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Greece’s former king Constantine II died on Tuesday at the age of 82 in Athens, according to sources at the private hospital where he had been admitted due to health problems.
Constantine II was King of Greece From 1964 to 1973Although he fled his country after a military coup in 1967, amid accusations that he collaborated with the rebels.
Monarchy Abolished A in Greece Referendum in 197470% of the votes were in favor of a republic.
Constantine II, who Uncle of King Philip VI From Spain and brother Its mother, Queen SophiaLived for decades in the United Kingdom, where he lived in exile with his wife, Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark, and their 5 children.
War with the Greek government
In 1994 he lost his Greek nationalityAfter a new law forced him to adopt the surname Klucksburg, a Danish dynasty of descent, but he refused, claiming his patronage was Greece.
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Constantine II married Anna Maria of Denmark in 1964 in Athens.
In 2002, along with other members of his family, he received approximately US$14 million in compensation for the confiscation of his former properties in Greece, including a villa in Corfu, where his cousin Prince Philip of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II; as well as the Tatoi palace gardens north of Athens.
Another link that united him to the House of Windsor was the prince’s status as godfather William
After decades of living in the United Kingdom, Constantine II returned to Greece with his family in 2013, where he died on Tuesday.
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