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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:12,349 [Applause] 2 00:00:09,490 --> 00:00:16,970 these frenzied scenes could be the 3 00:00:12,349 --> 00:00:19,369 victory rally of a politician or perhaps 4 00:00:16,970 --> 00:00:22,119 a grand birthday party for a Hollywood 5 00:00:19,369 --> 00:00:22,119 film star 6 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:28,320 actually the man at the center of all 7 00:00:25,500 --> 00:00:33,240 this attention is King Constantine of 8 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:37,170 Greece but Bruce has been a republic for 9 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:39,630 nearly 30 years these scenes of rampant 10 00:00:37,170 --> 00:00:41,970 royalism and fervor are not in Athens 11 00:00:39,630 --> 00:00:45,780 but in London where the King lives in 12 00:00:41,970 --> 00:00:48,620 exile Constantine is the king who lost 13 00:00:45,780 --> 00:00:48,620 his throne 14 00:00:48,980 --> 00:00:52,069 [Music] 15 00:01:00,230 --> 00:01:06,408 [Music] 16 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:08,030 a royal wedding reception Crown Prince 17 00:01:06,409 --> 00:01:10,220 Pavlos the eldest son of King 18 00:01:08,030 --> 00:01:12,590 Constantine of Greece is marrying 19 00:01:10,220 --> 00:01:15,970 marie-chantal Miller daughter of one of 20 00:01:12,590 --> 00:01:15,970 the world's richest men 21 00:01:16,590 --> 00:01:24,390 it's our royal watchers paradise but 22 00:01:21,899 --> 00:01:28,860 guests at this royal wedding are a hoons 23 00:01:24,390 --> 00:01:31,320 who have a great good to prepare the 24 00:01:28,860 --> 00:01:34,320 whole thing was quite difficult and but 25 00:01:31,320 --> 00:01:36,210 it was a very enjoyable day I must say 26 00:01:34,320 --> 00:01:39,059 and I enjoyed every moment of it was 27 00:01:36,210 --> 00:01:41,399 great from whole family was there the 28 00:01:39,060 --> 00:01:47,810 whole family is the cream of European 29 00:01:41,399 --> 00:01:47,810 royalty many are known as the relatives 30 00:01:58,890 --> 00:02:04,840 [Music] 31 00:02:02,020 --> 00:02:08,109 as you know the Queen is the godmother 32 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:10,509 of our daughter and Prince charges to 33 00:02:08,110 --> 00:02:14,400 Godfather my son and I've recalled his 34 00:02:10,508 --> 00:02:14,399 son and so it's all very closed society 35 00:02:15,180 --> 00:02:19,840 photographer Lord Litchfield pushes 36 00:02:17,319 --> 00:02:22,179 protocol aside for practicality as 37 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:37,230 monarchs and heads of state are handed 38 00:02:22,180 --> 00:02:37,230 into place straight to come 39 00:02:40,650 --> 00:02:43,860 that's how 40 00:02:46,450 --> 00:02:49,839 [Applause] 41 00:02:56,630 --> 00:03:00,859 [Music] 42 00:02:58,180 --> 00:03:03,200 after the wedding royal guests will head 43 00:03:00,860 --> 00:03:06,769 back to the comfort of palaces all over 44 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:08,690 Europe but King Constantine will not be 45 00:03:06,769 --> 00:03:11,590 travelling home to Greece or even going 46 00:03:08,690 --> 00:03:11,590 home to a palace 47 00:03:14,580 --> 00:03:19,540 with his wife Queen Anne Marie the 48 00:03:17,170 --> 00:03:25,510 king's home for the past 30 years has 49 00:03:19,540 --> 00:03:29,670 been here in a North London suburb this 50 00:03:25,510 --> 00:03:31,870 is a famous drawing of my grandfather 51 00:03:29,670 --> 00:03:35,530 where who was commanded chief of the 52 00:03:31,870 --> 00:03:36,970 Greek armed forces in the Balkan wars of 53 00:03:35,530 --> 00:03:40,000 1912-1913 54 00:03:36,970 --> 00:03:48,610 he's just receiving a telegram and the 55 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:50,800 victory against Constantine is a man 56 00:03:48,610 --> 00:03:54,820 whose ancestors fought battles and 57 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:56,730 liberated cities in his house it's hard 58 00:03:54,820 --> 00:03:59,769 to forget the past 59 00:03:56,730 --> 00:04:02,079 royal relics tell potent tales of Greek 60 00:03:59,770 --> 00:04:05,290 history and hold painful memories of 61 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:07,540 housing's might have been that's my gun 62 00:04:05,290 --> 00:04:10,150 for the King Constantine 63 00:04:07,540 --> 00:04:11,500 and you can barely see that it's a last 64 00:04:10,150 --> 00:04:14,409 look painting you can barely see he's 65 00:04:11,500 --> 00:04:16,600 got a black band because his father had 66 00:04:14,409 --> 00:04:18,699 been assassinated King George the first 67 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:20,500 of these King George the first as you 68 00:04:18,699 --> 00:04:23,760 know was the brother of Queen Alexandra 69 00:04:20,500 --> 00:04:25,660 and Empress Marie of Russia and that's 70 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:30,580 my grandfather's mother my 71 00:04:25,660 --> 00:04:33,550 great-grandmother Queen Olga and this 72 00:04:30,580 --> 00:04:35,770 bracelet is gone down through the 73 00:04:33,550 --> 00:04:40,410 generations and was stolen from my wife 74 00:04:35,770 --> 00:04:42,639 at Geneva Airport so it's a ruby and erm 75 00:04:40,410 --> 00:04:47,460 and we're trying to persuade the 76 00:04:42,639 --> 00:04:49,800 authorities now to try and find them 77 00:04:47,460 --> 00:04:52,930 that's my mother 78 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:55,660 and these two are old King George the 79 00:04:52,930 --> 00:04:57,970 first of these that was as a young man 80 00:04:55,660 --> 00:05:03,760 just after he came through Greece from 81 00:04:57,970 --> 00:05:07,090 Denmark and that's in in later life this 82 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:09,699 is the Queen when she came as Princess 83 00:05:07,090 --> 00:05:13,799 Elizabeth Prince Philip they came to 84 00:05:09,699 --> 00:05:17,699 this and this is taken at the cafe in 85 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:23,620 Cape Sounion that's my father 86 00:05:17,699 --> 00:05:26,440 and that's Prince Phillip sister married 87 00:05:23,620 --> 00:05:29,740 to my mother's brother Prince George of 88 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:33,400 Hannover and that's his two sons was 89 00:05:29,740 --> 00:05:35,000 Carlo Heston and Prince Reina this sweet 90 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:48,450 little boy hears me 91 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:48,450 [Music] 92 00:05:48,990 --> 00:05:54,819 this was painted by the Prince of Wales 93 00:05:51,129 --> 00:05:57,759 it's the island of Crete then he painted 94 00:05:54,819 --> 00:06:01,089 from the Britannia as they were passing 95 00:05:57,759 --> 00:06:04,119 on his honeymoon and this is painted by 96 00:06:01,089 --> 00:06:05,800 him not a fish and it's one of the 97 00:06:04,119 --> 00:06:07,569 monasteries which i think is very 98 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:24,430 beautiful and you can see the evolution 99 00:06:07,569 --> 00:06:27,069 of the painter 40 years ago things were 100 00:06:24,430 --> 00:06:28,990 going to be very different thousands of 101 00:06:27,069 --> 00:06:31,449 Greeks lined the streets as the young 102 00:06:28,990 --> 00:06:33,909 handsome King a national hero for 103 00:06:31,449 --> 00:06:36,069 winning an Olympic gold medal married a 104 00:06:33,909 --> 00:06:40,300 beautiful princess from Denmark 105 00:06:36,069 --> 00:06:42,980 the future must have seemed so Saturn 106 00:06:40,300 --> 00:06:45,110 but this fairytale beginning was to go 107 00:06:42,980 --> 00:06:48,320 wrong and it would lead to the end of 108 00:06:45,110 --> 00:06:50,360 over a hundred years of Greek royalty so 109 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:53,240 how did a family with such impeccable 110 00:06:50,360 --> 00:06:57,550 credentials such an illustrious ancestry 111 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:57,550 come to lose everything 112 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:03,439 [Music] 113 00:07:04,010 --> 00:07:09,500 crown prince constantine was selected to 114 00:07:06,930 --> 00:07:13,410 represent Greece in the Rome Olympics of 115 00:07:09,500 --> 00:07:22,820 1960 here he is