King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie current events 4: October 2008 - February 2016

[Nikolopoulus]

I will like see the interview by his 70 birthday, I don´t know if it has been published in some medio of europe.

 

[Maura724]

Could you give us the link to the youtube video, Vlaha Karatsokaros? I searched for "king constantine of greece" and it didn't come up.

 

[Vlaha Karatsokaros]

Here is one from 2008 to CNN YouTube - Richard Quest - HM King Constantine II of Greece

 

[Nikolopoulus]

I do not find the interview of the King of Greece, I've been searching in the web of Billed Bladet and is not the interview of the King of Greece. The king granted the interview to an agency on the 3rd of June, but it is not in Billed bladet

 

[BELTRANEJA]

King Constantine has bought a property in Greece. This is close to Porto Heli. He inaugurated his property with the planting of a tree.

Nikopolous, the interview has been published....

 

[IRIS1983]

I have read on the website of the magazine Hola! that the property was located on the island of Spetses.

 

[Nikolopoulus]

I knew that the king had been interested by one property but it was very far from Porto Heli, but I've read that he has said it is next to Porto Heli, this could be in Spetses.

 

[ghost_night554]

I have read on the website of the magazine Hola! that the property was located on the island of Spetses.

Is it possible for you to post the link I'd like to read it.

 

[roimat]

I knew that the king had been interested by one property but it was very far from Porto Heli, but I've read that he has said it is next to Porto Heli, this could be in Spetses.

In the magazine "Life & Style", Constantine gave an interview, saying that he bought a property near Porti Heli. Not Spetses.

 

[Nikolopoulus]

Thank you!!Yes I have read it. I had read long ago that King Constantine had been looking at properties near Athens, I thought that he had bought these, but after I read that it was near Porto Heli, I thought it might be Spetses I have heard it, but after I read the interview, and it is not Spetses, however, the property near to Athens, could have been bought by Anne Maria Foundation to make a museum . The kings have been or are cruising through the Ionian islands, they have been in Zakynthos island.

 

[iceflower]

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On Tuesday, August 31, Queen Anne-Marie together with the Danish royal
family attended a concert to celebrate Queen Ingrids birth 100 years ago.


** Pic ** exta thread **


Yesterday, September 1st, Anne-Marie attended the re-opening of a
nursing home named after her (the "Dronning Anne-Marie Centret")
together with Princess Benedikte.


** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** Pic 3 ** Pic 4 ** Pic 5 ** Pic 6 **

More pics of the second event can be found here:

** Princess Benedikte & Family Current Events Part 2 **

 

[Vlaha Karatsokaros]

Anne-Marie continues having the same wonderful, disarming smile, exactly as when she was 18.

 

[countess felicitas]

I just watched on youtube "Constantine -a Kings story" - and I have to confess, I was touched.
He made some decisions which turned out to be not successful. I am not judging if they might be wrong or right - nobody should. That's life and things happening- but they seem to be very open people. I liked the documentation.

 

[rob2008]

Is Constantine Glücksburg allowed unhindered access to the Hellenic Republic now?

 

[Nikolopoulus]

King Constantine has a Danish passport, it becomes to him in a European citizen and can travel throughout the European union, for Greece too. His surname is not GÚbsburg, he has a surname in his passport and this is not GlÚbsburg. http://www.theroyalforums.com/forum...d-protocols-for-the-royal-family-3705-17.html

 

[BELTRANEJA]

The International Sailing Federation has awarded "the Beppe Croce Trophy" to King Constantine for his contribution to the world of sailing
ISAF : His Majesty King Constantine Awarded ISAF Beppe Croce Trophy
Congratulations!!!!

 

[Nikolopoulus]

Thank you by put it! Congratulations!!!!!!King Constantine is honorary President of ISAF, and the menber of the International Olympic Committee.

 

[IRIS1983]

Congratulations!
I've seen it in 24 hours sports channel, this is a major prize in the world of sailing. congratulations for Constantine.

 

[mariazil]

This is a link to a video showing the King and Queen walking in Athens earlier today. They happened to be at Syntagma Square where the lorry-drivers/owners were protesting in front of the Parliament. One of them asked Constantine if he would be kind enough to speak to his mother over the phone, which the King did. Imagine the old lady's surprise!!!
This is the link to the video (in Greek of course)
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[BELTRANEJA]

This is incredible, people applauded, and he spoke with the mother by phone!!!!, the man was very happy that the king spoke to his mother.I was reading about this, people greet him and they said to him they was happy see him in Greece ....

