Exile, ruin and a tragic life with millionaire expenses: who are Constantine and his son, Pablo de Greece, the brother and nephew of Queen Sofia

ELENA CASTELLÓ

A military coup, known as the coup of the colonels, in April 1967, ended with the short reign of Constantine II of Greece, brother of Queen Sofia, after happening to her father, King Pablo.A few months later he had to leave for exile.He was barely 27 years old and took refuge in Rome, in a palace called Villa Polisenna, on the outskirts of the city, where he received him with open arms Enrich vonSse, son of Mafalda de Savoya, painter and set designer, related to all intellectualsand artists of the time.Constantino arrived with his wife, Queen Ana María, Princess of Denmark, and her children Alexia, two years old, and Pablo, six months (here we tell you who Marie Chantal Miller is, her controversial enemy wife of Queen Letizia),In addition to her sister Irene and her mother, Queen Federica.Gone were the palace in which the whole family had lived for years and Sofia, Irene and Pablo had passed their childhood, Tatoi, and where Queen Federica and King Pablo have been buried today.

Constantino fled without barely resources and it is said that King Emeritus had to send several costumes.After a long months in which he tried to reach an agreement with the military government, he settled with his family, in an apartment in the Via Apia of Rome, where they remained six years, and where they continued to receive many visits from family and friends.In 1973 the hopes of returning to Athens faded, because the military declared the Republic.The family decided to settle in Denmark, at the Amalienborg Palace, in Copenhagen, with Queen Ingrid, mother of Queen Ana María.In 1974, a referendum definitely sealed the fate of the monarchy.

The family then settled in London, where the two young children, Teodora and Phillipos were born, in the exclusive Hampstead neighborhood.They were there 39 years.Queen Elizabeth II always provided her protection.Over the years, Constantine could only return to Greece for a few hours for his mother's burial, Queen Federica, and was stripped of her property, nationality and passport.The family came to Spain very often and passed every summer in Mallorca.Constantine always had a very close relationship with King Emeritus.

Exilio, ruina y una vida trágica con gastos millonarios: quiénes son Constantino y su hijo, Pablo de Grecia, el hermano y el sobrino de la reina Sofía

The former king of Greece, who is eighty today - the great celebration has had to postpone with pandemic - he returned to Greece in 2013.Today he lives retired in a small coastal town in Peloponnese, Porto Heli, after being authorized by the Greek government to return from his exile.His five children and his nine grandchildren, like Queen Sofia and Princess Irene, come to visit all the summers.

Constantine king surrounded by his family on his 79th birthday./ Instagram

His eldest daughter, Alexia, 55, a great friend of Infanta Cristina, with whom she shared an apartment in Barcelona while studying, lives in Lanzarote.Her husband is the Canarian architect Carlos Morales, and they have four daughters, Arrieta, 15, Ana María, 14, Carlos de 12 and Amelia, 10 of 10.

Pablo, the second and heir to the throne, 53, is married to the multimillionaire Chantal Miller, one of the three daughters of the founder of the Duty Free Robert Warren Miller.He owns an investment company and studied baccalaureate with King Felipe VI in Canada.They are intimate friends.Marriage lives in New York, after leaving London.They also have an extensive family: Olympia, 24, who has studied fashion at the Big Apple, frequents international “fashion” circles and has worked as a model;Konstantino Alexios, 22, Aquileas Andreas, 20, who wants to be an actor, Odysseas Kimon, 18, and Aristides Stavros, 14.Marie-Chantal is, in addition to a princess heiress, a successful business woman.He founded in London twenty years ago, being pregnant with his third son, an exclusive brand of children's clothing –MCM– and has written several books, the last about how to instill in children the good ways.

King Constantine and his wife Ana María with two of his five children, Prince Plabl and Prince Nicolas de Greece./ Getty images

Nicolás, 49, is the third son of Kings Constantino and Ana María.He resides in Athens with his wife, Tatiana Blatnick, who has also worked on different fashion brands, and with which he celebrated a sumptuous wedding on the island of Spetses, 10 years ago, which was attended by the kings Felipe and Letizia.They develop an intense social and solidarity life both in Greece and abroad.

Teodora, 34, lives in Los Angeles, because he wants to be an actress, and Philippos, the 31 -year -old boy, also resides in New York.Teodora has had to postpone her wedding, scheduled for last May, with lawyer Mathew Kumar, while Philippos chose to marry very discreetly, on December 12, in the Swiss town of Saint-Moritz, with onlyTwo guests, due to the pandemic, with Nina Flohr, daughter of a wealthy American businessman, founder of one of the most important private flight companies in the world, in which she works as a creative director.

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