Greece's former king, Constantine II — who was the country's final king — dies, aged 82.
abc.net.au/news/former-king-of-greece-constantine-ii-dies-at-82/101842932Greece's former king, Constantine II — whose nine-year reign coincided with one of the most turbulent periods in the country's political history — has died, aged 82, Greek media are reporting.He fled Greece after an unsuccessful counter-coup against the country's military junta in 1967
Constantine II — the only son of King Paul and Queen Frederica of Greece — ascended the throne in 1964, after his father died, but his reign was marred by political instability that culminated in a military coup on April 21, 1967. Suffering from chronic heart and mobility problems, the former king's health condition had worsened and he had been hospitalised several times in recent months.
In a referendum called by a national unity government — led by Konstantinos Karamanlis after the fall of the junta in 1974 — Greeks rejected monarchy for a second time, making Constantine the last king of Greece.In 2002, he and other family members were compensated with 13.7 million euros for their former property in Greece.
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