leading the team at the 116 00:07:13,410 --> 00:07:22,820 opening ceremony his sport was sailing 117 00:07:22,990 --> 00:07:27,680 his boyhood friend Costas remembers the 118 00:07:26,150 --> 00:07:28,330 prince when they were still at school 119 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:32,449 together 120 00:07:28,330 --> 00:07:35,659 he always wanted to do things for the 121 00:07:32,449 --> 00:07:38,570 good of a team I was in charge of the 122 00:07:35,660 --> 00:07:41,210 athletics and perhaps sometimes I needed 123 00:07:38,570 --> 00:07:42,560 somebody to participate too who would 124 00:07:41,210 --> 00:07:45,198 only get one point 125 00:07:42,560 --> 00:07:47,550 come fifth for six he always wanted to 126 00:07:45,199 --> 00:07:52,569 tell he was a real sportsman 127 00:07:47,550 --> 00:07:52,569 [Music] 128 00:07:54,759 --> 00:08:02,289 we hoped going to the Olympics that if 129 00:07:57,639 --> 00:08:04,150 we were lucky and if we could be working 130 00:08:02,289 --> 00:08:07,719 very well we might get a sixth place 131 00:08:04,150 --> 00:08:10,808 this was our aim not to really humiliate 132 00:08:07,719 --> 00:08:13,469 our country we never expected will the 133 00:08:10,809 --> 00:08:13,469 movie nobleman 134 00:08:16,330 --> 00:08:19,550 [Music] 135 00:08:19,590 --> 00:08:25,330 wonderful I mean we felt fantastic and 136 00:08:23,590 --> 00:08:28,119 the idea of getting up onto the podium 137 00:08:25,330 --> 00:08:29,650 and having the mental program view and 138 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:33,880 seeing the great flag go up and listen 139 00:08:29,650 --> 00:08:35,590 to Greek national anthem was I always to 140 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:37,510 say that that was the best feeling my 141 00:08:35,590 --> 00:08:42,250 life other than getting engaged so I 142 00:08:37,510 --> 00:08:44,560 mean that was a fantastic situation gold 143 00:08:42,250 --> 00:08:46,510 medal or not King Constantine has not 144 00:08:44,560 --> 00:08:47,849 been welcomed in Greece for half his 145 00:08:46,510 --> 00:08:50,200 lifetime 146 00:08:47,850 --> 00:08:52,150 unlike the boat in which he won gold 147 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:58,030 which is the pride of the Greek Yacht 148 00:08:52,150 --> 00:08:59,770 Club in Piraeus cool this afternoon and 149 00:08:58,030 --> 00:09:01,120 we were talking about it and we thought 150 00:08:59,770 --> 00:09:03,340 that were actually putting the boat into 151 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:06,460 the water one day in having a girl but 152 00:09:03,340 --> 00:09:08,290 she's lovely beautiful back at the club 153 00:09:06,460 --> 00:09:11,290 for the first time since he was exiled 154 00:09:08,290 --> 00:09:18,849 in 1967 it's an emotional time for 155 00:09:11,290 --> 00:09:23,349 constant I'm 36 years to be able to say 156 00:09:18,850 --> 00:09:25,440 - I said welcome to the club or which I 157 00:09:23,350 --> 00:09:25,440 remember 158 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:34,209 and welcome to the club that I have 159 00:09:32,250 --> 00:09:37,149 known of the Admiral 160 00:09:34,209 --> 00:09:39,069 nearly half a century earlier the gold 161 00:09:37,149 --> 00:09:41,920 medal-winning crown prince was greeted 162 00:09:39,069 --> 00:09:44,979 by his father king pole on the tarmac at 163 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:48,878 athens air for Constantine was killed by 164 00:09:44,980 --> 00:09:50,709 his country as a national hero they 165 00:09:48,879 --> 00:09:52,240 estimated that because it was the first 166 00:09:50,709 --> 00:09:54,069 medal in 50 years I think they were 167 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:55,269 estimating something about a million and 168 00:09:54,069 --> 00:09:57,610 a half people who came into the states 169 00:09:55,269 --> 00:10:04,480 and what sharing the two members of my 170 00:09:57,610 --> 00:10:07,899 crew and myself to win a gold medal it's 171 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:09,550 an incredible thing and for the crown 172 00:10:07,899 --> 00:10:13,119 prince at that time to win a gold medal 173 00:10:09,550 --> 00:10:14,529 was an amazing thing and you can never 174 00:10:13,119 --> 00:10:16,779 take that away from you you can take 175 00:10:14,529 --> 00:10:20,339 almost anything away from a person but 176 00:10:16,779 --> 00:10:20,339 you can never take his gold medal away 177 00:10:25,410 --> 00:10:31,209 just about everything else was taken 178 00:10:28,269 --> 00:10:33,459 away from him 26 kilometers north of 179 00:10:31,209 --> 00:10:35,479 Athens is a ten thousand acre estate 180 00:10:33,459 --> 00:10:43,290 called Tatoi 181 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:46,810 [Music] 182 00:10:43,290 --> 00:10:49,689 at its center is this house which has 183 00:10:46,810 --> 00:10:52,000 been unoccupied since December in 1967 184 00:10:49,690 --> 00:10:54,430 it was once the family home to 185 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:59,770 generations of the kings and queens of 186 00:10:54,430 --> 00:11:01,319 greece constantine was only 27 and on 187 00:10:59,770 --> 00:11:04,210 the throne for less than three years 188 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:07,300 when the nightmare of every monarch came 189 00:11:04,210 --> 00:11:13,570 true overthrow of the established order 190 00:11:07,300 --> 00:11:18,550 by military force the queen was 191 00:11:13,570 --> 00:11:19,780 expecting her eldest son and well we 192 00:11:18,550 --> 00:11:22,959 heard about it about two o'clock at 193 00:11:19,780 --> 00:11:25,660 night and I called my aide who lived in 194 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:29,130 the house up there and he came down not 195 00:11:25,660 --> 00:11:33,550 knocked on this door lovely old door and 196 00:11:29,130 --> 00:11:34,780 I just went to the telephone and tried 197 00:11:33,550 --> 00:11:35,829 to find out what was going on and tried 198 00:11:34,780 --> 00:11:37,870 to call the government and the 199 00:11:35,830 --> 00:11:40,030 government had been arrested and tried 200 00:11:37,870 --> 00:11:43,080 to call different commanders telephone 201 00:11:40,030 --> 00:11:43,079 lines were being cut all the time 202 00:11:47,089 --> 00:11:51,229 and then we heard that the tanks had 203 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:52,879 reached the gate so I sent my security 204 00:11:51,229 --> 00:11:56,209 officers to go meet all the commanding 205 00:11:52,879 --> 00:11:57,919 officer of the tank squadron doesn't 206 00:11:56,209 --> 00:12:00,768 come up here to come speak to me but 207 00:11:57,919 --> 00:12:02,199 they just arrested my security officer 208 00:12:00,769 --> 00:12:05,269 so I realized that they had very 209 00:12:02,199 --> 00:12:07,669 unfriendly intentions and I asked my 210 00:12:05,269 --> 00:12:10,189 security to withdraw up till here 211 00:12:07,669 --> 00:12:12,859 they're only about 20 men and we they 212 00:12:10,189 --> 00:12:16,488 had on that bit there they had about I 213 00:12:12,859 --> 00:12:19,069 think four submachine guns and a couple 214 00:12:16,489 --> 00:12:22,069 revolvers that's about it were you 215 00:12:19,069 --> 00:12:23,299 afraid you know your life no you don't 216 00:12:22,069 --> 00:12:25,279 have time for that I mean you have to 217 00:12:23,299 --> 00:12:26,539 you're so busy you have to be in a 218 00:12:25,279 --> 00:12:30,409 terrible try and work out what's going 219 00:12:26,539 --> 00:12:31,848 on and try to solve the problem and then 220 00:12:30,409 --> 00:12:34,249 I were down to melody headquarters to 221 00:12:31,849 --> 00:12:38,169 try and work out what to do next and how 222 00:12:34,249 --> 00:12:38,169 to get my country out of this mess 223 00:12:38,329 --> 00:12:45,099 this mess was a result of Greek politics 224 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:47,899 in the mid-1960s which were in turmoil 225 00:12:45,100 --> 00:12:50,299 the cool came about a month before a 226 00:12:47,899 --> 00:12:53,389 general election for a left-wing victory 227 00:12:50,299 --> 00:12:55,339 was certain afraid of civil chaos and 228 00:12:53,389 --> 00:12:57,470 their own loss of political power a 229 00:12:55,339 --> 00:12:59,989 section of the army led by a brigadier 230 