Former King Constantine: Blue-blooded people from all over the world arrive in Athens – Newsbomb – News
Many crowned and royal families from Europe, but also from Middle Eastern countries have started to land in our country in order to “attend” his funeral. former king Konstantinou.
There will be many blue blooded her Europe who will arrive in Greece in the next 24 hours in order to “attend” to funeral of the former King Constantine.
According to Mega TV information, the preparations at the international airport of Athens, but also the security measures for the arrival and transport of the dignitaries who will arrive in their private planes for his funeral former King Constantine, they have now entered the final stretch.
In fact, until the last moment, other dead should not be added to the list of people who will attend the burial.
The “golden” guests who will be “present”
Guests will arrive from every corner of Europe within the next 48 hours. Her Sunday to reach our country Spanish royal familyi.e. the nephew of the former king, Philip VI, his wife Letitia and also the self-exiled King Juan Carlos I.
in Athena there will also be Queen Margaret of Denmark as well as Princess Benedict, Anna Maria’s sisters and Crown Prince Frederik.
The “present” will also be given by king of sweden Charles Gustav XVI, King William-Alexander of the Netherlands and Queen Maxima accompanied by former Queen Beatrix.
Tomorrow, Sunday, January 15they will come o Grand Duke of Luxembourg Henry and Crown Prince Haakon of Norway. Prince Albert of Monaco was also spotted at Constantine’s funeral, while Prince Radu does not represent the Romanian royal family. In Athens in general and the former king Simeon II of Bulgaria.
The arrivals of the royal couples will continue on the day of the funeral, so on Monday the Belgian royal couple and Princess Anne, representing the British royal family. It is still unclear whether Crown Prince William or Prince Edward will attend.
At list with most of 180 guests who will watch the exodus sequence are also approx 50 Greeks, among them close friends, former classmates of the former king, businessmen, shipowners and politicians.
Meals for guests
The latest 24 hours members of his family are staying in a central hotel in Athens former King Constantinewhile royal families from various countries are also expected at the same hotel.
According to Mega TV information, the family of deceased has scheduled two official meals at the particular hotel. On Sunday evening, 50 people will have dinner with Konstantinos’ wife, children and grandchildren, while after the funeral the family will host a dinner for 200 distinguished guests.
Feverish preparations and increased security measures for the funeral
It is recalled that the preparations for the funeral of the late King Constantine they have caught fire. Earlier today the Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni inspected the progress of work at Those where the burial will take place on Monday. Yesterday the family of the deceased held a trisago in the first cemetery.
Lina Mendoni supervised the work being done at the site in order to have everything ready for the burial of the deposed monarch at noon on Monday.
Her early afternoon friday, the wife of the deceased, his children, his grandchildren and his sisters were at the First Cemetery of Athens, after the relevant permission, and performed the trisage to complete the three days since the death of Constantine in small church of Agios Theodoros.
in funeral of the former monarch, the prime minister reported from Alexandroupoli Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
“The government made a specific decision that I believe is correct. The former king should be buried as a private person because quite simply he was the head of state of the kingdom of Greece which no longer exists”stated the Prime Minister.
What was determined about the security measures
Earlier today, the broad meeting that started at 12.00 noon on Saturday at the Ministry of Citizen Protection to finalize the security measures for the funeral of the ex. King Constantine.
Present at the meeting was Mr. Takis Theodorikakos, who requested Police to be located in stand-by. In Tatoi, where the burial will take place, the “block” of EL.AS. which is located at a distance of two kilometers from the former royal estates, at the entrance of “Lefka”. After contacting EL.AS. with the family to be clarified if people can continue from the point of the block on foot to reach the former royal estate.
At Metropolis of Athens, where the exit sequence will take place, access will only be allowed to 187 guests who will have a nominal invitation. Police officers will set up a security cordon around the temple. A total of five drones will fly in the Attic sky and – together with two EL.AS helicopters – will give an image to the operations center of the General Police Directorate of Attica. In the center of Athens, men from EKAM, as well as specially trained dogs from EL.AS, are on guard – just in case.
in ceremony active members will attend royal families her Europe. For this reason, the competent Greek officers of EL.AS. they are in contact with the liaisons of other countries, in order to have an idea of the presence of high-ranking guests in Athens and to see the corresponding security measures. The competent services of EL.AS. they will be informed about the exact arrival times at Eleftherios Venizelos Airport and also about the hotels where they will be staying.
The coming one Monday there will be traffic regulations on the streets around the Metropolis of Athens, with the aim of not causing a traffic jam in the center of the city. It is expected that roads will be closed for the movement of the guests, while supervision of EL.AS. is to return to traffic as soon as possible so as not to disrupt traffic further. On foot there will be services such as State Security and Anti-Terrorism, while the information network will be used to prevent any “paragouda”.
in Athena however, there will also be the numerous guards of the royal families, who will accompany them as guests every step of the way. Snipers are also on the lookout, those who will watch from the roofs of buildings without being distinct.