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And the ideal restored monarch to lead NATOzied Greece
against the will of its people, 90-some-odd percent of
whom opposed the war against Yugoslavia and would
throw the alliance out of their country tomorrow.
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> <<<Constantine left Greece in 1968 and has lived in
> London most of the time since then. He was deposed
> in
> a popular referendum after the seven-year
> dictatorship
> of the Colonels, which he initially supported,
> collapsed.>>>
>
> King Constantine, a fine democrat and believer in
> the rule of law
> and the people's will...
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> On 4 Sep 01, at 0:56, Rick Rozoff wrote:
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> >
> > [King Constantine joins Bulgaria's King Simeon
> (now
> > prime minister), Romania's King Michael,
> Yugoslavia's
> > King Presumptive Alexander and Albania's King Leka
> > (son of Hitler's and Mussolini's ally King Zog) in
> > finding NATO-occupied Southeastern Europe a
> congenial
> > spot to return to...and reclaim their domains in.]
> >
> > More than anything...he had been emboldened by the
> > European court of human rights' judgment last year
> > compelling the Greek government to compensate him
> for
> > the royal estates it confidcated in 1994, reputed
> to
> > be worth about 225m [pounds].
> >
> >
> >
> > Ex-king Constantine plans Athenian return
> > Helena Smith in Athens
> > Tuesday September 4, 2001
> > The Guardian
> >
> > Encouraged by other monarchs returning to their
> > homelands, the exiled king of Greece is planning
> to
> > resettle in the country that deposed him in 1974.
> >
> > Constantine II, who was stripped of his Greek
> > citizenship in 1993, plans to arrive on a Danish
> > passport. He is married to Anna-Marie, the younger
> > sister of the Danish Queen.
> >
> > Disregarding the open hostility of his former
> > subjects, Constantine, 60, has taken courage from
> the
> > return to Bulgaria of former King Simeon II, now
> the
> > country's prime minister, and the restoration of
> the
> > property of the Yugoslav monarch, Crown Prince
> > Alexander.
> >
> > Yesterday he revealed his determination to
> reinstate
> > himself permanently in the Greek capital by the
> end of
> > next year. He has already begun house hunting.
> >
> > Constantine left Greece in 1968 and has lived in
> > London most of the time since then. He was deposed
> in
> > a popular referendum after the seven-year
> dictatorship
> > of the Colonels, which he initially supported,
> > collapsed.
> >
> > "He is desperately homesick, there is no doubt
> about
> > it," an old friend told the Guardian yesterday.
> "He is
> > no different to other people who identify with the
> > place where they spent their childhood. He lived
> here
> > until he was 27, and he dreams of Greece every
> day."
> >
> > A former Olympics sailing gold medalist, he is
> looking
> > for a spacious villa in Athens and a country house
> > where he can enjoy the sea, the friend said.
> >
> > The Greek media reported yesterday that he had
> shown
> > an interest in a plush Athenian mansion which once
> > belonged to his mother, Queen Frederika. It now
> > belongs to Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the Cypriot owner
> of
> > Easyjet airlines, who commented: "No contact has
> been
> > made so far ... in any case, the house is not for
> > sale."
> >
> > Although Constantine has apologised for the past,
> he
> > has not relinquished his claim to the throne. When
> he
> > was visiting Greece in the early 90s his yacht was
> > chased out of territorial waters by gunboats and
> > fighter planes.
> >
> > It is clear that the prospect of his return has
> caused
> > the Socialist government deep unease. An official
> said
> > it was acutely aware of the embarrassment of
> trying to
> > stop him entering the country on a Danish
> passport.
> >
> > Aides who have recently visited Constantine at his
> > house in Hampstead told the Greek press that he
> > believed the time was right to make his return.
> >
> > More than anything, they said, he had been
> emboldened
> > by the European court of human rights' judgment
> last
> > year compelling the Greek government to compensate
> him
> > for the royal estates it confiscated in 1994,
> reputed
> > to be worth about �225m.
> >
> >
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