00:12:57,470 --> 00:13:04,029 in two Colonels took the country by 231 00:12:59,989 --> 00:13:06,829 force over 10,000 people were arrested 232 00:13:04,029 --> 00:13:08,899 the former King Constantine has never 233 00:13:06,829 --> 00:13:12,258 talked in detail about those dangerous 234 00:13:08,899 --> 00:13:14,360 days and rarely gives interviews I was 235 00:13:12,259 --> 00:13:17,600 invited to meet him at his home in North 236 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:19,160 London okay can you explain to us in the 237 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:19,819 most simple and straightforward terms 238 00:13:19,160 --> 00:13:23,420 possible 239 00:13:19,819 --> 00:13:25,910 what exactly happened in 1967 it's the 240 00:13:23,420 --> 00:13:28,160 most ghastly feeling you can have to see 241 00:13:25,910 --> 00:13:32,420 your country disintegrate in front of 242 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:36,679 your eyes within hours my whole aim that 243 00:13:32,420 --> 00:13:38,569 day was to try and find a system whereby 244 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:40,699 we wouldn't end up killing each other 245 00:13:38,569 --> 00:13:43,160 and in the Civil War we had just been 246 00:13:40,699 --> 00:13:46,029 through all that in the 40s and I tried 247 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:49,279 to find a way to solve this problem 248 00:13:46,029 --> 00:13:53,600 without getting any blood spilled not an 249 00:13:49,279 --> 00:13:56,869 easy task the King's strategy surprised 250 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:59,540 many this formal photograph was taken 251 00:13:56,869 --> 00:14:02,089 just after the coup when Constantine 252 00:13:59,540 --> 00:14:04,519 still his official head of state swore 253 00:14:02,089 --> 00:14:09,019 in the Colonel's as the new legitimate 254 00:14:04,519 --> 00:14:13,009 government many people have wondered 255 00:14:09,019 --> 00:14:15,290 that maybe you gave the new government 256 00:14:13,009 --> 00:14:18,499 after the coup a sense of legitimacy by 257 00:14:15,290 --> 00:14:22,819 recognizing them how would you answer 258 00:14:18,499 --> 00:14:25,040 those critics well the legitimacy came 259 00:14:22,819 --> 00:14:27,410 because I swore in the government that 260 00:14:25,040 --> 00:14:29,209 day and the reason I swore that 261 00:14:27,410 --> 00:14:30,230 government in that day is that I felt 262 00:14:29,209 --> 00:14:33,939 that if I didn't do that 263 00:14:30,230 --> 00:14:36,709 and then try to gain time after the 264 00:14:33,939 --> 00:14:39,019 swearing-in we would go into as I said 265 00:14:36,709 --> 00:14:42,290 before a possibility of civil strife 266 00:14:39,019 --> 00:14:44,209 between the military units the prime 267 00:14:42,290 --> 00:14:47,289 minister of the day who was arrested 268 00:14:44,209 --> 00:14:50,149 also I managed to get him out of his 269 00:14:47,289 --> 00:14:51,649 confinement and I forced the comes to 270 00:14:50,149 --> 00:14:55,160 releasing because I wanted to talk 271 00:14:51,649 --> 00:14:57,619 I'm gonna get his advice and he also 272 00:14:55,160 --> 00:14:59,809 thought that maybe I should arrest all 273 00:14:57,619 --> 00:15:01,160 these people so I said to her look how 274 00:14:59,809 --> 00:15:02,930 did you expect me to arrest him I don't 275 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:05,839 have any units at my disposal am I gonna 276 00:15:02,930 --> 00:15:06,949 I can't physically arrest them he said 277 00:15:05,839 --> 00:15:09,470 what are you gonna do and I said well 278 00:15:06,949 --> 00:15:11,779 what I thought I'd do is swear in a 279 00:15:09,470 --> 00:15:13,579 government with a few military people as 280 00:15:11,779 --> 00:15:16,040 possible more civilians as possible and 281 00:15:13,579 --> 00:15:19,910 then try to gain time to organize a 282 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:21,230 counter-coup and go to democracy and he 283 00:15:19,910 --> 00:15:22,579 said well I suspect that that's probably 284 00:15:21,230 --> 00:15:25,069 the only sensible way of going about it 285 00:15:22,579 --> 00:15:27,819 many people say that the king should 286 00:15:25,069 --> 00:15:32,240 have used his rights actually to dismiss 287 00:15:27,819 --> 00:15:33,949 the military regime not to put up with 288 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:40,369 it and if necessary actually draw his 289 00:15:33,949 --> 00:15:43,029 pistol on officers who were creating a 290 00:15:40,369 --> 00:15:46,850 revolutionary situation against the 291 00:15:43,029 --> 00:15:48,709 established order military commanders 292 00:15:46,850 --> 00:15:50,929 and political leaders were among those 293 00:15:48,709 --> 00:15:51,498 arrested within hours of the Colonel's 294 00:15:50,929 --> 00:15:55,699 coup 295 00:15:51,499 --> 00:15:58,519 the king was alone what were the options 296 00:15:55,699 --> 00:16:00,769 open to him it's very easy with 297 00:15:58,519 --> 00:16:03,290 hindsight or even from the sidelines 298 00:16:00,769 --> 00:16:06,800 to criticize somebody for what they did 299 00:16:03,290 --> 00:16:09,980 or didn't do I feel that the King always 300 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:12,709 acted rightly but an extraordinarily 301 00:16:09,980 --> 00:16:15,079 difficult situation you expected some 302 00:16:12,709 --> 00:16:18,679 sacrifice from your King and the 303 00:16:15,079 --> 00:16:21,258 sacrifice would have been necessarily to 304 00:16:18,679 --> 00:16:23,809 expose his life or to expose to his 305 00:16:21,259 --> 00:16:27,199 family to any danger but to stand up and 306 00:16:23,809 --> 00:16:30,230 say no I do not accept this military 307 00:16:27,199 --> 00:16:32,550 coup in fact he did the opposite 308 00:16:30,230 --> 00:16:34,890 Constantin claims he did the opposite to 309 00:16:32,550 --> 00:16:37,020 create a smokescreen to mask his real 310 00:16:34,890 --> 00:16:39,630 intentions of a fight back against the 311 00:16:37,020 --> 00:16:42,090 coup but exposed to the harsh glare of 312 00:16:39,630 --> 00:16:44,670 international newsreels his behavior and 313 00:16:42,090 --> 00:16:46,440 loop like collaboration cracking eggs at 314 00:16:44,670 --> 00:16:49,650 Easter the king appeared to be on best 315 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:52,410 terms with the military hunter he says 316 00:16:49,650 --> 00:16:54,530 his mindset was very different somebody 317 00:16:52,410 --> 00:16:56,550 asked me one day when did I planned to 318 00:16:54,530 --> 00:16:57,780 overthrow them and I said ten minutes 319 00:16:56,550 --> 00:17:00,000 after I heard that they were making the 320 00:16:57,780 --> 00:17:03,990 coup which was ten o'clock at two 321 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:06,150 o'clock in the morning from day one he 322 00:17:03,990 --> 00:17:08,400 was thinking how can I extricate myself 323 00:17:06,150 --> 00:17:11,760 from this situation how can I actually 324 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:14,910 save Greece from this fate the trouble 325 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:18,180 with making a coup is that you had to 326 00:17:14,910 --> 00:17:19,650 have a devious mind and the generals are 327 00:17:18,180 --> 00:17:22,110 senior generals of myself haven't a clue 328 00:17:19,650 --> 00:17:24,900 how to do this so it was a really an 329 00:17:22,109 --> 00:17:30,830 improvised situation he had one card in 330 00:17:24,900 --> 00:17:33,600 his hand if he didn't Trump them he lost 331 00:17:30,830 --> 00:17:36,689 it took me eight months to try and set 332 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:38,969 it all up and then in December before 333 00:17:36,690 --> 00:17:42,660 Christmas on the 13th of December I 334 00:17:38,970 --> 00:17:44,520 moved and tried to overthrow the cons he 335 00:17:42,660 --> 00:17:47,890 didn't succeed so I had to leave the 336 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:51,730 country and then went into exile 337 00:17:47,890 --> 00:17:54,700 I chose to leave for the simple reason 338 00:17:51,730 --> 00:17:56,740 that if I did stay it would end up with 339 00:17:54,700 --> 00:17:58,360 military units shooting at each other 340 00:17:56,740 --> 00:18:00,370 the Brother killing brother father 341 00:17:58,360 --> 00:18:03,189 killing son there was no purpose in that 342 00:18:00,370 --> 00:18:05,020 if my efforts to overthrow the council 343 00:18:03,190 --> 00:18:07,059 restore democracy were to be successful 344 00:18:05,020 --> 00:18:09,490 then they had to be successful in the 345 00:18:07,059 --> 00:18:11,770 first two hours you contract that sort 346 00:18:09,490 --> 00:18:14,390 of thing on 347 00:18:11,770 --> 00:18:17,030 if you could wind back the clock being a 348 00:18:14,390 --> 00:18:17,900 and older and much wiser man is there 349 00:18:17,030 --> 00:18:20,120 anything you would have done differently 350 00:18:17,900 --> 00:18:23,350 I would have done most of their things 351 00:18:20,120 --> 00:18:23,350 the same way but far better 352 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:30,129 in the small hours of a chilly Thursday 353 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:33,850 the 14th of December 1967 the Greek 354 00:18:30,130 --> 00:18:36,700 royal family fled into exile the royal 355 00:18:33,850 --> 00:18:42,459 plane landed in Rome with only 5 minutes 356 00:18:36,700 --> 00:18:45,420 of fuel remaining the family took few 357 00:18:42,460 --> 00:18:45,420 possessions with them 358 00:18:55,090 --> 00:19:05,720 the few people knew the Queen was in the 359 00:18:58,460 --> 00:19:08,270 early stages of pregnancy under intense 360 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:12,559 media scrutiny the king maintained his 361 00:19:08,270 --> 00:19:14,330 characteristic silence in a strange 362 00:19:12,559 --> 00:19:17,120 country cut off from all that was 363 00:19:14,330 --> 00:19:22,340 familiar the royal refugees had a little 364 00:19:17,120 --> 00:19:24,289 idea of what the future might hold an 365 00:19:22,340 --> 00:19:28,939 old friend of the King remembers this 366 00:19:24,289 --> 00:19:34,309 stressful time well I went to Rome tried 367 00:19:28,940 --> 00:19:38,510 to find him and not knowing what to 368 00:19:34,309 --> 00:19:41,270 expect and he opened the door it was 369 00:19:38,510 --> 00:19:45,080 very moving I was very moved he was very 370 00:19:41,270 --> 00:19:47,750 moved he thought that I was arrested but 371 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:50,240 I was not and it was a very difficult 372 00:19:47,750 --> 00:19:53,899 moment of his life because it was the 373 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:58,490 night the day that the Queen had lost a 374 00:19:53,899 --> 00:20:01,399 baby she was expecting when she left on 375 00:19:58,490 --> 00:20:06,049 the 13th of December from Greece and she 376 00:20:01,399 --> 00:20:07,580 lost her baby on the 16th we decided to 377 00:20:06,049 --> 00:20:10,549 stay in Rome initially because that's 378 00:20:07,580 --> 00:20:11,809 enough fuel that I had in my plane when 379 00:20:10,549 --> 00:20:13,700 I left Greece I couldn't go any further 380 00:20:11,809 --> 00:20:15,950 so we landed there and so I wanted 381 00:20:13,700 --> 00:20:17,690 symbolically to show the Greek people 382 00:20:15,950 --> 00:20:19,190 that while they were under dictatorship 383 00:20:17,690 --> 00:20:23,059 we were they were not forgotten and we 384 00:20:19,190 --> 00:20:25,429 would work for their freedom two weeks 385 00:20:23,059 --> 00:20:28,549 after his failed fight back newsreel 386 00:20:25,429 --> 00:20:30,529 cameras recorded this the royal family 387 00:20:28,549 --> 00:20:32,450 apparently without a care in the world 388 00:20:30,529 --> 00:20:35,390 enjoying Christmas at the Greek 389 00:20:32,450 --> 00:20:36,740 ambassador's residence in Rome this show 390 00:20:35,390 --> 00:20:38,750 of normality might have fitted with 391 00:20:36,740 --> 00:20:41,730 royal protocol but it wasn't doing the 392 00:20:38,750 --> 00:20:43,320 Kings image any favors 393 00:20:41,730 --> 00:20:46,290 the next step you would have expected 394 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:50,820 from the king of Greece from a king with 395 00:20:46,290 --> 00:20:53,040 any country was to condemn the status 396 00:20:50,820 --> 00:20:55,200 quo existing in his country he never did 397 00:20:53,040 --> 00:20:58,409 that while he was in exile while he was 398 00:20:55,200 --> 00:21:04,410 abroad and that counts a lot that counts 399 00:20:58,410 --> 00:21:06,690 a lot as time passed the Colonel's 400 00:21:04,410 --> 00:21:08,700 hunter tightened its grip and became 401 00:21:06,690 --> 00:21:11,340 increasingly brutal crushing any 402 00:21:08,700 --> 00:21:15,090 opposition gruesome stories of torture 403 00:21:11,340 --> 00:21:18,419 and oppression emerged there were 404 00:21:15,090 --> 00:21:25,379 worldwide protests the king in exile 405 00:21:18,420 --> 00:21:27,450 remains silent finally in July 1973 the 406 00:21:25,380 --> 00:21:30,540 military regime declared that Greece was 407 00:21:27,450 --> 00:21:33,900 now a republic and the king was formally 408 00:21:30,540 --> 00:21:37,260 deposed once they abolish the monarchy I 409 00:21:33,900 --> 00:21:41,130 had to find means of my for survival and 410 00:21:37,260 --> 00:21:43,020 so I left Rome and the family went 411 00:21:41,130 --> 00:21:45,870 initially to Denmark I came to London to 412 00:21:43,020 --> 00:21:47,370 find a place to stay and then the whole 413 00:21:45,870 --> 00:21:50,010 family joined me here and we've been 414 00:21:47,370 --> 00:21:52,860 here since nineteen well the end of the 415 00:21:50,010 --> 00:21:54,780 1974 early you mentioned there a means 416 00:21:52,860 --> 00:21:56,850 for survival that's an intriguing point 417 00:21:54,780 --> 00:21:59,060 I mean I have no idea what a person in 418 00:21:56,850 --> 00:22:01,350 your situation that does for sustenance 419 00:21:59,060 --> 00:22:04,320 what do you do to support yourself and 420 00:22:01,350 --> 00:22:07,620 you and your family it's difficult it's 421 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:10,230 difficult but slowly slowly one has to 422 00:22:07,620 --> 00:22:12,780 adapt and one has to find means of doing 423 00:22:10,230 --> 00:22:15,960 that but initially it was quite a 424 00:22:12,780 --> 00:22:17,190 problem but these things happened I know 425 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:20,940 you willing to tell me how you overcame 426 00:22:17,190 --> 00:22:28,340 the problems well it's it's very private 427 00:22:20,940 --> 00:22:28,340 that so but which we managed to survive 428 00:22:29,350 --> 00:22:35,360 in 1974 the king and queen settled into 429 00:22:33,500 --> 00:22:36,790 the Surrey village of trouble with their 430 00:22:35,360 --> 00:22:43,699 three children 431 00:22:36,790 --> 00:22:48,710 alexia pavlov's and Niklaus later that 432 00:22:43,700 --> 00:22:50,630 same year the hunter collapsed naturally 433 00:22:48,710 --> 00:22:56,150 the Greek royal family were optimistic 434 00:22:50,630 --> 00:22:57,740 about a return to Greece but the new 435 00:22:56,150 --> 00:22:59,180 democratic government ordered a 436 00:22:57,740 --> 00:23:01,850 referendum on the future of the 437 00:22:59,180 --> 00:23:03,350 Constitution and the monarchy claiming 438 00:23:01,850 --> 00:23:05,149 it might cause civil unrest the new 439 00:23:03,350 --> 00:23:07,730 Prime Minister said he would telephone 440 00:23:05,150 --> 00:23:10,130 the King when he could return the call 441 00:23:07,730 --> 00:23:13,940 never came and the King campaigned from 442 00:23:10,130 --> 00:23:17,960 exile in England Greece voted two to one 443 00:23:13,940 --> 00:23:22,100 for the abolition of the monarchy up 444 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:24,080 until you lost your place in Greek life 445 00:23:22,100 --> 00:23:26,810 how did you feel your relationship was 446 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:29,090 with the public it was very much the 447 00:23:26,810 --> 00:23:32,750 same as it is in England I mean in all 448 00:23:29,090 --> 00:23:35,360 the big state functions and going let's 449 00:23:32,750 --> 00:23:38,150 say on the national days there were huge 450 00:23:35,360 --> 00:23:41,870 crowds industry it's identifying the 451 00:23:38,150 --> 00:23:43,460 king over the crown but the seconds of 452 00:23:41,870 --> 00:23:44,870 our life changed you know when the 453 00:23:43,460 --> 00:23:46,310 dictator should happen and then I had to 454 00:23:44,870 --> 00:23:48,169 leave