Royal Wedding Interview with King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie with James Chau Part 2

Recorded in London on the eve of the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. In the second of a two-part interview, the former King and Queen of Greece speak about King Constantine's gold medal at the Rome Olympics 1960 and visit to Beijing for 2008 Games.

[@reidx512]

I once had the pleasure of meeting them both while traveling through Europe when I was young. I never forgot them. May King Constantine Rest In Peace. Hence, for Queen Anne-Marie, I am praying for you and your family, earth has nor sorrow that heaven can not heal.

[@jobhartgers1854]

Come Ye Disconsolate.

[@Yvonne-l4c]

I love hearing him speak!

[@vapalaca]

Great couple. Good looking family. We need them back in Greece!

[@thanasisdimos6922]

King and Queen are favorite persons and also too much lovely

[@danielleporter1829]

King Constantine and Queen Anne Marie are two of my favorite European royals. I would love to have to have the chance just to talk to both of them.. I think I'm drawn to Queen Anne Marie because she's so close in age to my late mother, I believe she's only a couple weeks younger than my mom. And no I am not caucasian and neither was my mom.

[@Dinaki11]

May God Bless The Greek King!

[@spartanconscience2693]

He is not King at all. A referendum was held to disown him. Please take his title away. If you don't it is a violation of democracy and disrespect to the will of the Greek people.

[@ΚυριακήΔημητρίου-δ3ξ]

@@spartanconscience2693 όχι δεν το κάνουμε!!!!

[@spartanconscience2693]

@@ΚυριακήΔημητρίου-δ3ξ 1974 it was.

[@infantebenji]

@Komnenit listen his grandfather king constatine and his father king paul was born in greece so he is greek its like calling queen elizabeth ii german just because most of her ancestors came from germany

[@FRAGIORGIO1]

You mention hemophilia, but that was with Victoria's daughter in Russia and her son. King George III (d 1820) had a blood disorder quite a time ago. What other disorders? Victoria married her 1st cousin, whose son married a Dane, who had a son (KGV) who married a princess from a German noble family, who son married the daughter of a Scots nobleman, whose daughter married a cousin, whose son married an English member of noble family, whose son married an English commoner. This is Occasional.

[@ΚωνσταντιναΔελλαπορτα]

Ας αναπαυθεί η ψυχή του στην αγκαλιά της Θείας παρουσίας! Εξαιρετικός Βασιλεύς!

[@fernandasantiago3]

Meu casal preferido de todas as monarquias, sempre lindo juntos com muito amor envolvido ❤❤. Descanse em paz Constantino. Desejo breve resignação Rainha Ane Marie que Deus te der uma vida plena com muita saúde longe do seu amado❤❤

[@dagmar1991]

@viera1963 Paul’s mother was the Kaiser’s sister. Frederika was the daughter of the Kaiser’s daughter - i.e. she was the Kaiser’s granddaughter. Now, if the Kaiser’s daughter, Viktoria Luise, who gave birth to Frederika, was the niece of the Kaiser’s sister, Sophie, who was Paul’s mother, then Paul was her first cousin. Yes? This means that Frederika, the daughter of Paul’s first cousin, Viktoria Luise, would have him as an uncle. Do you see it differently?

[@bambesis]

"Hard work; concentration; and constant training" if you want a gold medal he says. But how many young men in Greece could afford to train for the Olympics at that time. Children of school age assumed the role of their family's bread winner because their fathers, mothers, or both, were imprisoned in concentration camps on the islands where they were kept till the mid-1960s. Many of them never returned. His parents were "surprised" when they were jeered during their London visit in 1963.

[@ΟΡΘΟΔΟΞΗΖΩΗ]

Ζήτω ο Βασιλεύς των Ελλήνων = Ρωμαίων Κωνσταντίνος ΙΓ΄ Φωκάς Διγενής Κομνηνός Άγγελος. Θεός Πατρίς Βασιλεύς 💒👑

[@dimacosi]

@viera1963 Marrying second,third,fourth cousin and so on is not typical just for royals but for all people. The only difference is that royal genealogy is well known while commoners often do not know who their 4th cousins are. A lot of people end up marrying distant relatives without even knowing about it. Read something about the pedigree collapse. in the past ordinary people knowingly married their cousins and it was not seen as problematic.

[@pneron2032]

Good point

[@gabbys7163]

Wow interesting

[@lesababy]

@viera1963 That's the point I was trying to make. Eventually people forget how they are related to each other and they will marry some one they are related to. It happens. A cousin posted a picture of one of our ancestors on facebook and the response was great people were saying I know her she's my so and so but they did not realize that they were related to the other people who also made comments until the picture was posted.

[@Obasiliasfilosofos]

@viera1963 Although I am incorrect about it "typical" but Morganatic marriage was far more common in the byzantine empire then in the rest of medieval Europe,Anyone could become emperor given the fact that you had oddities like Justin I whose life began as a lowly peasant and concluded as a roman emperor.

