First, in 1992, King Constantine requested the government to remove of country some of his assets stored in Tatoi from the country. . These assets belonged to King George I of Greece. These assets originated from a palace owned by King George of Greece in Denmark.... The Greek government, asked the University of Athens and the University of Thessaloniki to provide a report to determine if the assets had historical value for Greece. In 1993, the response of both reports, carried out by experts, was to dismiss the historical value of these assets for Greece. For your information .....The government authorized his departure from Greece.
The goods were the property of King Constantine, whether Greeks and politicians liked it or not, it was the Greek government and Greek experts who ruled out historical value for Greece. And it seems that the intended destination of those assets was his original palace in Denmark, who know it is possible a museum for King George like the one for King Otto in Germany. But it was not to be.
Now, It would be interesting if university experts prepared new reports to see what arguments they have regarding the connection of certain items to Greece.
For example, the wedding dress of the unknown Anna Maria, designed by a Dane with fabrics brought from distant lands, and whose invoice is kept in the Royal Palace of Denmark, was paid for by King Frederick and given to his daughter. The Order of the Elephant, so closely linked to Greek soil... The gold medal of King Constantine, the dresses, the photographs of the private life of a family that the Greeks treat as foreigners (This was stated by his Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in an interview to justify why King Constantine could not have an official funeral.. )Let's see if they're suddenly going to be considered Greek now. And those paintings that the Ministry of Culture has distributed to Greek museums and that were by Tatoi, especially one that which represents a sequence from Greek mythology and which King George gave as a gift on the occasion of the coronation of his father Christian, painted by a Dane, and which expresses the desire of the Danes to recover Glücksburg, a county with which Denmark was in dispute with Germany. It would be interesting to see the historical connection of these artifacts to Greece. And we haven't even mentioned the owner. We've been hearing and reading about the restoration of this palace since 2004. In 2007, it received a substantial European grant for its restoration, and in 2012, nobody knew what happened to it. I doubt the history of this palace is highly valued in a country where the monarchy isn't studied, nor are leaders like Metaxas. There are Facebook profiles of Greeks who showcase palaces and abandoned historical houses in Greece, even those located in the capital, but their history isn't valued because it isn't studied.
Tatoi is only of interest because the royal family promoted it back in the day. Just mention Tatoi, and the European press rushes to write about it. It's like a brand. The former mayor of Thessaloniki referred to this in 2015 when he said it was simply a brand that sold very well in Europe, which is why he proposed planting the entire area with vineyards and selling the Tatoi wine brand. And the truth is, he wasn't far off the mark. Tatoi is a brand, one that resonates abroad... History is the least important thing to greeks of this palace.
It is a mark. ; proof of this is that they have demolished parts of the structure that were very distinctive to the building so that it wouldn't be identified with the monarchy. Only with King George... If a restoration consisted of demolishing all parts of the building that differed from the original plan, European cathedrals and palaces wouldn't occupy half the space they do today.
The history of the palace isn't the history of a king; it's the history of all its inhabitants. Love of history? Not love of the part of history that politicians want. The will of the Familia IN WRITING, not implicitly and secretly.
Greek politicians will not talk to or reach agreements with the former Royal Family; if anything, they will invite them to leave the country. Nikolaos's wedding to Chrysi must have been tremendous news for them, with a Vardinogiannis...
Greek political dynasties will never create a museum dedicated to the Royal Family, much less speak well of them, because they fear that one of their members might succeed in politics, and I believe every day that a member of the Royal Family would succeed in politics.