the country then I was away from 455 00:23:46,310 --> 00:23:50,179 the public for so long it was very 456 00:23:48,170 --> 00:23:52,360 difficult for the for me and for them 457 00:23:50,180 --> 00:23:55,850 because you can't equate with him and 458 00:23:52,360 --> 00:23:58,719 since the referendum in 1974 he's 459 00:23:55,850 --> 00:24:02,719 officially been ex king of Greece 460 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:05,180 although even today in the court 461 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,840 circular which is published in British 462 00:24:05,180 --> 00:24:07,130 newspapers 463 00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:12,889 he's always referred to as King 464 00:24:07,130 --> 00:24:14,840 Constantine of the Hillians today the ex 465 00:24:12,890 --> 00:24:16,610 king of the Hellenes keeps in touch from 466 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:23,750 England with events in Greece through 467 00:24:16,610 --> 00:24:25,429 satellite television had technology like 468 00:24:23,750 --> 00:24:27,410 this been available during the time of 469 00:24:25,430 --> 00:24:30,110 the Colonel's coup and the referendum 470 00:24:27,410 --> 00:24:32,410 Greek royal destiny may have been very 471 00:24:30,110 --> 00:24:32,409 different 472 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:43,139 deposed in 1973 in living in exile ever 473 00:24:41,100 --> 00:24:46,080 since the former king of Greece 474 00:24:43,140 --> 00:24:50,370 Constantine has never formally renounced 475 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:52,439 his status as a mana one of the reasons 476 00:24:50,370 --> 00:24:54,840 for this lies deep within the Greek 477 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:59,220 tradition in the Greek Orthodox 478 00:24:54,840 --> 00:25:01,379 tradition the king is anointed actually 479 00:24:59,220 --> 00:25:06,240 at his coronation so once a king who was 480 00:25:01,380 --> 00:25:09,600 a king he will never until his dying day 481 00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:12,330 lose his status as a king it is a 482 00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:13,889 reigning king obviously at the present 483 00:25:12,330 --> 00:25:19,199 time he is not a reigning king he's an 484 00:25:13,890 --> 00:25:21,920 ex king that's his official status and I 485 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:25,140 think is a status which he himself 486 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:27,870 accepts do you think you are the last 487 00:25:25,140 --> 00:25:31,910 king of Ares do you think that you will 488 00:25:27,870 --> 00:25:34,439 indeed be the last king of Greece well 489 00:25:31,910 --> 00:25:36,410 according to the constitution of my 490 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:39,030 country that is that is the case 491 00:25:36,410 --> 00:25:40,860 according to you I don't no idea what's 492 00:25:39,030 --> 00:25:43,129 happening in the future it's very hard 493 00:25:40,860 --> 00:25:43,129 to say 494 00:25:43,700 --> 00:25:48,260 the court of king constantine resides 495 00:25:45,980 --> 00:25:50,960 here on the sixth floor of this london 496 00:25:48,260 --> 00:25:54,410 building it's a far cry from life in a 497 00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:56,210 palace the business of being an ex-king 498 00:25:54,410 --> 00:25:58,460 has been conducted from these modest 499 00:25:56,210 --> 00:26:00,980 offices since the late 1970s 500 00:25:58,460 --> 00:26:05,990 Constantine still signs with the royal 501 00:26:00,980 --> 00:26:07,760 signature the Kings office receives 502 00:26:05,990 --> 00:26:09,800 around a hundred and fifty thousand 503 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:12,710 letters a year most address to his 504 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:14,649 majesty or King Constantine no surprise 505 00:26:12,710 --> 00:26:18,920 then that he still thinks he's a king 506 00:26:14,650 --> 00:26:22,370 always they wish to be very well with 507 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:27,950 his family and the most important wish 508 00:26:22,370 --> 00:26:30,409 for them is to see him in Greece just 509 00:26:27,950 --> 00:26:32,090 like members of most royal families the 510 00:26:30,410 --> 00:26:35,560 King gets muntins 511 00:26:32,090 --> 00:26:39,500 of gifts all these items come from 512 00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:41,120 members of the public in Greece who come 513 00:26:39,500 --> 00:26:42,650 to England and come and want to come and 514 00:26:41,120 --> 00:26:45,500 see me and then they bring all these 515 00:26:42,650 --> 00:26:48,710 different icons as a gift and they come 516 00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:51,890 from clergymen or students or just 517 00:26:48,710 --> 00:26:56,030 anybody and they always bring an icon 518 00:26:51,890 --> 00:26:59,210 just for protection and blessings so I 519 00:26:56,030 --> 00:27:03,050 keep them here as a collection the 520 00:26:59,210 --> 00:27:06,980 soldiers if my memory serves me 521 00:27:03,050 --> 00:27:15,550 correctly they were collected by Prince 522 00:27:06,980 --> 00:27:15,550 Philip Colin I something it's at all God 523 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:22,920 the former king of Greece has redefined 524 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:25,110 his life whether he Shaffer in Queen 525 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:28,800 Elizabeth the second on a golf buggy at 526 00:27:25,110 --> 00:27:30,750 his son's wedding reception or joining 527 00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:33,180 Prince Philip and other royals on the 528 00:27:30,750 --> 00:27:35,910 dance floor the former King Constantine 529 00:27:33,180 --> 00:27:38,870 remains firmly at the center of the 530 00:27:35,910 --> 00:27:38,870 royal merry-go-round 531 00:27:39,970 --> 00:27:48,610 and was in this elite group he plays a 532 00:27:43,509 --> 00:27:50,620 vital role in constant time as former 533 00:27:48,610 --> 00:27:53,019 king of Greece is one of the most 534 00:27:50,620 --> 00:27:55,928 important linchpins in European 535 00:27:53,019 --> 00:27:59,379 aristocracy specifically because he was 536 00:27:55,929 --> 00:28:02,309 freed by this exile and by the 537 00:27:59,379 --> 00:28:04,539 referendum how is he used as a linchpin 538 00:28:02,309 --> 00:28:07,840 well he's the Clapham Junction of 539 00:28:04,539 --> 00:28:10,389 monarchy which means that his private 540 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:12,639 family occasions became natural 541 00:28:10,389 --> 00:28:15,580 gathering pools for everyone to come 542 00:28:12,639 --> 00:28:17,350 from Spain from Denmark from Britain and 543 00:28:15,580 --> 00:28:20,010 it was a good occasion for inter 544 00:28:17,350 --> 00:28:21,800 European royalty to me 545 00:28:20,010 --> 00:28:24,430 [Music] 546 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:27,970 [Applause] 547 00:28:24,430 --> 00:28:30,540 for instance on his 60th birthday he 548 00:28:27,970 --> 00:28:33,250 invited a number of high-profile guests 549 00:28:30,540 --> 00:28:35,770 including royalty who with whom their 550 00:28:33,250 --> 00:28:39,300 family one of them - two people were 551 00:28:35,770 --> 00:28:43,650 Prince Charles and Camilla Bowles and 552 00:28:39,300 --> 00:28:46,629 that was the first time that the couple 553 00:28:43,650 --> 00:28:49,810 Charles and Camilla was seen together in 554 00:28:46,630 --> 00:28:52,990 public it was a happy occasion for me 555 00:28:49,810 --> 00:28:56,530 and I just asked him if he would join I 556 00:28:52,990 --> 00:29:01,150 mean you know it was my birthday and he 557 00:28:56,530 --> 00:29:02,649 very sweetly hosted the the lunch and so 558 00:29:01,150 --> 00:29:05,470 I asked if they would all be there you 559 00:29:02,650 --> 00:29:07,480 know and but it served its purpose 560 00:29:05,470 --> 00:29:10,990 because after that the Charles and 561 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:12,670 Camilla trained to sort of gather some 562 00:29:10,990 --> 00:29:16,140 momentum and perhaps be tested in the 563 00:29:12,670 --> 00:29:16,140 media and on the British public 564 00:29:25,020 --> 00:29:30,690 