Constantine, the last king of Greece, died on Tuesday, January 10. He is 82 years old.
Spanish press reports that the brother of Sofia of Spain and Princess Irene of Greece are experiencing serious health problems and have been in intensive care at the Hygeia Hospital in Athens for the past few days.
In Epiphany, in the progression of La Vanguardia, Constantino suffers an ischemic cerebrovascular accident.
In his last moments at the foot of the former sovereign of Greece were his wife Anna Maria, Princess of Denmark, his children – Alexia, Pablo, Nicholas, Philippos and Theodora – and his sisters, Sofia and Princess Irene of Spain.
The Story of Constantine
A descendant of the Schleswig-Holstein-Glucksburg royal family, Constantine was a cousin of the British King Charles III and godfather to his son William. He was also the brother of Sofia, the mother of King Felipe VI of Spain.
The monarchy in Greece was abolished by referendum in 1974, ending the dynasty founded in 1863 by Constantine II’s grandfather, Georges I.
Constantine II ascended the throne at the age of 23 in 1964, one of the most turbulent periods in modern Greek history.
The political crises at the time created a favorable landscape for a coup in April 1967 orchestrated by the colonels and seven years of military rule that the CIA was accused of supporting.
According to later released U.S. diplomatic documents, Constantine tried to impose martial law in 1967, and Georges Papandreou, or Socialist Son Andreas, was elected prime minister 15 years later.
He left the country in 1968 and lived in London for 40 years before returning to Greece in 2013.
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