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After the funeral ceremonies in Athens and Windsor, the Greek royal family will gather again for a memorial service in London.
London – Constantine of Greece (82, † 2023) was buried in February 2023.
King Charles (75) and Prince William (41) could not be there in Athens.
At his godfather's funeral service on February 16, 2023, the heir to the throne and King sent Princess Anne (73) and Lady Gabriella Windsor (42) to Athens to pay their last respects to the Greek exiled monarch in the Cathedral of the Annunciation.
The Greek royal family gathers again in London for a private service
In St. George's Chapel, led by Queen Camilla (76), numerous members of the Greek, British, Spanish and Danish royal families gathered in Windsor for the largest royal contingent since the coronation.
King Charles was again unable to attend due to his cancer, and the death of 45-year-old Thomas Kingston, Lady Gabriella Windsor's husband, also overshadowed the celebration, which the 41-year-old heir to the British throne also canceled at the last minute.
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After the major event, the Greek royal family met again the day after the commemoration to take part in another memorial service for King Constantine in London.
The King of the Hellenes passed away on January 10th after months of illness.
He died “of a stroke,” local media reported, after being hospitalized several times in the previous months.
The Greek family members say goodbye to Constantine II at an intimate service.
As sad as the occasion is, there was great joy when the Greek royal family met again in London for the service for King Constantine II (left) (photo montage).
© Yoan Valat/dpa & Cover Media/Imago
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As a long farewell, King Constantine's eldest son, Prince Pavlos (56) and wife Marie-Chantal (55), led the Greek royal family to the thanksgiving service in the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sophia on Moscow Road in the Bayswater district of London.
Queen Letizia (51) and King Felipe (56) were back at the Palacio de la Zarzuela in Madrid the day after the memorial service in Windsor.
The family members warmly greeted each other in front of the church and then walked together to the intimate service.
While two of Pavlos and Marie-Chantal's four children live in London, others may have traveled further from Switzerland or Greece.
Marie-Chantal herself recently shared photos from St. Moritz on Instagram when they met Princess Beatrice (34) and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi (40) while skiing.
Sources used:
Instagram, dailymail.co.uk