it seems to me that talking to people 565 00:29:27,150 --> 00:29:32,430 and reading things but before speaking 566 00:29:30,690 --> 00:29:35,010 to you that you occupy a unique position 567 00:29:32,430 --> 00:29:37,200 you're almost a sort of a diplomat if 568 00:29:35,010 --> 00:29:38,910 you like for a European royalty are 569 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:42,140 behind the scenes mover and shaker I 570 00:29:38,910 --> 00:29:44,610 mean how do you regard your role well 571 00:29:42,140 --> 00:29:46,380 it's a funny way of putting it I don't 572 00:29:44,610 --> 00:29:50,939 feel it that way I feel that they're all 573 00:29:46,380 --> 00:29:54,000 my family and I was in in in a position 574 00:29:50,940 --> 00:29:56,340 many years ago I'm not in that position 575 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:59,130 now but I still equate with them and I 576 00:29:56,340 --> 00:30:01,409 can get on with them very well and it's 577 00:29:59,130 --> 00:30:03,000 much more from my point of view looking 578 00:30:01,410 --> 00:30:04,590 at them as a family with the knowledge 579 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:08,580 that they have a very important job to 580 00:30:04,590 --> 00:30:11,159 do in the final analysis or what we all 581 00:30:08,580 --> 00:30:12,600 try to do is service to the people 582 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:17,280 that's basically what monarch is all 583 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:19,679 about although he no longer has a throne 584 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:22,560 there is evidence that Constantine still 585 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:25,790 holds real influence in Greece and that 586 00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:28,110 he can provoke the Greek government in 587 00:30:25,790 --> 00:30:31,230 1993 the family went on a yachting 588 00:30:28,110 --> 00:30:33,389 holiday around the Greek islands having 589 00:30:31,230 --> 00:30:35,700 reportedly agreed to avoid populated 590 00:30:33,390 --> 00:30:38,760 areas he sailed into this port in 591 00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:40,950 southern Greece for fuel the Royal party 592 00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:45,330 was shadowed by Greek naval destroyers 593 00:30:40,950 --> 00:30:47,970 and buzzed by a Hercules aircraft he was 594 00:30:45,330 --> 00:30:52,580 tracked all over the place until he was 595 00:30:47,970 --> 00:30:56,220 finally obliged to sail away and not to 596 00:30:52,580 --> 00:30:57,899 disturb their peace and longer their 597 00:30:56,220 --> 00:31:03,120 nerve the Greek government's nerves 598 00:30:57,900 --> 00:31:05,340 couldn't take and that may be why a year 599 00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:10,129 later the Greek government seized the 600 00:31:05,340 --> 00:31:10,129 Kings ten thousand acre estate at Tatoi 601 00:31:13,519 --> 00:31:18,960 for the king returning to Tatoi the home 602 00:31:16,740 --> 00:31:23,820 he was forced to abandon nearly 40 years 603 00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:26,269 ago it's a sentimental journey Tatoi is 604 00:31:23,820 --> 00:31:29,039 now a national park 605 00:31:26,269 --> 00:31:30,600 this was my home this was where we this 606 00:31:29,039 --> 00:31:32,809 was what I called home this is where we 607 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:32,809 lived 608 00:31:34,410 --> 00:31:40,050 there's a lot of emotion in this old 609 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:43,740 place because it was originally bought 610 00:31:40,050 --> 00:31:47,430 by my great-grandfather King George the 611 00:31:43,740 --> 00:31:51,210 first who came to this country from 612 00:31:47,430 --> 00:31:54,240 Denmark as a young man of aged about 17 613 00:31:51,210 --> 00:31:57,660 and became the king of the Hellenes and 614 00:31:54,240 --> 00:32:00,420 he reigned for 50 years it was not 615 00:31:57,660 --> 00:32:03,000 bought by money that came to him as a 616 00:32:00,420 --> 00:32:03,900 salary it was money that came from 617 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,610 Denmark 618 00:32:03,900 --> 00:32:11,250 he bought it himself so he could have 619 00:32:05,610 --> 00:32:14,280 his own private place since it was 620 00:32:11,250 --> 00:32:16,290 bought in 1871 the estate of Tatoi has 621 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:19,170 passed down through several generations 622 00:32:16,290 --> 00:32:21,840 of the Greek royal family since being in 623 00:32:19,170 --> 00:32:25,850 exile Constantine has had to fight to 624 00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:25,850 establish his right to his own land 625 00:32:30,650 --> 00:32:36,500 house on the right was where all the 626 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:36,500 vineyards were 627 00:32:36,740 --> 00:32:42,020 and that by the Stags used to love 628 00:32:38,779 --> 00:32:43,250 coming in there all they said oh no what 629 00:32:42,020 --> 00:32:44,658 the dump we're doing this for this is 630 00:32:43,250 --> 00:32:47,480 just for the public don't know what it 631 00:32:44,659 --> 00:32:49,700 is but all this was vineyards and I had 632 00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:52,429 to put up huge fences because they used 633 00:32:49,700 --> 00:32:55,990 to go and eat all the grapes and they 634 00:32:52,429 --> 00:32:55,990 would roll like mad and that whole area 635 00:32:57,850 --> 00:33:02,809 that's what you see down there that that 636 00:33:00,890 --> 00:33:05,090 patch I don't if you can see it behind 637 00:33:02,809 --> 00:33:08,120 that lovely tree that's when I had my 638 00:33:05,090 --> 00:33:10,010 helipad needs to land my helicopter to 639 00:33:08,120 --> 00:33:12,830 come home from my office to have lunch 640 00:33:10,010 --> 00:33:16,040 with the the Queen in my little daughter 641 00:33:12,830 --> 00:33:25,840 and then I would fly back again to work 642 00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:26,350 [Music] 643 00:33:25,840 --> 00:34:04,980 [Applause] 644 00:33:26,350 --> 00:34:07,600 [Music] 645 00:34:04,980 --> 00:34:08,949 royal possessions are a bit of a hot 646 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,540 potater who do they belong to they 647 00:34:08,949 --> 00:34:13,779 belong to the throne 648 00:34:10,540 --> 00:34:15,730 ergo to the state or do they belong to 649 00:34:13,780 --> 00:34:18,480 the person which means private 650 00:34:15,730 --> 00:34:22,210 possessions it's difficult to sort of 651 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:25,149 clarify for certain what belongs to whom 652 00:34:22,210 --> 00:34:27,250 well maybe not that difficult the one 653 00:34:25,149 --> 00:34:30,699 occupied throughout the 1970s and 80s 654 00:34:27,250 --> 00:34:32,440 the king paid ownership tax on Tatoi so 655 00:34:30,699 --> 00:34:34,598 as far as the Greek text authorities 656 00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:37,649 were concerned it did seem to be his 657 00:34:34,599 --> 00:34:40,240 house it's difficult to describe I mean 658 00:34:37,649 --> 00:34:41,500 why do they do why did they take it away 659 00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:46,479 it's oh it's very hard to describe 660 00:34:41,500 --> 00:34:48,219 whether it's a spite or envy I have no 661 00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:49,990 idea it's really very difficult to 662 00:34:48,219 --> 00:34:55,719 understand there's no logic to it at all 663 00:34:49,989 --> 00:34:57,250 and it was an estate that was bought by 664 00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:59,709 the family this is where we lived this 665 00:34:57,250 --> 00:35:04,300 was our home most of our family were 666 00:34:59,710 --> 00:35:06,460 born here died here my son our son was 667 00:35:04,300 --> 00:35:18,310 born here I'm trying to figure out which 668 00:35:06,460 --> 00:35:21,790 room was it done he is not officially 669 00:35:18,310 --> 00:35:24,910 pond and there was a pond is underneath 670 00:35:21,790 --> 00:35:29,890 here and there's the swimming pool which 671 00:35:24,910 --> 00:35:33,098 was a massive failure wasn't very good 672 00:35:29,890 --> 00:35:34,720 and then