Greek Royals

[chonies]

No surname? I wonder what his corporate email address is... pavlos.greece@whatever?

Clearly, I have too much free time on my hands.

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Hotmail?

Crown Prince Alexander > Crown Prince Pavlos
AND he's got more Greek blood than the latter, who has, well, none.

[Daisy Pusher]

I think the ex-royals' basis for not assuming Glucksburg as a surname is silly. They probably just don't want to use it because it doesn't sound "Greek enough." I realize that's an inane statement on my part, nevertheless, I still secretly think that's it. And really, considering Glucksburg is the name of an old dynasty, they could do far worse. Pretension abounds, though.

[nuharoo]

I believe the biggest problem is that the Greeks were not allowed to choose their monarch. They had one thrust on them by the British and I imagine it's why things have gone downhill from there.

[Oxynia]

I think the ex-royals' basis for not assuming Glucksburg as a surname is silly. They probably just don't want to use it because it doesn't sound "Greek enough."

Glucksburgopoulos? Glucksburgakis? Glucksburgouras?

They don't want any surname, Greek or otherwise, as Constantine believes only commoners have them. He should tell that to his "cousins" the Windsors. Asshat.

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nuharoo said:

I believe the biggest problem is that the Greeks were not allowed to choose their monarch. They had one thrust on them by the British and I imagine it's why things have gone downhill from there.

Are you sure? I thought they voted for George I?

Only commoners? Hmmm...let's see, along with the Windsors, as Oxynia mentioned, there's the Romanovs, the Habsburgs, the Hohenzollerns, and the Bourbons. Hardly "commoners".

[Oxynia]

Guinastasia, you are right. George was elected by the Greek Assembly after their first choice (Prince Alfred, Queen Victoria's second son) was made unavailable by a treaty. Victoria also objected to her son taking on the role.

The Greek Assembly unanimously voted for George and as a result, he was named King of the Hellenes (the Greek people) vs. King of Greece and all subsequent monarchs inherited the title.

[kelly9480]

Georgios I/Vilhelm was elected by the Assembly, but I have to wonder how much say the Assembly actually had. I mean, they had to have a monarch, and it seems like the Great Powers were the ones coming up with the candidates, with the Greeks merely being given the opportunity to rubber stamp their choice. I distinctly recall reading that the Great Powers had a major role in forcing that teenaged boy onto the Greek throne, and the Greeks today deny they had any say at all in getting the Glucksburgs (though they did keep voting them back in after they kept getting deposed).

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True, but keep in mind, George I and his Queen were much loved by the Greek people.

Their successors....eeeerrr...not so much.

[kelly9480]

Constantine's father, Pavlos, is still seen as a good monarch by the Greeks. It's his wife and son that are seen as misfits.