King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain attended the funeral of King Constantine II of Greece. The Royal Couple arrived in Athens yesterday where they attended a dinner hosted by the Greek Royal Family. The King was the older brother of King Felipe’s mother Queen Sofia.
Crown Prince Pavlos and Queen Anne Marie of Greece acknowledge the crowds as they arrive at Athens Cathedral for King Constantine’s funeral #Royals #KingConstantine #Greece #Athens #funeral pic.twitter.com/FOmO6rcE28
— Rookie (@royalfocus1) January 16, 2023
The King passed away at the age of 82 earlier this week on January 10th. The Coffin of King Constantine II of Greece laid-in-State for members of the public in the Chapel of Agios Eleftherios, ahead of the Funeral at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Athens. There was a long line of well-wishers to pay their respect to the late King.
The funeral service was held at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens. After that, the late King was buried at the summer palace of the former royal family in northern Athens where Constantine’s ancestors are buried.
Despite the Greek Government refusing a state funeral, there were thousands of public members lining the funeral path.
Almost 200 guests included the Kings and Queens of Spain – Felipe, Letizia, Sofia, Juan Carlos, the King and Queen of Belgian – Philippe and Mathilde, the King and Queen of Netherlands – Willem-Alexander and Maxima, the Queen and Crown Prince of Denmark – Margrethe II and Frederick, The Crown Prince and Princess of Norway – Haakon and Mette-merit, The King and Queen of Sweden – Carl Gustaf and Silvia, Prince Albert of Monaco, Princess Anne of the UK.
Queen Mathilde of Belgium, Queen Margrethe of Denmark,King Felipe and Queen of Spain,Queen Maxima and King Wilem Alexander of the Netherlands arrive for the funeral of King Constantine of Greece #Royals #KingConstantine #Greece #funeral pic.twitter.com/xNkGreUk3N
— Rookie (@royalfocus1) January 16, 2023
The Prince and Princess of Wales asked Lady Gabriella Windsor to be their official representative. Lady Gabriella Windsor was also the God daughter of the late King.
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🇪🇸🇬🇷 Yes, Queen Sofía was – of course – at the funeral of her brother, Greek King Constantine II. She sat with King Juan Carlos on the other side of the coffin, among the family members. https://t.co/HAlR4DWOsb pic.twitter.com/6NMCtAeVj1
— [Wim Dehandschutter] (@WDehandschutter) January 16, 2023
Second row, among others:
🇳🇴 Crown Prince Haakon, Crown Princess Mette-Marit
🇬🇧 Princess Anne, Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence (her husband)
🇳🇱 Princess – former Queen – Beatrix
🇧🇬 King Simeon (monarchy in Bulgaria abolished in 1946)
🇮🇷 Farah Pahlavi, widow of last Shah of Iran https://t.co/L9S5HZJbYN— [Wim Dehandschutter] (@WDehandschutter) January 16, 2023
Apart from these official Royal representatives, there are many other Royal relatives in attendance.
Members of the Royal families arriving back at the hotel.
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— ChristinZ (@ChristinsQueens) January 16, 2023
For the day, Queen Letizia was wearing a black custom-made coat dress. The dress was exactly the same style that she wore in April 2022 at the Thanksgiving service for the life of Prince Philip of the UK.
Letizia kept the winter chill away with Mango Handmade belted coat. The $229.99 coat was described as, a ” Handmade oversized design made of wool and recycled polyester blend fabric featuring lapel-collar V-neck collar, long sleeve, two front pockets a removable belt and back-slit hem.”
Queen Letizia was wearing black Magrit pumps. She was carrying Giorgio Armani La Charniere Doree Top Handle Bag.
The Queen was wearing her diamond tear-up drop earrings.
Another royal jewel was her pearl and diamond brooch from the ‘Joyas de Pasar’ collection.
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A bit more information about the Brooch here on Spanish Royal Jewel.
and her new Corternos Amor che tutto move Love moves everything 18K yellow gold ring
The Queen was carrying her Carolina Herrera bag
and wore her Prada pumps that she later on switched with the same boots that she wore yesterday upon arrival.
Tomorrow, Queen Letizia will attend the working meeting of the board of directors of the Spanish Federation for Rare Diseases (FEDER) at Sede de FEDER
