European royalty gathered in Athens on Monday for the funeral of former King Constantine of Greece, who ruled for just three years in the 1960s before being forced into exile, with his subjects voting to abolish the monarchy in 1974.
Constantine II, a second cousin of Britain's King Charles and Godfather to heir Prince William, lived most of his life abroad, but returned to his homeland in his latter years. He died at an Athens hospital last week, aged 82.
Many are related. Constantine's eldest son, Pavlos, exchanged a bear hug with Spain's Felipe, his first cousin, on the steps of the cathedral moments before the ceremony started. His friend, Aphrodite Koulouris, 70, added: "I live for the moment that his heir, Pavlos, becomes king."
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