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Funeral: Constantinos of Greece (1940-2023)

16 January 2023

King Philippe & Queen Mathilde attended the funeral of former King Constantine of the Hellenes in Athens, Greece.

The coffin was followed by the three sons of the last King of Greece: Crown Prince Pavlos, Prince Nikolaos and Prince Philippos.



Crown Prince Pavlos welcomed the guests.


The Spanish royal family. Queen Sofia was King Constantine's sister.







Prince Albert II of Monaco.


Princess Nina and Princess Tatiana of Greece followed by Princess Theodora and her fiance.


The five children of Crown Prince Pavlos & Princess Marie Chantal of Greece.


Queen Silvia of Sweden.


Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and her sons, Prince Joachim and Crown Prince Frederik.



Princess Benedikte of Denmark and her daughter, Princess Alexandra zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.


King Willem-Alexander & Queen Maxima of the Netherlands with Princess Beatrix.




King Philippe & Queen Mathilde of the Belgians.







Princess Anne of the United Kingdom & Sir Timothy Lawrence.


Prince Christian von Hannover & Sassa de Osma.


Former King Simeon of Bulgaria.
Grand Duchess Maria Romanov.


Prince Alexander & Princess Katharine of Serbia.


Crown Prince Haakon & Princess Mette-Marit of Norway with Princess Märtha Louise of Norway.



Former Queen Noor of Jordan.


Queen Anne Marie of Greece.



The service.








Markgraf Bernhard & Markgravine Stephanie von Baden who buried their own father (in law) barely a week earlier. Next to them: Princess Christina of Sweden.


Leaving the cathedral.



Prince Michel of Greece & Marina Karella.


Former Empress Farah Diba of Iran.


Lady Gabriella Windsor, one of Constantine's goddaughters.
Prince Ernst August jr von Hannover (godson of Constantine) with his mother, Chantal Hochuli and his wife, Ekaterina Malysheva.


Prince Nicolae of Romania.


The family and royal guests escorted the coffin to the family burial grounds at Tatoi cemetery.










After the funeral Philippe & Mathilde flew from Greece to Switzerland where they will participate in the World Economic Forum for the next three days.

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