Constantine II, Ex King of Greece & A Brief History of Greece
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Constantine II, the former King of Greece died on the 10th of January, 2023 at the age of 82. He was the 6th and last king of the Hellens in the modern era. At 20 he won an Olympic gold medal in sailing. When he inherited the throne at 23 and wed beautiful Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark, hopes were high. But in just 3 years he was ousted by a military coup. He attempted a bungled counter-coup but was forced to flee with his wife and young children. He spent the next 56 years socializing with the crowned heads of Europe, most of whom were his close relatives, and fighting with the Greek government over his lost property. Let’s meet the ex king of Greece, Constantine II. But first, a quick jaunt through Greek history.
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Watched a documentary on him and his family years ago made by them. It was honestly so much more interesting than anything the British Royals have put out promoting themselves. It's like if the Romanovs survived to tell their story.
Do you know the name of the documentary?
@@fabio2000k It is available on the Timeline channel on RUclips if you search for it
Phoenix, I saw a six part documentary by Royal Scandinavian channel. Part five was about King George I and his descendants.
The Father-in-law of Europe was the six part documentary about the descendants of Christian IX. Constantine comes across as very charming. It's up on RUclips, but there are audio issues with the first two episodes. The sound only cuts out for a few seconds here and there, but it's a little annoying. I really enjoyed it. Lots of family stories!
Agreed.
A few small corrections from a Greek:
1) His disagreement with the government wasn't over his property but over the crown's property. The thing is, there is no crown in Greece, there hasn't been one in more than half a century. All its properties were requisitioned by the government.
2) He was, indeed, a gold medal winner at the 1960 olympics, however the other two members of the team, Odysseas Eskitzoglou and George Zaimis, as well as their instructor Paul Elvstrøm, are almost never mentioned, even though they were just as important to the win.
3) Constantine wasn't against a coup so long as it was supportive of the monarchy's interests. The only reason for the hal hearted counter coup was that the colonels didn't cater to his demands. Not to mention the fact that he single handedly created the instability that led to the coup by meddling with politics as well as his efforts to restore the monarchy post 1974 by making contact with a few of dictator Ioannides' allies.
4) The reason he was not allowed to return to Greece was that he refused to adopt a surname which is a necessity for any and all Greek citizens and thus had no passport. Conveniently enough when he asked his Danish relatives for a passport he "magically" found a surname to have on it.
Thank you for adding this - fills in some of the gaps from "standard history" 🍸
This family was really connected with royals like non other.
I am Greek thank you for telling our history I am so happy that our former royal family made it to your videos
great video !
as a greek, here are some notes:
1. the ionian islands were actually given back because the population had suffered too many attrocities at the hands of the british and it had started to become kind of difficult to continue the occupation
2. Hellenes does not mean Greece , it means Greeks. Hellas - Ελλάς- means Greece. The reason greeks like to refraine from calling ourselves Greeks in the english language and prefer Hellenes - 'Ελληνες - instead, is because Greeks comes from the derogatory word γραικός , which was used against us by the Ottomans.
3. you pronounced Thessaloniki - Θεσσαλονίκη - pretty well
4. fascist Italy had almost no gains in Greece during ww2, but the germans did win and handed over some parts.
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Well they already had the Dodecanese islands before ww2
Ottomans called Greeks Rum or Yunan, if they wanted to insult them then I think they called them gavur which means infidels. I think you're confusing it with Latin 'Graeculus' which means "little Greek" and was used by the Romans as a pejorative term for Greeks.
Greeks didn't find the term "Graikos" pejorative and it was used instead of Hellene during Byzantine and Ottomans times because Hellenes were branded as pagans.
@@nerdo5570 not exactly,graikos comes from a city in epirus
@@nerdo5570 in the byzantine times the Greek were called Romioi
I always knew that Greece had a rich history, but I'm memorized by the culture and history this civilization has for over millennia, even today! Thank you for sharing this!
It’s extremely impressive how quickly after the death you got this out. Either you’re a psychic, you have files on your computer filled with photos and info on every royal in the world, or you work WAY too hard. Great video, but don’t overdo it! ;v;
I imagine there's a hard drive somewhere with files for all the current Royalty bc EVENTUALLY she's going to need it🤣👑
@@a.munroe Probably has a Juan Carlos video on her hard drive
@@a.munroe she’s got margarethe, charles iii, juan carlos, lol
@@elizabethclarence3817 ...and Harald V.
