#king constantine ii

[princessanneftw]

Princess Anne and Sir Tim Laurence leaving the Thanksgiving Service for King Constantine of Greece at St George's Chapel on 27 February 2024

[motherofbulldogs]

There’s no other way to say this: William needs to get his act together. Barring himself actually being ill or one of his kids or Kate being seriously ill, he should have been at this service.

Prince and Princess Michael of Kent still made it in their 80s to the ceremony, and their son-in-law literally just died.

[flowerwreaththings]

January 16, 2023 | Queen Anne Marie wears the same cross pendant at her husband, King Constantine II’s funeral, that she has worn on their wedding day 58 years ago.

[theroyalsandi]

Godparent Prince William of Wales, and King Constantine of Greece, with his grandchild, Prince Konstantine Alexios, at his Christening, at The Greek Cathedral Of Saint Sophia. Prince Konstantine Alexios, is the son of Crown Prince Pavlos, and Crown Princess Marie Chantal of Greece, In London, United Kingdom | April 15, 1999

[thiziri]

Princess Anne accompanied by Sir Tim Laurence at greets Queen Anne-Marie, Queen Margrethe, Crown Prince Pavlos and Prince Nikolaos at the funeral of King Constantine II of Greece, on 16 January 2023.

[grandmaster-anne]

[everythingroyalty]

The former Greek King Constantine II recalling the moment he asked King Frederik IX of Denmark for permission to marry his then 16-year-old daughter Princess Anne-Marie in the documentary seres A Royal Family (2003). Constantine and Anne-Marie were married 1 and 1/2 year later on 18 September 1964.

REST IN PEACE CONSTANTINE II OF THE HELLENES (1940-2023)

[charlotte-of-wales]

Queen Anne-Marie’s wreath for King Constantine II is made entirely out of lilies of the valley, the same flowers that were used in her wedding bouquet in 1964. The ribbon is inscribed “your beloved Anna-Maria”

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[princessanneftw]

Princess Anne, Sir Tim Laurence and Queen Camilla attending the Thanksgiving Service for King Constantine of Greece at St George's Chapel on 27 February 2024

[flowerwreaththings]

January 16, 2023 | Queen Anne-Marie’s wreath for her husband, King Constantine II’s funeral is made from ‘Lilly of the Valley’, the same flower that made up her wedding bouquet 58 years ago, with the ribbon inscribed 'Your Beloved Anna-Marie’.

[blackswaneuroparedux]

Μόχθων δ’ ουκ άλλος ύπερθεν ή γας πατρίας στέρεσθαι.

- Euripides

There is no greater grief that the loss of one’s fatherland.

RIP King Constantine II of Greece (1940-2023)

Constantine II, the last King of Greece, died aged 82 in Athens. A much-loved second cousin of King Charles III and godfather to Prince William, Constantine ascended to the Greek throne in 1964, but was forced to leave the country just three years later following a military coup. Constantine and his family then settled in the UK, where they lived for decades after the Greek monarchy was abolished in 1973.

In 2013, in the midst of the economic crisis, Constantine and Anne-Marie returned permanently to Greece after four decades of exile. "All Greeks who live in exile want to return. It's in their blood," he said at the time. His death closes a chapter on Greece’s history. It’s been decided that he would not be given a state funeral.

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Princess Anne and Prince Charles with King Constantine of Greece and Queen Anne-Marie as they attend the charity concert "Night of Nights" at the Royal Festival Hall, on 17 November 1970.

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King Constantine II and Anne-Marie of Denmark.

[grandmaster-anne]

Sir Tim Laurence will accompany Princess Anne at the funeral of King Constantine II of Greece.