Monarchy of Greece

The adoption of a “common” surname by Prince Pavlos and nine other members of the former royal family, spanning two generations, marks the definitive closure of one of the last unresolved chapters of the post-junta era.

Members of Greece's former royal family have applied for Greek citizenship and formally acknowledged the country's republican system of government, in a landmark move 50 years after the monarchy was abolished.

50 years ago, on December 8, 1974, on a sunny Sunday, the Greeks, in seemingly the most democratic way, through a referendum and in a state of full freedom, solved once and for all the question of the form of government. It was a problem nearly inherent in the establishment of the modern Greek state, which had divided the Greek people and had been the cause of many calamities.

According to a recently published report in BizNews, the 71-year-old former Greek King Constantine II of Greece was rushed to a private hospital in November with the symptoms of a stroke.

After diagnosing that the former monarch had suffered a stroke, doctors kept him in the hospital under close observation for an additional four days, discharging him on November 24.