Yeah that's what I figured is she's got a video for every older monarch already partially at least researched and some photos and things ready to go so all she has to do is maybe a little more research write the skript, film the voice over, and then put the video together. Which is both slightly morbid that she is so well prepared for the deaths of the worlds monarchs but also probably a good thing to do lol.
King Juan Carlos used brother-in-law King Constantine as a Template of what NOT to do during his own Spanish 1981 Coup
To be fair, that coup attempt was horribly organized. The Greek coup was well planned, well thought out and almost perfectly executed. Juan Carlos also had a lot more political experience, and had stacked the military with more liberal officers, headed by the experienced Minister of Defence, Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado.
Constantine, by contrast, was young, politically inexperienced, and had far less direct control over the military then Juan Carlos did, not helped the fact that between Constantine’s accession to the throne and the coup, there’d been a political crisis known as the Apostasia and 6 different Prime Ministers.
His wife is the younger sister of our (denmarks) current queen
There is a true and funny story about King Contantine. When he asked to be allowed to marry Princess Annemarie, King Frederik (Annemarie's father) was so surprised that he didn't know what to answer. Therefore he locked Contantine in a room. King Frederik then went out to look for Queen Ingrid (Annemarie's mother) she was to help decide whether the young couple could marry.
Actually he locked him in the bathroom
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He actually locked the door? 😂
@@monmothma3358 Yes he did !
As someone with Greek heritage, Constantine is pronounced like “Constanteen” instead of “Constan-tine.” Love all of your videos!
Thank you. That annoyed me as well.
Actually it is pronounced Constantinos
Yes, you are correct, as that’s the Greek pronunciation.
@@user-sw5bq3ek8q She's talking about the Anglicized pronunciation
@@csong9940 either pronunciation would be correct in English, so she could easily just make it "teen"
Hello: I am from Greek descent. Enjoyed your video. I've always found the Greek Royals interesting. Thank you.
Very interesting! I’m glad he was able to return home to Greece.
That's where he wanted to spend the rest of his life...home
Honestly, if you’re a monarch and your “kingdom” kicks you out, it’s probably best to retire gracefully.
Kicked out by a military regime...
It wasn't the kingdom that kicked him out.
I would respect the result of a fair and impartial referendum, though.
His birth name is Frederik, prince of Greece. When he took throne he took name Constatine II. Monaco Journal write his birth name when he was decorated with his brother in law Juan Carlos.
Rest In peace our King. It is unfortunate the politics in Greece ruined the monarchy.
Greek Government is like a immature person who always thinks of his/her reputation while the Former King is a matured person who just respect and left other people's opinion.
Hello Cyril, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??
Well, I would certainly be like that if I had a promised dream life in palaces and huge wages just because it is my birthright..
I was looking through my late grandfather's travel papers and passport from when he first immigrated to Australia from Greece (they are all handwritten!!) Greece still had a king then, and it blew my mind.
My grand father’s baptism certificate in the city of Nicomedia, before the Asia Minor disaster, bears the seal of the Ottoman Empire.
You should a video on Sālote Tupou III who was Queen Regnant of Tonga from 1918 to her death in 1965. She reigned for nearly 48 years, longer than any other Tongan monarch.
This video makes me want to connect with the part of my family that lives in Greece
Hello Sarah, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??
Deep condolences
So sorry for Constantine, what a great king he would have been, I hope his life in Britain was peaceful and loving! God rest his soul! I’m sure that he grieved over his exile and the demise of his family and their royal throne! ❤
Well done Lindsay on such a succinct history of Greece 🇬🇷 as well as that of the late King Constantine.
Hello Marsha, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??
Thank you for this short documentary! I Am Hellenic 100% but born in Canada. The King is dead, Long Live the King
Ποιος βασιλιας να ζηση βρε?
Growing up in England, I remember him always being referred to as "Ex-King Constantine" in the press, which I thought was a bit harsh. In interviews he said they carried Danish diplomatic passports as he fought with the Greek government. He was a good guy.
Hello Callie, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??
@@Trevorjennings679 what virus? covid???
@@dim6508 yes. Hope you’re safe from it??
@@Trevorjennings679 well considering that it's practically harmless in comparison to the older strains and I've been vaccinated and have no health problems,yes I'm safe thank you very much
He was a good person to socialize with, but completely incompetent as a King. His mother's machinations didnt help also.
Your Majesty will be greatly missed. Rest in peace.