[@mariaantoniamerinoreal6319]

Este rey no servía más que para la buena vida

[@holaholitavecinitoshastael4675]

Si, se dice que ese hacia coches blindados y eran menos seguros que los normales Jajaja un inutil

[@FRAGIORGIO1]

He himself mentioned that he was part of a team! Are you so bitter as not to listen? In other lands, if a member of a royal family, such as Zara Philips of the UK, wins a medal That Person become famous because of their particular status. Do you know the members of the US gold medal swimmers with Michael Phelps as Beijing? This is a phoney issue put up by Constantine haters If someone breaks many records, then that person becomes internationally famous, but a team does not. Understand?

[@dimitrisdim3995]

Να ειστε παντα καλα❤️

[@Ettibridget]

0.48 He was told he was a lousy sailor. His trainer at the time was the late Danish yachtsman, Paul Elvstrøm. He had won numerous medals and championships for Denmark. The only reason Konstantin won, was that Elvstrøm was with him.

[@bambesis]

@viera1963 Matter of labelling. In Greece we call uncles the cousins of our parents, whether first, second or third cousins. But still it is considered incestuous to marry the son or daughter of your cousin. I understand that even 3rd cousins can not get married in the Greek Church.

[@ΠολιτειακήΜεταρρύθμιση]

Το Πολιτειακό πρόβλημα της Ελλάδας - KZbin

[@bambesis]

@viera1963 That's fine! As you say: "in the rest of the world"; for Greece it is too late now - so we had it. For what it's worth, in Greek, the word θείος and θεία are used for uncle and aunt, and variations of the word feature in Linear-B, before the introduction of the alphabet, and the meaning was not limited to the Modern Greek meaning (uncle). It is still used in fossilised forms in words connected with matters divine. Linguistically the word θείος has the same origins as the word Zeus.

[@bambesis]

@epameinondas13 Also, Elizabeth's father, himself, had a speech defect.

[@sailormagic13]

Wait she really said that “we are related” @ 2:00

[@Ettibridget]

Yes, they are third cousins. All european royals are more or less related.

[@thekingofmoney2000]

Yes, they are double cousins, both are descendants of Queen Victoria and King Christian XI of Denmark. King Constantine’s parents were also cousins, even more closely related, they were first cousins once removed.

[@Obasiliasfilosofos]

@viera1963 The Hapsburgs ended up like that

[@makariojopekavoa7008]

keep hoping.

[@delagrazia]

+That was a rare case(while arabs do it constantly+arent sick)its the Egyptians who married their brothers/sisters as far as i know.

[@delagrazia]

you should look how royalty titles were given INITIALLY and who were the FIRST royals+how new blood came into the family. The first royals werent all related bcoz titles were initially given to important ppl,kings etc. Finally there are many royals in the world that you wouldnt know.insignificant ppl that as long as they dont re-marry an IMPORTANT royal figure the link with royalty wares off in their family in time.AND DIES OFF EVENTUALLY But if they do the link is renewed

[@southafricandominion]

well if you born in Greece you are Greek get it!

[@MarathonianWarrior]

Στη "Λούφα και παραλλαγή" την αρχική του Περάκη κάποιος φαντάρος την "παίζει" με το κάδρο της τότε ´Αννας-Μαρίας.Μέ κάθε σεβασμό προς τη βασίλισσα και μακρυά από χυδαιότητες, η βασίλισσα ακόμα και σήμερα είναι θελκτική !!

[@FRAGIORGIO1]

You recognized yourself in the mirror, but you did not see me in any of that sort of issue except against. Look more carefully.

[@stavrostailidis1297]

BASEILOPATHR KAI BASEILOMHTHR PANTA SEMNH ,SAS AGAPO.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@aek..1924]

Ρε σταυρο κολοσφουγγι είσαι ρε τσουρομαγκα της πλάκας και της φάπας ρε σταυρο τσουρομαγκα χεστικε τραβα να τον ξεσκατισες εσύ ξέρεις να είσαι τυχερός να μην έχει τσιρλα κουραδομαγκα της πλάκας και της φάπας

[@FRAGIORGIO1]

What problems? They have been Very Rare, few. Do you think people in small towns marry their neighbors over decades and over a century or more? Rich people marry other rich people in a limited society.

[@lesababy]

@ILuvNeimanMarcus It is disturbing that you would take that same old tired stance about slavery. Is that supposed to be a put down? I have white great grandparents. I live in the south most black people here are of some sort of mixed ancestry. With all of the databases like ancestry.com and afrogenesis did you really think that I would not know my own family history? Here in my area my situation is far from unique.

[@delagrazia]

"your grammar is really bad" Your criticism isnt constructive unless you intend to point out those blatant mistakes or you wish to talk in another language Royals have big families and are only distantly related.Which are YOUR FACTS that they have problems due to interbreeding?Tribes in the past and ppl in small villages where practically a big family,Marriages of first cousins can be problematic,eventhough arab families disproove this fact.Big cities with millions is a modern phenomenon

[@lesababy]

@ILuvNeimanMarcus Plus our family also has a native american component. In many families that is how most blacks and whites are related because both groups married natives. In my fathers family my white ancestors were not slave owners but share croppers who did not own slaves. They share cropped on plantation land but had common law marriages with black women who were owned by their land lord. Did you really think this was something I just saying to be saying it?

