As soon as it became known about his death former King Constantine on Tuesday evening, Maximos Palace immediately issued a statement, noting that an inter-ministerial meeting would be held on Wednesday morning, at which all procedural issues of the funeral of the deposed monarch would be discussed.

According to with information “K”the Prime Minister never once hesitated whether there would be a funeral with honors of the Head of State or not, since Article 4, Part 7 of the Constitution is clear and leaves no room for misinterpretation: “Noble or iconic titles are not awarded or recognized to the citizens of Greece” – The initial trend was officially confirmed after yesterday’s “morning coffee” of Maximus, where at its conclusion a statement was released with the decisions made: First, the former king will be buried as a private person.

Secondly, the burial will take place next to his ancestors in Thosewhere is her last residence Frederick and his Pavel.

Thirdly, the minister of culture and sports will represent the government at the funeral. Lina Mendoni and fourthly, all protocol procedures for foreign guests arriving for the funeral will be followed. The same sources report that at yesterday’s meeting unanimous decisions were made without the slightest disagreement.

As for the funeral procession, the government announced that the temple in which it will take place will be determined after consultation with the family. After all, yesterday at noon they crossed the threshold of Megaros Maximos. three sons Constantine, Pavlos, Nikolaos and Philipwhere they discussed procedures.

The decision of the family, as it became known, is that the funeral procession will take place in the Athens Metropolis on Monday, January 16, under the leadership of Archbishop Jerome, and the burial will follow at the Tatoi cemetery. Until late at night, the time of the “last greeting” was not known, which is expected to be announced today.

However, the Perpetual Holy Synod circulated the relevant message, noting that “His Beatitude and His Eminence Synod expressed sincere condolences to the family of the exiled former Tsar Constantine II, who invited them to perform the exodus ceremony in accordance with the provisions of church order and etiquette.”

This was followed by a corresponding statement from the former royal family, which, among other things, states that “the stay of the body in the Church will be determined later.” In fact, we are talking about organizing a people’s pilgrimage, which was another point of the “negotiations”. The government expressed the opinion that if the exodus took place in the metropolis, then there could be no popular pilgrimage. Thus, the townspeople, most likely, will be able to say goodbye for the last time to the former monarch only shortly before the start of the exodus. There were rumors that the public pilgrimage would take place in the neighboring – Metropolis – the chapel of St. Eleftherios, but circles of the deceased reported “K” that there was no such proposal.

Who will “come”

The exact timing of the burial also depends on procedural matters such as invitations to be sent out. While there is irrefutable information that The British royal house will be represented by either Prince William or Princess Anne.they will come to Athens Queen Margarita of Denmark, Philip of Spain and members of the royal families of Romania, Serbia and Bulgaria.. It is assumed, however, that the departure will take place by 12 noon.