A big thanks for the video!greetings from Greece!
it should be noted that Otto I became King because his father, King Ludwig I of Bavaria loved Greek culture so much that he sent around 15% of Bavaria's state budget to help Greek freedom fighters during the Greek War of Independence
Also when Otto styled himself as ''King of the Greeks'' instead of ''King of Greece'' (remember that at the time there were Greek populations all over the Balkans, Asia Minor, even Egypt) the great powers decided that it was time for him to go. Which was not too hard since his viceroys through cruelty and corruption had managed to alienate him from the people.
@@joek600
the primary reason on why he was overthrown is because he entered the Crimean war on the side of Russia in the hope of liberating the rest of the Greeks from ottoman slavery
and so when France and the UK defeated Russia in the Crimean war, they organized a coup that overthrew Otto as punishment for going against their geopolitical interest
@@joek600 He didn't have children. If his wife had been able to produce heirs, things for his house would have been different
@@leykimayri I don’t think so. Not producing an heir was the cherry on top but already the people did not want him and more importantly the great powers did not want him. Their plan was the creation of a small Greek protectorate any notion of reconstituting even partly the Empire was dealt with swiftly as we all saw later.
@@joek600 The son, if he had had any, would have been placed in his place. Not any new king from a different House. That’s what I mean.
Well done! Comprehensive history. Really enjoyed it! Thank you.
Two videos in one week! What have we done to deserve this?! I’m so here for it! 🎉
I think this one was a treat by Constantine😭
@@lfgifu296 took one for the team 😂
we just need more monarchs to croak now,any nominations?
@@dim6508 Margarethe of Denmark, King Carl Gustav XVI of Sweden, Harald VI of Norway
@@Nina_Frank well I didn't expect a serious response to that but uh
As Greek myself, I can tell how hard work you put into this video! Great job! I loved the way you put the whole greek history for Minoans to Constantine II !!! Not to many information but also enough to understand how we ended up as the today's nation! Thank you!
This is so interesting. You did a wonderful job summarizing so much info into one video. Thanks Lindsay!
I think you should do a episode about how the royal Romanov families are related to British royal family. That would be interesting!
Hello Colleen, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??
Now you are chanching lane completely
Well it's pretty simple. King Nicholas II and King George V were first cousins.
I wish to see a video about Queen Noor of Jordan or Empress/Shahbanou Farah Pahlavi in the future ❤️
Καλό παράδεισο 🙏😔🇬🇷🕯
fun fact: when Greece became independent and Otto was installed by the great powers, he brought his pals and hangers-on to Athens. He proceeded to give many of them monopoly rights including the right to brew beer to one Bavarian named Fuchs. Greeks being unable to pronounce the short "u" or the chs sounds took to calling him FIX. Hence todays modern Greek beer called FIX.
Greeks: Konstantinos english :Constantine Lindsay:ConstantEin
Yes! Her pronunciation is really throwing me off on this one!
@@danusdragonfly6640 i love her videos but saxe cobErg and gotha really????
Names never could be translated. His name it's in the birth certificate.
@@josealexandre8486 ikr,love her but my god the pronunciations are painful
Το πιο ωραίο βασιλικό ζευγάρι στον κόσμο......με την πιο ωραία και ευλογημένη οικογένεια!!!!!!
Can you do a video on the four beauties of Ancient China? I’d really appreciate it!
i'd love that too!
That would make an excellent video. I was always interested on how those women, as tragic as they were, able to topple whole kingdoms or regimes with their beauties.
Would love to see videos about the Hawaiian royal family.
When Queen Liliuokalani was deposed as queen of Hawaii, it was such a loss for Hawaiian culture. The Hawaiian monarchy was truly worth saving and they didnt pose a threat to American interests, but since it served a strategic purpose with pearl harbor and the naval operations, plus sugar cane production. These factors made sense about its annexation to America.
Thank you for this video.
such a well crafted video, i absolutely enjoy your videos, Lindsay!
I amb Greek and very glad for you making this video
Living across the pond, we’re not taught about this. We only hear news about the royal family in the uk but don’t touch on other royal families
So interesting. I really didn’t know much about him . Thanks for 2 videos in one week.
He lived to see me turning 20 years old on 7th of January 2023 and died 3 days later. What a legend.
Love your videos, another great one to add to your collection.
Hello Nora, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??
Actually really appreciated this information even though I wasn’t expecting it, thanks for your work Lady Lindsay! ✌🏽🖤
Truly excellent documentary- really well done
Thank for this fascinating look at the Danish Greek royal family. Had no idea there even was one until I saw the obituary of the King. Your video gave me the narrative I was looking for. Man, to have born into royalty...
