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The last Greek king without a state funeral: His citizenship was revoked, but Constantine II received 13 million euros in compensation

2023-01-11 18:10:02Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The last Greek king without a state funeral: His citizenship was revoked, but
Constantine II

The Greek government has announced that there will be no state honors at the funeral of the last Greek king, Constantine II, who died yesterday aged 82.

The Prime Minister of Greece, Kiryakos Mitsotakis, consulted with the ministers in the government and made the decision that the former king will be given a civil and not a state funeral.

The announcement states that Constantine II will be buried in Tatoa, the former royal palace, where members of the former royal family are buried, and that the government will be represented at the funeral by the Minister of Culture and Sports, Lina Mendoni.

The way Constantine II's funeral was organized has caused debate in Greece, where his family has requested a state funeral, given that it is a question of a former head of state.

Multi-million compensation

Opponents of the idea, on the other hand, claimed that he was stripped of the title of king in referendums in 1973 and 1974 and that he was subsequently stripped of his Greek citizenship and that a state funeral would not be appropriate.

Constantine II is the last Greek king to hold that title from 1964 until 1973, when the monarchy was abolished by referendum. Since the military junta of 1967, he has been in exile in Italy and Great Britain, and in 1994 he was stripped of his Greek citizenship. He spent the last years of his life in his native Greece.

In 2003, the Greek state paid more than 13 million euros in damages to former king Constantine II based on his lawsuit over the nationalization of royal properties.


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