ANTHEM OF GREECE - Death of King Constantine II (BBC-styled tribute)

#GreekAnthem
With the death of Constantine II, the last King of the Hellenes, on 10 January 2023, here is a BBC-styled royal death tribute to the former Greek King with the national anthem of Greece, "Hymn to Liberty", featuring two his portraits: one during his reign, and the other during his elderly years.
I no longer included a news report of his death for it is hard to find one knowing that I don't speak nor understand Greek.

[@thesmithersy]

When I met him as an Englishman, I was the only one in the room who bowed to him and addressed him as "Your Majesty".

[@shangainoodles6451]

Long Live The Greek Monarchy!

[@mossakis]

Rest in peace our king 🇬🇷💙🤴

[@u.y.3643]

Rest in Peace King Constantinos II. He always loved his country so much.

[@NotRealKirby]

R.I.P Sir from Philippines 🇵🇭❤️🇬🇷

[@dominionofquebec10452]

Rest in Peace ✝️🤝☦️

[@AlxzAlec]

Rest in peace, from Denmark.

[@paolocabling]

Condolences to your country as well since he has Danish blood and was married to a Danish princess.

[@AlxzAlec]

​@@paolocabling Thank you

[@MarshalRAF]

Rest in peace the late his majesty 🕊️

[@guss51229]

RIP Your Majesty! You are one of my favourite ❤ from Thailand 🇹🇭🤍🇬🇷

[@demostheodorakakis6328]

Our King. He was a good man.

[@paolocabling]

Condolences, our Greek friends.

[@user-gn7ky1xv3l]

Καλό ταξίδι ναχεις!! Αναπαυσου εν ειρήνη στη γη που γεννήθηκες στη χώρα που έζησες και βασιλεψες!! Αιώνια η μνήμη σου βασιλιά των Ελλήνων!!!!!!!!

[@georgetzatzos488]

Κρίμα να λείπει ο Τσίπρας από μία τέτοια τελετή.Κριμα.

[@user-gn7ky1xv3l]

@@georgetzatzos488 που τον ήθελες??? Στην τελετή η χέρι χερι με τον Κωνσταντίνο????? 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

[@alexikarakatsains7692]

We lost a great king

[@epicjaguar9725]

Although It's sad he died it's nice that he passed away in the country he once ruled and always loved unlike a lot of other deposed or exiled monarchs

[@paolocabling]

At least he was allowed to go back home for good.

[@nebugeorge6596]

Heartfelt condolences to all the Royalists in Greece

[@helderdesouza5451]

Rest in Peace

[@TheSgillHistory]

RIP

[@quran6145]

Rest in peace, Your Highness

[@paolocabling]

He's still King even after being deposed. So it's just "Your Majesty".

[@Patriotic_Greek]

Ήταν ο τελευταίος ζωντανός βασιλιάς της Ελλάδας μετά αφού η Φουντα πάρει την Ελλάδα. Ζητώ στον τελευταίο βασιλιά της Ελλάδας, τον Κωνσταντίνο Β'!🇬🇷💙

[@phbbwoonpareet47]

Rest In Peace, the real reader of Greece From Tai-Kadai ethnic 🇹🇭🇱🇦❤🇬🇷

[@TireekELane]

Historical Fact: Constantine II was an able sportsman. In 1958, King Paul gave his son a Lightning class sailing boat for Christmas. Subsequently, Crown Prince Constantine spent most of his free time training with the boat on the Saronic Gulf. After a few months, the Greek Navy gave the prince a Dragon class sailing boat, with which he decided to participate in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. At the opening of the Games in Rome, he was the flag bearer for the Greek team. He won an Olympic gold medal in Sailing (Dragon class), which was the first Greek gold medal in sailing since the Stockholm 1912 Summer Olympics. Constantine was the helmsman of the boat "Nireus" and the other members of the team were Odysseus Eskitzoglou and Georgios Zaimis.

[@paolocabling]

That's true. That's why he became a part of the Olympic Committee

[@FlagAnthem]

Imagine if he actually participated..

[@deenagara9151]

RIP from Malaysia!

[@johnwhitehead4446]

May he rest in peace

[@kaeso101]

Rest in peace..that i think makes King Simeon of Bulgaria the last 20th century European monarch still alive i think...someome correct me if im wrong.

[@shangainoodles6451]

I believe your forgetting King Alexander of Serbia / yugolslavia

[@michelschenk6278]

Yes, you have right regarding King Simeon of Bulgaria. Prince or King Aleksandar of Serbija or Jugoslavija has never ruled his homeland. God bless all our Kings and Royal Families of the Balkans and all the other one.👑🙏

[@kirveis]

Αιώνια η μνήμη

[@TireekELane]