You should check out a great six-part series called "A Royal Family", available on RUclips.
R.I.P king Constantine 👑🇬🇷
One correction.
Not King of Greece but King of the Greeks. Βασιλεύς των Ελλήνων and NOT Βασιλιάς της Ελλάδας. There is a lot of information on the net if you want to dive into this difference of naming.
great video as always Lindsay!! 🤩 would love to see more videos about other Royal Families in Europe!
Very nice video! Although it smoothers a lot the role Constantinos played during the period 1965-1967. During this period Constantinos constantly intervened into the politics of the country, mingled with the wide majority elected government and appointed non elected governments further destabilizing Greece. All those events, among others, resulted to the military Junta coup, marking a dark period for the Greek nation which suffered great loses (civilian suppression, tortures and deaths, marginalization of Greece in European politics and ultimately the invasion of Cyprus). Even following the military Junta coup, he failed to stand as a democracy rallying point and ultimately protect the constitution and his people. Instead he made the crown seem it gets along with the new regime and it showed its low reflexes only 7 months later making it into looking as a conflict of interest rather than a serious effort to restore democracy. Those further deteriorated his and the crown's public image. I do not want to be unfair towards Constantinos, as he has already stated he made a lot of faults during his reign and has recognized them. The fact that he returned in Greece 10 years ago as a civilian, abstaining from politics is very pleasant. As of now it has been almost 50 years since Greece is a republic and the institution of monarchy is well behind us. Also the end of monarch it is not entirely to blame Constantinos as a person. He as a king during his reign acted as expected, most probably as his father would had or most of his predecessors. Monarchy in Greece was always a controversy especially in the 20th century, coming with schisms (between republicans and monarchists in the period before WW1), dubious and controversial royal decisions acting against the interest of the Greek state (Greek neutrality in WWI, the Asia Minor war campaign following the end of WW1, resulting in the eclipse of the Greek populations in Asia Minor) and of course the extreme involvement into the politics (especially during the period following WWII with the civil war and the cold war). All those resulted in a mistrust towards the monarchy institution. To sum up Constantinos as an individual maybe was a lovely personality but the burden he had on his shoulders was heavy and he showed little willingness/ability to maneuver with it as a political personality. History will judge him as a king/public figure as well as the history of monarchy in Greece. May he rest in peace.
I agree with many things you wrote but surely not with all. You can't blame the Minor Asia 'catastrophe' solely on Konstantinos I for example. It's oversimplistic. And even if that was the case this doesn't mean he had bad intentions. Both Konstantinos I and II surely made mistakes but were as much at fault as almost every major Greek politician of their respective age. But no politician paid the price ir even lost his citizenship as Konstantinos did. Never forget, history is written by the winners. The Greek royal family were utterly the losers.
@@vangelisskia214 Konstantinos was planning a revolution with people from the army but generals made their move faster and established their power! With his bad political moves put the country under military control, xounta!
Also Greeks in majority never liked royal!!
From the start as a free country, we declare our freedom and made a constitution where kings have no place!!
@@user-hl4vl8qd7h Η κινηση του βασιλια να εξαναγκσει σε παραιτηση τον Παπανδρεου ισως να μην ηταν σωστη, αλλα ο διαλλακτικος της υποθεσης, θες δεν θες, ηταν ο βασιλιας! Αυτος προτεινε στον Παπανδρεου, να διορισει οποιον θελει ως Υπουργο Εθνικης Αμυνας, μεχρι να τελειωσει το θεμα με τον ΑΣΠΙΔΑ!
Η δε αποστασια, βεβαιως προετοιμαστηκε απο πριν διοτι τον ειχαν προειδοποιησει ξεκαθαρα τον Γερο, διαφορα στελεχη του, να μην φτασει στα ακρα τη διαμαχη του με το βασιλια, διοτι θα τον εγκαταλειψουν! Φυσικα και υπηρξαν ιδιοτελεις πολιτικοι σε αυτη την υποθεση, αλλα ολοκληρωτικη καταδικη των αποστατων δεν ευσταθει! Εξαλλου τι ηταν η Ενωση Κεντρου? Ενας εξαρχης θνησιγενης συνασπισμος ομαδων, ετοιμος καθε στιγμη να καταρευσει! Οπως και να'χει απο τη στιγμη που παραιτηθηκε ο Παπανδρεου(καλως η κακως), επρεπε να υπαρξει πρωθυπουργος και βασει του τοτε συνταγματος, οι μετεπειτα κινησεις του βασιλια ηταν νομιμοτατες(δες και τα πρακτικα των συμβουλιων του Στεμματος, παροντος του Παπανδρεου..)
ruclips.net/video/dKgEtP4dquA/видео.html
@@user-hl4vl8qd7h The constitutions during the Greek revolution were written and approved by a small in number educated elite with many liberal elements, in order to touch the hearts and souls and gain the support of the western European liberal movements of the period. But even those were constantly changed ending up with the creation of a Kingdom. Even before Kapodistrias' rule it was agreed, decided and constituted that a King would utterly follow as the ruler.
