2006-09-22 06:09:28 · 7 answers · asked by craziielaina325 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
The Queen of England's husband, Phillip is of Greek royalty.
2006-09-22 06:11:26 · answer #1 · answered by eugene65ca 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Greek Royal Family
2016-12-17 16:12:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Military pushed the Greek royal family in to exile. King Constantine is living in north London hampstead Heath. HIs sister is married to King Juan Carlos of Spain. Queen Sofia
2006-09-22 09:05:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As others have mentioned, ex-King Constantine now lives in Britain. A few years ago there was a little controversy when English Heritage gave him a special deal on renting one of its properties for a family wedding. He has also been involved in lawsuits against the Greek government for property lost after he was deposed; I think he won the last case.
2006-09-22 10:12:06 · answer #4 · answered by Dunrobin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After his accession to the throne, King Constantine was faced with a challenging internal situation. There were riots in the hot days of July 1965 after the resignation of Papandreou as Prime Minister.
Just before elections were due to be held in May 1967, there was a 'coup d'etat' by Army Colonels. King Constantine was faced with conflicting pressures, but always put the safety of the people at the top of his agenda.
On a visit to the USA he was quoted as saying 'This is not my Government, the 21st of April was the worst day of my life'. Serious tensions arose with Turkey.
In December 1967, King Constantine went to Kavalla, in the north of Greece, to lead an attempt to overthrow the military junta in order to restore democracy.
He soon recognised that any further action could result in bloodshed, so left with his family for Rome, where he lived until 1973.
Frequent requests were made to the King to return, but he refused to do so unless democracy was first restored.
On 1 June 1973, King Constantine was formally deposed by Papadopoulos, leader of the coup, and a Republic declared.
In 1974, Karamanlis returned from Paris to form a civil government. A Referendum on the monarchy was held in December 1974. The King was not allowed to return to Greece to campaign (and did not have an official party to represent him), but he received over 30% of the popular vote - which was an exceptional accomplishment.
During 1973, King Constantine flew regularly from Rome to Cambridge to attend a course in political history at the University.
The following year, he and his family moved to England - where they have lived ever since. After a short period in Chobham, Surrey, he settled in Hampstead, on the northern heights of London.
http://www.greekroyalfamily.org/index.cfm
2006-09-22 06:57:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Phil the Greek (the man who puts his foot where no others dare) came to England the rest were deported elsewhere. They realized they had too many imbeciles in Greece and as the Royal Family were all morons it was unwise to keep them.
2006-09-22 08:16:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
years back because of too much homos that the generating stop from there.so no more royals
2006-09-22 21:10:57 · answer #7 · answered by ng k 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