[@lesababy]

@ILuvNeimanMarcus Your comments are to be expected. But the burden of proof is on you and not me. I don't have to claim, I have the proof and I'm in no way ashamed of my heritage or my ancestry. As soon as your read my original comment and saw that I was black you were looking for blood and ready to insult. You have shown your true self and the racist comments prove that. But if you like I can send you the evidence but it wouldn't matter because to you it would still be made up.

[@delagrazia]

(meaning that 55% of worlds population lives in vilages today and 35yrs ago 65% did.100 yrs ago the vast majprity lived in villages,but even by todays statistics according to your theory half of the worlds population should be sick.the royals in fact married royals from other countries(to keep good relations)and didnt spend their life within their small village as most ppl did.Also the pope wouldnt allow marrying a first cousin In fact there is a case where they forced him to do so

[@Obasiliasfilosofos]

@viera1963 In the Byzantine empire had some incestuous dynasties, Unlike other monarchies during its time it was still a dejure republic & it was typical for the emperor to wed a servant girl from his household which infact was the basis for the Cinderella story.

[@dagmar1991]

@Gayalert69 Re: Mr DeGrecia's «Greekness»:- His Greekness or non-Greekness is as irrelevant now as it was when his great grandfather was imposed on the Greeks as a king, soon after the Bavarian experiment failed. Neither the Bavarians nor the Danes came as «Greeks», and neither newcomers nor the Greeks pretended othewise. The only one of the Glücksburg gang who served a full term in office, without violent death or exile, was Paul because he enjoyed the support of the CIA.

[@delagrazia]

do you know who are the members of the royal family of Albania?.you dont.And guess what.they are MANY.If one of them will marry an important royal the title will be REMEBERED + that gives you the impression that royals are a few ppl that keep marrying each other.Do you deny the fact most people lived in VILLAGES all over the world?How were they not related? How about the wild tribes-"üntouched by modern civilisation"(in Afrika+Latin Amerika) that count just hundreds of members

[@Obasiliasfilosofos]

@bambesis That and a serious smoking problem

[@bambesis]

@Gayalert69 Kokos' "Greekness" is as relevant as your gayness. At the end of the day the only "queens" left around, apart from those of the playing cards, would be your sort - in other words those of the frumpy variety.

[@FRAGIORGIO1]

You are not very good at reading with understanding. Reread my words and try oh try to analyze and Think. Maybe you'll understand how mistaken you are.

[@elenisfakianaki1094]

Θελουμε τους βασιλεις μας πισω

[@aek..1924]

Δεν τον κρατάμε τον ΕΚΠΤΩΤΟ ΜΟΝΆΡΧΗ σας γλυκσμπουρκ

[@dagmar1991]

@Gayalert69 Re: «If only you knew what  you were talking about.»:- It seems that there is only one authority «in the know», and that authority is you! Your response, to anyone not sharing your fetish for Mr DeGrecia, is monotonous, monochrome, and totally predictable. I decided to put it at least 37 times in the mouth of one of the most boring and simple-minded characters of the play that I write for my University's drama society:- «If-only-you-knew-what-you-were-talking-about»

[@delagrazia]

there is a solution to your boredom-check statistics about urbanisation ,urban population 45%in 1974,55%today/..in some countries is 90% in others 10% and their children arent monsters due to intermarrying within the tribe .100yrs ago most ppl lived in villages that means eons of human evolution in that way(which created the different races +specific charachteristics ,And of course most people havent seen a plane in their life,Your small world is not THE world

[@lesababy]

@viera1963 People seem to bring this fact up a lot but do you know that many people are related to each other several times over if their families lived in the same area for a while. I'm African American and you would be surprised how many people I'm related to in my community who are not African American. I have cousins from my dad's side who have married cousins on my mom's side and cousins who are double cousins because a set of sisters married a set of brothers.

[@Komnenit]

Funny how the King of Greece wasn't greek after all.

[@vapalaca]

Silly. He does … duh

[@bambesis]

@Gayalert69 But have you heard the latest? «The Church of England bans hosting civil partnership ceremonies! Your best bet would be to try to formalise your gay partnership in Australia in a kangaroo church. Still, fat Kokos would not approve but, as it is away from Britain where the head of the Church is the wife of his grandfather's brother, he can make a blind eye!

[@louisedimaggio9622]

bambesis

[@albevargiu]

La sportiva Terralba e staff antone chi mise a Onanì una e l'altra a Lula ora si sarà iscritta pagare bollette e autista riportava tutto atheo

[@maryswinton9061]

Mrs

[@MarathonianWarrior]

Ελιά -ελιά και Κώτσο Βασιλιά / β

[@zadikko]

He's not a king anymore...why this guy still calling himself king and his wife still calling herself....queen???...they have no throne....they have no more subjects~!

[@georgechronos3843]

He is a King just he has no throne at the moment.

[@DIVINESHADOW1962]

he aint Greek....but a crypto jew

[@harrymourtzakis8329]

he is traditional orthodox...he has very good relationship with the people in Mountain Athos