Apart from a small in number (but influential) educated elites with liberal ideals, the vast majority of the common folk revolted with the expectation of the creation of a neo-byzantine empire, with a king as its ruler.
Eg according to Theodoros Kolokotronis, the commander-in-chief of the Greek Revolution:
"OUR KING (Constantine XI Palaiologos) was killed and never surrendered to the Turks, he never signed a treaty with them"
Aristides Hatzis, "The Noblest Cause: The 1821 Greek War of Independence", p.p. 112
For the first 100 years of the existence of the Greek state, the Greeks in their vast majority were pro-monarchists. That started to gradually change only after the "ethnikos dixasmos", the "Minor Asia catastrophe" and the influx of the mostly anti-monarchist newcomers from Anatolia and Eastern Thrace who blamed and felt betrayed mainly by the monarchy. The so called "old Greece" (the borders until the Balkan wars) even until a few decades ago was to a very large extent passionately pro-monarchist.
very well researched video thank you!
RIP🙏🙏🙏😭 our king
they certainly didnt teach us this in our Greek history books
Indeed! I think they still fear the royalists even though they shouldn't,in my humble opinion. The fact is that it is part of our history and it should be taught in schools.
@@1agapim true cause from the sound of it they fear the Greek Royals when they have nothing to fear it they were just full of people who are afraid that their popularity will go down and be replaced
@@cyrilmarasigan7108 something like that...
@@1agapim true like the greek government sounds like a insecure person disturbing and bothering a popular person, i bet the greek government isn't popular with the people considering that The Greece is in Debt heir debts are high despite being a well sought tourist attraction especially the hey day of instagram where Instagram influencers flex their "holidays" on Greece and of course unrest
@@cyrilmarasigan7108 I don't quite understand what you are saying,but the current situation has been caused by many different governments from many different parties over the years. This is not a political statement I have made. The issue has to do with a state of mind,not politics. It is true though that my country is one of the most beautiful places on Earth and everyone is welcome to visit it!
Alternative names for "Greek": Hellene, Rhomios(Roman-yes they are de jure the last Romans on earth), Danaos(not used any more).
Thank you Lindsay!❤
ΖΗΤΩ Ο ΒΑΣΙΛΙΑΣ ΜΑΣ ΚΑΛΟ ΠΑΡΑΔΕΙΣΟ ΝΑ ΈΧΕΙ
Thank you. Great presentation 👍
I lived in Greece for couple years and I have to say that modern Greeks are very interesting and unique people but also very complicated. I think they are stubborn rebels by nature. Its hard for them to kneel to a king or any other foreign power like EU, NATO etc. And they will not do it even if that is against their interests and comes with a cost for their lives and their future. Sometimes I was thinking how is possible for this nation to be under Ottoman occupation and maybe thats the awnser why after that they are so proud and rebellious even though their country is not an example of how to run a modern country properly. They have so much corruption but at the same time their so proud for their country and their customs. They fight over anything with each other (they love to hate each other actually, its like their national hobby) but they can suddenly become one body when a foreigner will attack them. The majority of Greek people are against the Royals even though their politicians are very corrupted. Constantine made just 2 mistakes, he rejected the leftish elected government of Papandreou and a bit later he didn't do anything to stop the military Junta... and Greeks will never forgive him for these 2 mistakes because that resulted 7 years of dictatorship and the loss of half Cyprus by the Turks.
wow. didnt expected this but deffinetly needed to learn more about him more.
Thank you for this video. It is a part of my country's rich history that is unfortunately not taught in schools and a lot of people here in Greece ( or should I say Hellas) don't know enough about it. The government officials in place from the referendum of 1974 up until now avoid the matter almost at all costs. Are they afraid of the existence of royalists? They shouldn't be, in my view. Monarchy may not be in our DNA, especially since we are the first to establish Democracy,but it is still part of our history.
