King Without a Country - 20 Apr 07 - Part 1

Al Jazeera English's Elizabeth Filippouli hosts King Without A Country; a rare look into the turbulent life of Constantine, the former king of Greece.

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[zhentar]

Oh poor Constantine, member of the IOC. I am sure he is broke and broken hearted. Ah, come one! His family's reign was a foreign decision and it was a matter of time before they had to leave. And thank God they did!

[euridike88]

Byron was a foreigner too. However Byron was something that not a single member of the hated Glücksburgs ever was or would ever be: a PHILHELLENE. He did Greece a great service, and not a single Greek ever questioned his love for the country. Furthermore Byron spent his fortune on Greece rather than using Greece as a business venture. This is why Byron will be always loved in Greece, while the Glücksburgs will be despised as long as they are remembered.

[iliasofjohn]

The ones who are bagging the King and his family are obvious ignorant of the truth!Ichallenge any of you to prove that the King of the Greeks)and yes he is that for life because the Church made him so)ever stole from the nation or the people.All this family has done for the previous 4 generations is to try and better the nation unlike the current crop of misfits.

[euridike88]

A cancerous tumour has been removed from the body of our Nation -- Konstantinos Karamanlis

[Druworos]

Long live our King!

[UniOxford]

How true but subject to one caveat: the former Resistance fighters were in specific serving another foreign Power. The problem with Greece has always been that instead of striving for our own country we have been serving foreigners either on the side of the Monarchy or Communism.

[euridike88]

Hellenes should reclaim Hellas to themselves.

[marius4marius]

At the time he took over his undemocratic office, Greece was still recovering from a number of national disasters, such as the eviction of the Greek community from Constantinople. However, with his hated mother, he was more concerned as to whether the word "royal" should be added or not before "armed forces". This was the beginning of his disagreement with the democratically elected George Papandreou whose government he helped to overthrow - as USA instructed.

[tanjatanya]

"There was a time he would return with a foreign force". His uncle did exactly that. There is film footage, often shown in documentaries about the Greek Civil War, where his uncle and father, with American troops, are shelling positions held by former Resistance Fighters who were against their return from exile. They turned against those who fought the Germans while George spent the war at London Claridges Hotel as Mr Brown and Paul in the security of South Africa.

[euridike88]

My aunt, who was a barrister, a journalist, and a misguided avid supporter of this dronish figure, was approached by his secret police, one beautiful Attic afternoon of 1965, while sitting at Flokas with her father, an MP, and asked to account for the "communist document she was trying to decipher". It turned out that "cipher" was a language called English and the "communist document" was that week's edition of "The Economist" which was confiscated.