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Date Posted: 10:24:11 1/25/23 Wed
Author: Jasper
Subject: Taki laments the passing of King Constantine 2

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As every Greek of my generation knows, Constantine became king at age 23. He was handsome, athletic, and Greece’s first postwar gold-medal winner in the 1960 Rome Olympics. He was immensely popular, his zest for living endearing him to hot-blooded Greeks. And when he married the most beautiful young Danish princess, Anne Marie, the sight of the old man of Greek politics, 76-year-old Premier George Papandreou, walking arm in arm with the radiant young couple occasioned genuine rejoicing. It was not to last.

Readers of ancient Greek history will not miss the resemblance between the tragic heroes of classical times and the leading figures of the Papandreou (father) period. As the story unfolds one cannot help but notice the flaws in individual characters that eventually led to destruction. But, unlike the classical pattern, the downfall of these modern heroes was to be almost immediate. Papandreou was to be arrested before his tenure was up, and a total split within his party would occur after only eighteen months. The young king would be exiled in less than three years.

Greek governments continued to hassle and badmouth the King in exile, and Andreas Papandreou, who came to power sometime after the death of his father, even went as far as to forbid the King and his family entry to their birthplace while expropriating houses and land holdings without compensation, real estate that was paid for by the King’s forefathers and not by a grateful nation. I saw a lot of the King during that period, and attacked Andreas and his crony crooks in my then various columns, but Constantine told me not to get personal. It was hard to digest how this man could turn the other cheek under such incivilities and lies expounded by lefty politicians and newspapers. Once he was allowed to return as a private citizen, his joy and love for the country were such that he actually discouraged me from attacking the crooks of the left.

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/01/taki-theodoracopulos/long-live-the-king/

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