buried as a private citizen in Athens
Greece's former King Constantine II, who died on Tuesday night aged 82, will be buried privately at a former royal estate north of Athens, the Greek government said on Wednesday.
Deposed by military rulers and spurned by his subjects who voted to ditch the monarchy in 1974, Constantine II was the only son of King Paul and Queen Frederica of Greece.
Ex-king will not be granted a state funeral, government says
Greece's former king Constantine II, who died on Tuesday aged 82, will not be granted a state funeral, the government said Wednesday.
A funeral and a memorial service will be held at the former royal family's summer palace of Tatoi, northwest of Athens, where his ancestors are also laid to rest. There was no announcement on the date of the funeral.
Mitsotakis reacts to death of former king Constantine
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has reacted to the death of Greece's former king Constantine II at the age of 82 Tuesday.
Greece’s last monarch Constantine dies
Greece's former King Constantine II, whose nine-year reign coincided with one of the most turbulent periods in the country's political history, died on Tuesday aged 82.
Greek public broadcaster ERT said Constantine, a cousin of British monarch King Charles III, died "of a stroke."
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Greek PM: We will intensify cooperation with Saudi Arabia
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Crown Custodian: Margareta of Romania Foundation has helped the vulnerable in this difficult one year-and-a-half
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