further down behind the trees 673 00:35:33,099 --> 00:35:38,200 is a small place where there was a 674 00:35:34,720 --> 00:35:41,560 tennis court it's very thick all this 675 00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:43,660 you see all these things my father used 676 00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:46,570 to come out in the mornings every day of 677 00:35:43,660 --> 00:35:49,859 his life and clear on the undergrowth so 678 00:35:46,570 --> 00:35:49,859 you could see quite far away 679 00:35:53,160 --> 00:36:01,870 he was asking to be allowed to go to his 680 00:35:56,260 --> 00:36:03,990 home to use his property not the palace 681 00:36:01,870 --> 00:36:10,089 it is a private residence 682 00:36:03,990 --> 00:36:13,029 this was deliberately misconstrued by 683 00:36:10,090 --> 00:36:15,910 the Greek socialist government as being 684 00:36:13,030 --> 00:36:20,470 a threat as being an attempt to return 685 00:36:15,910 --> 00:36:23,170 by the back door into Greece and no 686 00:36:20,470 --> 00:36:24,850 amount of assurance by the king that 687 00:36:23,170 --> 00:36:29,050 that was not his intention seemed to be 688 00:36:24,850 --> 00:36:31,690 able to move them after ten years of 689 00:36:29,050 --> 00:36:33,760 negotiation paying all taxes and 690 00:36:31,690 --> 00:36:36,250 reaching agreement on the house a new 691 00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:39,820 government you turned and seized Tatoi 692 00:36:36,250 --> 00:36:41,950 in 1994 the royal family was stripped of 693 00:36:39,820 --> 00:36:44,830 passports and had to apply for Greek 694 00:36:41,950 --> 00:36:47,379 citizenship King Constantine's patience 695 00:36:44,830 --> 00:36:50,560 finally snapped he went to the European 696 00:36:47,380 --> 00:36:52,990 Court of Human Rights I consider it the 697 00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:55,720 greatest insult in this world for a 698 00:36:52,990 --> 00:36:58,660 Greek to be told that he's not a Greek 699 00:36:55,720 --> 00:37:01,390 all that a Greek to be told that he has 700 00:36:58,660 --> 00:37:05,160 to apply for Greek nationality 701 00:37:01,390 --> 00:37:07,359 I was bonded I am Greek now Divac and 702 00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:10,690 there are certain things that every 703 00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:12,580 human being will not go further you 704 00:37:10,690 --> 00:37:15,180 cannot push an individual further and 705 00:37:12,580 --> 00:37:18,000 that's my limit 706 00:37:15,180 --> 00:37:18,870 I was born in my country I served in the 707 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:21,210 Greek armed forces 708 00:37:18,870 --> 00:37:23,220 I paid Greek taxes I won a gold medal 709 00:37:21,210 --> 00:37:26,460 for this the first Gold level Greece's 710 00:37:23,220 --> 00:37:28,439 era one in any spot in 15 years and I 711 00:37:26,460 --> 00:37:30,060 became the head of state of Greece and I 712 00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:33,410 think that anything beyond that is 713 00:37:30,060 --> 00:37:33,410 totally nonsense 714 00:37:47,770 --> 00:37:53,300 that's my father and that's my mother 715 00:37:49,880 --> 00:37:55,730 and these leaves I brought them here in 716 00:37:53,300 --> 00:37:58,550 the beginning of March because it was 717 00:37:55,730 --> 00:38:01,730 the 40th anniversary of my father's 718 00:37:58,550 --> 00:38:04,310 passing away and I had a memorial 719 00:38:01,730 --> 00:38:06,980 service so we put the leaves here of my 720 00:38:04,310 --> 00:38:09,290 family and my sister's family from Spain 721 00:38:06,980 --> 00:38:13,630 and now they'll have to clear them all 722 00:38:09,290 --> 00:38:16,490 away because they both looked rather sad 723 00:38:13,630 --> 00:38:18,320 after long deliberation the European 724 00:38:16,490 --> 00:38:21,589 Court ruled that the human rights of 725 00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:24,680 King Constantine had been violated Tatoi 726 00:38:21,590 --> 00:38:26,990 was his but he still didn't get the 727 00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:29,509 house back because the ruling allowed 728 00:38:26,990 --> 00:38:32,839 for compensation to be paid rather than 729 00:38:29,510 --> 00:38:37,090 returning the king seized property in 730 00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:42,440 this my grandfather King Constantine and 731 00:38:37,090 --> 00:38:47,099 also my grandmother in Queen Sofia who 732 00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:49,900 was the sister of has a villain 733 00:38:47,099 --> 00:38:53,039 today as he walks around his family's 734 00:38:49,900 --> 00:38:55,509 graveyard the king is just a visitor 735 00:38:53,039 --> 00:38:57,519 it's as if the Greek government had 736 00:38:55,509 --> 00:39:01,059 wished to wipe oil history from the 737 00:38:57,519 --> 00:39:03,578 records since under air if you want to 738 00:39:01,059 --> 00:39:07,179 over Greece's there whose specialist 739 00:39:03,579 --> 00:39:10,900 father my grandmother is there who's the 740 00:39:07,179 --> 00:39:14,339 sister of the Kaiser my Ganga is there 741 00:39:10,900 --> 00:39:16,989 who was the son of the King of Denmark 742 00:39:14,339 --> 00:39:21,969 Queen Sophia was also the granddaughter 743 00:39:16,989 --> 00:39:25,719 of Queen Victoria so you see everybody 744 00:39:21,969 --> 00:39:28,269 comes from two two sides Denmark King 745 00:39:25,719 --> 00:39:32,769 Christian the ninth Britain Queen 746 00:39:28,269 --> 00:39:36,758 Victoria and they all crisscross to ask 747 00:39:32,769 --> 00:39:38,979 you if you get the book of all the 748 00:39:36,759 --> 00:39:43,650 families it'll take you a long time to 749 00:39:38,979 --> 00:39:46,859 work it alone so I think Prince Andrew's 750 00:39:43,650 --> 00:39:46,859 over there 751 00:40:00,250 --> 00:40:03,460 [Music] 752 00:40:06,570 --> 00:40:12,670 in the spring of 2003 with all five of 753 00:40:10,390 --> 00:40:14,830 their children the king and queen felt 754 00:40:12,670 --> 00:40:18,180 able to visit Greece for the first time 755 00:40:14,830 --> 00:40:18,180 in nearly 40 years 756 00:40:21,509 --> 00:40:26,559 having won his case in the European 757 00:40:24,069 --> 00:40:30,819 Court King Constantine clearly felt 758 00:40:26,559 --> 00:40:33,400 relaxed about returning home with all 759 00:40:30,819 --> 00:40:36,600 disputes resolved he was keen to test 760 00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:40,680 the reaction of the Greek government 761 00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:42,270 I think with the case finished in 762 00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:44,819 November and we took the plane and went 763 00:40:42,270 --> 00:40:46,560 back to reach in February which I think 764 00:40:44,820 --> 00:40:50,300 took a lot of people by surprise but at 765 00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:53,970 least we broke ties I was with him every 766 00:40:50,300 --> 00:40:57,150 board in the States was nice to them 767 00:40:53,970 --> 00:40:59,609 everybody was agreed everybody greeted 768 00:40:57,150 --> 00:41:01,350 them all the media was after them they 769 00:40:59,610 --> 00:41:03,990 weren't about 10 television cameras 770 00:41:01,350 --> 00:41:08,040 following them so the government could 771 00:41:03,990 --> 00:41:10,229 not react anymore they were apparently 772 00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:13,610 relaxed meeting the people of northern 773 00:41:10,230 --> 00:41:16,170 Greece some issues remained unresolved 774 00:41:13,610 --> 00:41:17,880 one of these was that the funds the 775 00:41:16,170 --> 00:41:20,580 government used to pay the king in 776 00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:24,360 compensation for Tatoi had a political 777 00:41:20,580 --> 00:41:27,360 sting in the tail upset me a lot was 778 00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:30,030 that the compensation that they gave me 779 00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:32,280 came from the budget that deals with 780 00:41:30,030 --> 00:41:36,150 natural catastrophes like earthquakes 781 00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:39,270 and and and floods and I thought that 782 00:41:36,150 --> 00:41:41,280 was