Thousands turn out to bid farewell to last king of Greece
Thousands of people have lined up since before dawn outside Athens’ cathedral to pay their final respects to Greece’s former and last king, Constantine II, who died last week at the age of 82.
Greece’s monarchy was definitively abolished after a referendum in 1974, and Constantine – a second cousin of the King, and one of the godparents of the Prince of Wales – spent decades in exile, living mainly in London, before returning to settle in his home country once more in his waning years.