Greek Translation - Ιστορικό γεγονός: Ο Κωνσταντίνος Β' ήταν ικανός αθλητής. Το 1958, ο βασιλιάς Παύλος έδωσε στον γιο του ένα ιστιοπλοϊκό σκάφος κλάσης Lightning για τα Χριστούγεννα. Στη συνέχεια, ο διάδοχος Κωνσταντίνος περνούσε τον περισσότερο ελεύθερο χρόνο του προπονούμενος με το σκάφος στον Σαρωνικό. Μετά από λίγους μήνες, το Ελληνικό Ναυτικό έδωσε στον πρίγκιπα ένα ιστιοπλοϊκό σκάφος κλάσης Dragon, με το οποίο αποφάσισε να συμμετάσχει στους Θερινούς Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες του 1960 στη Ρώμη. Στην έναρξη των Αγώνων της Ρώμης ήταν ο σημαιοφόρος της ελληνικής ομάδας. Κέρδισε ένα χρυσό Ολυμπιακό μετάλλιο στην Ιστιοπλοΐα (κατηγορία Dragon), το οποίο ήταν το πρώτο ελληνικό χρυσό μετάλλιο στην ιστιοπλοΐα μετά τους Θερινούς Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες της Στοκχόλμης 1912. Ο Κωνσταντίνος ήταν ο τιμονιέρης του σκάφους «Νηρεύς» και τα άλλα μέλη της ομάδας ήταν ο Οδυσσέας Εσκιτζόγλου και ο Γεώργιος Ζαΐμης. English Translation - Historical Fact: Constantine II was an able sportsman. In 1958, King Paul gave his son a Lightning class sailing boat for Christmas. Subsequently, Crown Prince Constantine spent most of his free time training with the boat on the Saronic Gulf. After a few months, the Greek Navy gave the prince a Dragon class sailing boat, with which he decided to participate in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. At the opening of the Games in Rome, he was the flag bearer for the Greek team. He won an Olympic gold medal in Sailing (Dragon class), which was the first Greek gold medal in sailing since the Stockholm 1912 Summer Olympics. Constantine was the helmsman of the boat "Nireus" and the other members of the team were Odysseus Eskitzoglou and Georgios Zaimis.

[@aeiou-18]

rest in pace your majesty last king of the helens

[@revinhatol]

RIP to His Majesty!

[@elenig1328]

Rest in peace your Majesty. You will always be in our hearts 😪

[@superyachtchef]

✳️ sad news

[@costanvaarwel8932]

Rest in Peace to his Majesty Constantine II 🇬🇷

[@NoahMDub]

RIP Your Majesty, from Washington State

[@phantom_wolf5274]

Rip Constantine II you were a great king and will always be a king love from the USA and I’m surprised the comment section isn’t filled with annoying anti monarchists

[@haryburtoiu5111]

GOD BLESS GREECE WHO IS THE CRADLE OF HUMANITY !!! GOD BLESS THE GREEK PEOPLE !!! R.I.P IN PEACE KING CONSTANTINE II OF GREECE !!!

[@FlagAnthem]

The Rift valley is the cradle of humanity

[@blagoevski336]

RIP 🇲🇰🇬🇷

[@helderdesouza5451]

could you make a video of this bbc style of Dom Luiz former head of the imperial house of Brazil?

[@helderdesouza5451]

Dom Luiz was a cousin of King Juan Carlos I of Spain

[@paolocabling]

Sorry but I'm not so familiar with the Brazilian Imperial House.

[@paolocabling]

@user-xh6hn8op2x Sorry for asking this politically but was he pro-Bolsonaro?

[@Surryprosciuttoconpiadina]

@@paolocabling he was pro- monarchy ig

[@sorbetero98]

He died? Damnn...

[@paolocabling]

He's been very sick for years until he was wheelchair-bound.

[@user-sz4wh1bi8u]

Μεγάλε.βασιλια.μακαρι.να.ειχαμε.βασιλεις.κ.οι.αλλοι.τι.κανουν;.

[@NZC_Meow]

😭

[@panosdiesel808]

Αθάνατος!!! ΚΑΙ ΕΛΛΗΝ!!!

[@TheLizKirkland]

Can you do Silvio Berlusconi death announcement ala BBC royal death announcement? Thanks!

[@paolocabling]

No.

[@TheLizKirkland]

@@paolocabling Why? You already made for King Constantine, PBXVI, etc.

[@FlagAnthem]

@@TheLizKirkland Do you even know WHO was Berlusconi?

[@TheLizKirkland]

@@FlagAnthem I know who's Berlusconi, he is the longest serving Italian PM

[@user-rx7qe3ce2t]

Ζήτω ο Παύλος τώρα 😉

[@SuwandiKartadinata]

wasn't greece a republic?

[@paolocabling]

Yes. Why?

[@SuwandiKartadinata]

@@paolocabling but why Greece still has a King eventho Greece is a Republic? sorry, bcs I'm really clueless

[@paolocabling]

Yes, Greece is currently a republic. It became a republic after when King Constantine and his family were exiled during a military coup which was short-lived. After that, Greece held a referendum wherein the majority chose to be a republic and King Constantine was out of power. But his royal title as King remained even though he no longer lead Greece. He's still respected as their former head of state and King despite having political opposition, most especially from the left.

[@SuwandiKartadinata]

@@paolocabling wow, thank you for the explanation!

[@Kolious_Thrace]

Our country abolished the Monarchy after a long period of political instability. Changes, a military junta, communists… a lot of ups and downs. The point is that all of them suddenly turned against our King. The Monarchy ended, they deprived all them members of the Royal Family of the Right of Hellenic nationality… Even today our State refuses the Hellenic nationality and passports to the members of the Royal Family…🤬 No words to describe our shame… Even though we are a Republic today the King doesn’t stop being a King. He just lost his role in the political system of our country. He was still a King to the day he passed away. Anna-Maria is still our Queen and the rest of the titles do not change as well! Rip to our late King Constantine II Long live King PavlosII 👑🇬🇷

[@Georgianika5183]

👑🇬🇷👑

[@steedlei1]

Sounds 2004..

[@paolocabling]

Why 2004?

[@steedlei1]

@@paolocabling Greece wins everything:)

[@paolocabling]

Are you referring to the Olympics during that year? Sorry I don't get your point very well since the way you commented isn't clear to me.

[@steedlei1]

@@paolocabling winner of Euro 2004, a miracle in football history.. :)