 

[Nikolopoulus]

....And he had no bodyguard and continued his way. The Greeks are tired of our politicians, they are always the same, the country has problems in the economics and they only care about the election campaigns

 

[fandesacs2003]

WONDERFULL!!!

I'm happy for him, we are fed up with the theaves.

Bravo!! He waw at the right moment the right time.

People is claiming to him "we want you" "come back" !!!!!

A slight moment of pleasure for him!

 

[stef]

I like the video, it is very spontaneous, it is wonderful, Thanks for posting this, many greek tv have avoided publishing this. HE IS MY KING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Vlaha Karatsokaros]

In front of God and all men, I declare that this video-clip was rehearsed. A miniscule crowd is seen and heard shouting, "Εσένα θέλουμε, εσένα θέλουμε, εσένα θέλουμε", that is, "We want you, we want you, we want you", exactly three times and, then, someone is heard telling the spontaneous crowd, "Πάμε, 'Εσένα θέλουμε', πάλι", that is, "Let shout 'We want you', again" !!!!!

By the way, the lorry owners were protesting in front of the Parliament against the government's decision to finally implement European Union directive and pass long and direly-needed legislation to open closed shop professions. Constantine and Anne-Marie who were [as always] staying at the Grande Bretagne Hotel, located obliquely opposite the Parliament, across Queen Amalia Avenue, happened to be walking not past but through the protesting crowd.

The interesting instantanέ, as you can all ascertain for, and by, yourselves, reveals four or five people approaching the royal couple with one of them asking the king to talk to his mother on his cell phone. What a nice spontanenous event.

Spontaneity is de rigueur and of the essence, isn't it!

 

[mariazil]

Well, it is one thing presenting a piece of news and an entirely other thing trying to interpret it.
Let me tell you my facts:
I first saw the video in the 8 o'clock news bulletin, on Alter Channel last night. (Those who know the Greek reality also know that it is a rather pro-socialist channel, so we cannot accuse them of "promoting" Constantine, can we?)
As to the size of the crowd or the sponteinity of their actions, I can only say that I cannot know how many they were. (Who can be certain about that, without having actually been there?)
Now what I think happened when the man said

"Let shout 'We want you', again"

is that he just took the chance to repeat the slogan in front of a camera (it was the lorry-drivers' protest, remember?)
When the TV reporter asked one of these men why they would rather have the King back, he answered :"It isn't Constantine who deprived us of our properties, it's the politicians!!!"
Anyway, anyone looking at the expression of Constantine and Anne-Marie (anyone unprejudiced, that is) can easily realize that they certainly didn't expect it, they were smiling politely, of course, but rather awkwardly ...
For those who know Greek I'll put here some links to the sites where I found the news last night (none of them pro-monarchy, mind you)

NewsIt.gr:
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My point is that the news was just what you saw, an incident that took place in the middle of a protest in the centre of Athens, nothing more, nothing less. In fact, here in Greece, no one took it for something "rehearsed" , not even those who hate the sight of him!!!

WONDERFULL!!!

I'm happy for him, we are fed up with the theaves

I couldn't agree more!!!

 

[mariazil]

Some more amusing piece of news (...) King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie had been to Belgrade prior to the Athens incident, taking part in the celebration for the 25th anniversary of Prince Alexandre and Princess Katherine of Serbia.
Kraljevska porodica Srbije

 

[fandesacs2003]

King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie had been to Belgrade prior to the Athens incident, taking part in the celebration for the 25th anniversary of Prince Alexandre and Princess Katherine of Serbia.
Kraljevska porodica Srbije

King Costantin is an uncle for Prince Alexander, as King Costantin is first cousin for Pcs (or Queen??) Alexandra, mother of Prince Alexander.

 

[mariazil]

Yes, that's true. He was also Alexandre's best man(koumparos) in his wedding to Katherine Batis

 

[iceflower]

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Some off-topic posts have been deleted!

Thanks for your understanding!

 

[amedea]

Is it just me or something happened to queen Anne Marie? At the Belgrad anniversary she looks much older than usually.