Emeritus kings arrive at Constantine’s funeral surrounded by his family
This Monday, January 16, took place the official reunion of King Juan Carlos I, Queen Sofia, and the entire Spanish Royal Family at the funeral of Constantine of Greece. An event that took place a day after the family dinner that brought together the different royal houses, leaving images to remember as the reconciliation of Queen Letizia and Marie Chantal.
The King and Queen of Spain, Queen Emeritus Sofia and King Emeritus Juan Carlos leave the dinner for the funeral of Constantine of Greece accompanied by the Infantas Elena and Cristina and their children
The first to arrive at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens have been Doña Sofía together with the emeritus, the Infantas and her grandchildren. All of them wanted to accompany the emeritus queen at the funeral of her younger brother.
Emeritus kings arrive at Constantine’s funeral surrounded by his family
The Infanta Cristina entered accompanied by Princess Irene of Greece on her arm and her children Pablo Nicolás, Irene, Juan Valentín and Miguel Urdangarin behind her.
Emeritus kings arrive at Constantine’s funeral surrounded by his family
All of them have occupied the benches on the right side of the Cathedral, unlike Felipe and Letizia. The King and Queen arrived moments later and sat on the left side, as these benches are only occupied by the heads of state of each country. This is the first time that Juan Carlos and Sofia have met officially since the emeritus king left Spain to settle in Abu Dhabi.
Emeritus kings arrive at Constantine’s funeral surrounded by his family
At 11:23 a.m., the funeral ceremony of King Constantine, who passed away on January 10 at the age of 82, officially began.
