His family would like to be buried with head of state honours, but this is reportedly not the government’s preferred scenario
The full ritual and details of his funeral former King Constantine where he died last night at the age of 82, while he was hospitalized at the Hygeia hospital, decides an inter-ministerial committee meeting this morning.
His family would like to be buried with head of state honours, but this is reportedly not the government’s preferred scenario.
Another parameter taken into account is the fact that he had been stripped of his Greek citizenship and had a passport issued by Denmark as King Constantine.
In addition, in 2021 he obtained an AMKA, due to his permanent relocation to Greece, under the name “Konstantinos teos Vasileus Pavlou”, without being granted citizenship.
According to secure information, Mr former King Constantine he will be buried in Tatoi, in the complex of royal tombs, where his mother is also buried, Fredericain 1981.
Due to the criticality of his situation, in the previous days all his children had arrived in Athens, together with his grandchildren, while at his side were his two sisters, Irene and Sofia, queen mother of Spain.
At the same time, the security services have also been alerted as they are expected to come to Athens for the funeral representatives of royal houses with whom the family of the former king has ties – among them the British royal family: It is not considered improbable that even King Charles will come to Athens – the deceased was the godfather of the heir William.
The Cathedral of Athens is considered the most likely temple for the exodus procession, while the minister of the interior Makis Voridis and the minister of culture Lina Mendoni will participate in the inter-ministerial meeting. The issue of whether the funeral will become a public expense or not will also be discussed.
It is noted that they had informed Maximos and in particular the Minister of State about the criticality of their father’s condition G. Gerapetritis the sons of the deceased Paul and Nicholas and at the same time they had expressed the wishes of the family regarding the burial ritual. At that time, no decisions or commitments had been made given that the former king was alive.
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