perhaps below the belt to take money 783 00:41:39,270 --> 00:41:43,920 away from people who would need it 784 00:41:41,280 --> 00:41:48,900 because of this sort of catastrophe we 785 00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:51,870 have a request from a village in just 786 00:41:48,900 --> 00:41:53,880 north about that it's there about four 787 00:41:51,870 --> 00:41:57,480 four or five villages that were very 788 00:41:53,880 --> 00:42:00,030 badly affected by earthquake and spurred 789 00:41:57,480 --> 00:42:01,740 on by their sense of injustice the royal 790 00:42:00,030 --> 00:42:04,860 family sought a way to get the money 791 00:42:01,740 --> 00:42:06,569 back to the Greek disaster fund they 792 00:42:04,860 --> 00:42:09,270 formed a foundation to fund the 793 00:42:06,570 --> 00:42:11,850 rebuilding of shattered communities it's 794 00:42:09,270 --> 00:42:15,000 named after the Queen the anna maria 795 00:42:11,850 --> 00:42:21,299 foundation i would like to see and then 796 00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:23,130 check for what which in which means 797 00:42:21,300 --> 00:42:29,250 actually that the sooner we can go to 798 00:42:23,130 --> 00:42:32,150 see it he's developed his life as best 799 00:42:29,250 --> 00:42:36,780 he can but always having as the 800 00:42:32,150 --> 00:42:39,110 touchstone what he can offer to greece 801 00:42:36,780 --> 00:42:41,960 and the people of greece 802 00:42:39,110 --> 00:42:47,670 he remains to all intents and purposes 803 00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:51,549 their king in waiting if they need him 804 00:42:47,670 --> 00:42:53,200 and there's no doubt that is one of the 805 00:42:51,549 --> 00:42:55,359 veterans of the International Olympic 806 00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:59,470 Committee the King helped get the 807 00:42:55,359 --> 00:43:02,859 Olympic Games to Greece in 2004 yeah I 808 00:42:59,470 --> 00:43:05,348 think he did everything he could I know 809 00:43:02,859 --> 00:43:07,839 that during the bid he went to his 810 00:43:05,349 --> 00:43:10,210 friends at the IOC and the IOC is a 811 00:43:07,839 --> 00:43:11,980 strange group I'm an IOC member there's 812 00:43:10,210 --> 00:43:15,789 only a hundred and twenty of us so it's 813 00:43:11,980 --> 00:43:17,380 a very close for turnit II and so you 814 00:43:15,789 --> 00:43:20,950 know you do have your friends and he 815 00:43:17,380 --> 00:43:24,490 went to them I'm sure he went to 30 or 816 00:43:20,950 --> 00:43:28,770 40 of them and said look at time for 817 00:43:24,490 --> 00:43:28,770 athletes I think he worked very hard 818 00:43:29,690 --> 00:43:34,410 though looking like an ordinary family 819 00:43:32,070 --> 00:43:36,720 at shopping or on a sightseeing trip 820 00:43:34,410 --> 00:43:40,970 even a casual stroll around Athens 821 00:43:36,720 --> 00:43:40,970 become something of a royal walkabout 822 00:43:49,890 --> 00:43:54,040 when you go back to Greece then do you 823 00:43:52,390 --> 00:43:55,240 have any sort of protection do you have 824 00:43:54,040 --> 00:43:56,830 Corden's well you know you just walk 825 00:43:55,240 --> 00:44:01,089 down the street you just walk down suits 826 00:43:56,830 --> 00:44:02,620 do people talk to you all the time they 827 00:44:01,090 --> 00:44:04,540 are very honest about it because they'll 828 00:44:02,620 --> 00:44:07,060 come up to you and they'll either cheer 829 00:44:04,540 --> 00:44:08,259 you or kiss you or argue or tell you 830 00:44:07,060 --> 00:44:10,060 that they voted against you in the 831 00:44:08,260 --> 00:44:11,500 referendum with a big smile on their 832 00:44:10,060 --> 00:44:14,410 face and you know you just tell well 833 00:44:11,500 --> 00:44:16,780 that's just fine but I mean that's fine 834 00:44:14,410 --> 00:44:18,220 you don't take that personal no no no 835 00:44:16,780 --> 00:44:20,560 you can't take these things personally I 836 00:44:18,220 --> 00:44:22,209 mean the decision of people was final 837 00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:24,370 they took it and that I have to live 838 00:44:22,210 --> 00:44:29,020 with that so what am I supposed to do I 839 00:44:24,370 --> 00:44:31,600 can't cry every day these days the ex 840 00:44:29,020 --> 00:44:33,160 king of Greece travels by tube today 841 00:44:31,600 --> 00:44:35,140 he's showing his younger daughter 842 00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:38,500 Theodora and her friend where he got 843 00:44:35,140 --> 00:44:41,200 married in 1964 all the troops land up 844 00:44:38,500 --> 00:44:47,890 and the character would came out through 845 00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:51,189 here stop there and your mother went in 846 00:44:47,890 --> 00:44:55,299 through here with her long waiting list 847 00:44:51,190 --> 00:44:56,860 and they would call it the veil I mean 848 00:44:55,300 --> 00:44:59,340 just before she won didn't she turn 849 00:44:56,860 --> 00:44:59,340 around and wave 850 00:45:05,620 --> 00:45:15,489 [Music] 851 00:45:16,630 --> 00:45:24,409 it's all new to me anyway so it was in a 852 00:45:19,429 --> 00:45:26,730 way quite strange what the movie action 853 00:45:24,409 --> 00:45:30,869 was inside 854 00:45:26,730 --> 00:45:33,329 falling down from up there and that's 855 00:45:30,869 --> 00:45:36,530 what we tried to emulate for my both my 856 00:45:33,329 --> 00:45:36,530 sons and my 857 00:45:37,809 --> 00:45:44,769 and no rice in the church and outside 858 00:45:41,289 --> 00:45:47,089 driving around the carriage people with 859 00:45:44,769 --> 00:45:49,640 the horses I've never got a little bit 860 00:45:47,089 --> 00:45:54,380 excited to start my tweets which it 861 00:45:49,640 --> 00:45:55,609 wasn't - at least it was an open case I 862 00:45:54,380 --> 00:46:01,670 thought what if anything happens I can 863 00:45:55,609 --> 00:46:08,328 always jump he acts on me I will invite 864 00:46:01,670 --> 00:46:09,500 you in the new opening if she finds a 865 00:46:08,329 --> 00:46:19,190 nice husband we can have the wedding 866 00:46:09,500 --> 00:46:20,809 here she will find a nice husband for 867 00:46:19,190 --> 00:46:23,089 princess Theodora there is the 868 00:46:20,809 --> 00:46:28,910 tantalizing prospect of a wedding in the 869 00:46:23,089 --> 00:46:30,950 same Cathedral as her parents the former 870 00:46:28,910 --> 00:46:33,379 king of Greece remains philosophical 871 00:46:30,950 --> 00:46:38,618 about his chances of a return to the 872 00:46:33,380 --> 00:46:43,130 throne it's difficult for we are not 873 00:46:38,619 --> 00:46:45,920 politicians politicians strive for this 874 00:46:43,130 --> 00:46:48,079 chair strive for this position of power 875 00:46:45,920 --> 00:46:50,809 and they do everything they can to get 876 00:46:48,079 --> 00:46:52,940 it the very few exceptions or 877 00:46:50,809 --> 00:46:56,240 politicians who realize the time is up 878 00:46:52,940 --> 00:46:58,039 and they have to leave I've had this 879 00:46:56,240 --> 00:47:00,348 privilege this I've had this sense of 880 00:46:58,039 --> 00:47:02,839 responsibility before it's not my aim to 881 00:47:00,349 --> 00:47:05,960 try to get it back again for me the 882 00:47:02,839 --> 00:47:07,730 predominant thing in my mind is that my 883 00:47:05,960 --> 00:47:11,240 country should live in peace my country 884 00:47:07,730 --> 00:47:12,859 should be happy and successful and my 885 00:47:11,240 --> 00:47:15,330 job is to do whatever I can to help it 886 00:47:12,859 --> 00:47:17,860 as a private citizen 887 00:47:15,330 --> 00:47:20,290 constantine could never really be just a 888 00:47:17,860 --> 00:47:22,180 private citizen in greece when three 889 00:47:20,290 --> 00:47:23,740 generations of the monarchy turned up 890 00:47:22,180 --> 00:47:28,589 for the first royal christening in 891 00:47:23,740 --> 00:47:28,589 greece for 40 years it was a media scrum 892 00:47:29,620 --> 00:47:34,359 the Brothers Grimm might have the king 893 00:47:31,870 --> 00:47:35,920 returning to reclaim his throne but in 894 00:47:34,360 --> 00:47:38,770 the real world of a modern group 895 00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:42,000 democracy such a simple fairytale ending 896 00:47:38,770 --> 00:47:42,000 is unlikely 897 00:47:45,480 --> 00:48:02,869 [Music] 67559

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