I read the title and 🙄, but you did a great job 👏🏽! I’ll never doubt you again. ❤you
Thank you so much for the history of Greece. Government of Greece please give King Constantine the honour he deserves
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I didnt even know he had passed away! I don't recall seeing anything on the news either tbh, and I live in the UK.
I recently started immersing myself in monarchies around the world and I would say I love your channel !!!
former prime minister, Konstantinos Mitsotakis admitted that the republican referendum was rigged and that the real discrepancy in the vote of Monarchy vs republic was around 1% (this was said in a documentary about King Pavlos I)
this was also the finding of the European Court of Justice, when Konstantinos II sued the Greek Government
This is the first time I'm reading something like this. I would like to see your sources ( links and everything not "a documentary I saw" ) otherwise, it should be regarded as forgery. The last referendum was done in the proper way from what we know, there were independent observers from foreign countries and they did not report any illegal actions in its process.
He was a good man. Loved by the good people, hated by the crooks. The definition of a good man.
Brilliant content (as always :) )
The Greek Royals have always been so fascinating to me. Considering they were not an old or big dynasty their reach is impressive. Plus, they have the best Royal Jewel Collection (in my opinion)
very very interesting video, a deep history research for this work. Congratulations from Belgium
Very well researched 👏👏😎
Great work
He looks like Christian Bale especially during his younger days.
Loved this! More Greek/Italian videos, please :)
Wow I want more Greek content
Αιωνία η μνήμη του Καλή Ανάπαυση 😢🙏
Rest in peace
I was not the biggest fun of our current monarchy but still they were way better than our current government and they had done many accomplishments as well sadly not many here in Greece even care about his death but me myself and ik many other of my brothers and sisters will know how much important it is to know that the last person that had the title basileas of the Hellenes is may his soul rest in heaven
do some people in greece regret what happened back in 1974 considering the current shape of the government in Greece.
@@dylangarcia3898 maybe some am one of them but again I am not the biggest fun of constantine but I would rather have him rather than our current government
@@paulsh2071 I understand your point but i think that it's not fair to compare an old monarchy with a modern day government. Karamalis and later Papandreou recovered the democracy. Greece lived though a lot of successful years later . Also , even if a monarchy was established now , it would be similar to the other europe monarchs,not needed.
@@nikol.b2840 still it would be better to have a king rather than sakeralopoulou
@@nikol.b2840 It would be needed as a matter of fact. Having people raised with the sole purpose of becoming diplomatic symbols for a country and with huge international connections is way better than an unelected useless president.
Nice job
Thank you
His funeral is a disgrace. The Greek Gov. has no dignity at all for not giving him the state funeral he deserved.
The first few minutes reminded me a of AP World History in high school lol!
“The former king of Greece died like a week ago…”
Me who loves under a rock and just clicked on this video because it looked interesting: WHAT
Good summary.
Nice that there is no overbearing, overshadowing, over-the-top music.
😊👍
It's a shame he's passed away he could have had another 10+ years left if it wasn't for that stroke and his heart problems. Rest in peace your majesty
he died really old, older than the average greek man is expected to live , i guess being vastly wealthy and not having to work has its benefits
@@prokopimiden yeah, I suppose it does
He was a wonderful man. :´[
@@Nina_Frank he sure was
Please note democratic system is frustrating so backward , but I tell you this day on the death of former king the Greek monarchy shall restore, an it shall stand for ever and ever
Rest In Peace Your Majesty!!
Fantastic job Lindsay! There isn't too much out there on the Hellenic Royal Family (sadly) and you did a wonderful job summarizing a very complicated history! I am proud that my father served in the army supporting the Royalist side of the war back in the 40's. This part of history has extra meaning for me. Keep doing what you are doing!
woah, great video lindsay!
Was wondering if we're going to get a vid about him.
Oh wow! He was very handsome in his youth!
Rest in Peace, your majesty.
Considering prominent far right politicians attended his funeral, I am glad we voted him out of the country. Greece's history with monarchy is brief and full of grief.
I was wondering when this would be out.
There needs to be mention that Ukraine and Russia originally had some cities founded as Greek colonies which were established as orthodox Christian countries derived from Greek and Byzantine Christianity
Hello Lorrie, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??
Restore the Monerchy
I really love history and consider myself knowing a lot about it, but this video taught me a lot of things I've never heard before. Great, thanks so much!
Dániel, if this video was news for you? You don´t know ANYTHING about it!!!!!!
Please do a video about on Rajiya Sultan the Queen of Delhi and Rani lakshmi bai the Queen of Jhansi, the warrior queens of India...... I think they'd really inspired everyone...☺️🥰