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    8 dicembre 1974. Nella prima votazione libera dopo la giunta, la Grecia rifiuta il ritorno del re Costantino II: il 69% sceglie una repubblica.

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    1. Upstairs_Drive_5602 on

      In this 1965 photo, King Constantine II walks with his cousin Prince Philip. Constantine’s mother, Queen Frederica, was Philip’s first cousin – linking the Greek royal family closely with Britain’s, and making Constantine a first cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II. Yet within a decade, that long-standing royal connection became history: after the fall of the junta, Greeks voted in the 1974 referendum to end the monarchy, with 69% choosing a republic.

    2. anon58588 on

      Constantine II : I am your king!

      Greeks : Well, we didn’t vote for you.

    3. SaGraceRoyale on

      To be fair, the referendum was highly undemocratic; the monarchists weren’t allowed to campaign, the King was still exiled based on Junta laws, etc. etc. etc.

    4. Ravekat1 on

      They look very pretty in their skirts and cat stomping boots.

    5. ace_lw on

      And what a republic we had up till this moment huh?

      Using an election process that gives all the power to only one party and can be modified every now and then by the same party that won the “elections” and lower the standards that can give the majority of the parliament to said party.

      It’s like having a pseudo-republic that instead of having a king, you have the same guy that now has a party to manage.

      Such a great democratic procedure.

    7. spiringTankmonger on

      I always thought the Junta was a consequence (in an indirect sense) of monarchist/ conservative forces winning the civil war. Why was the monarch exiled in the first place?

    8. angrpeasant on

      Authority is not given to you to deny the return of the kind, STEWARD

    9. Bob_Spud on

      Fun Fact

      King Constantine II was the nephew of Prince Philip (husband of Queen Elizabeth, UK) . King Constantine’s father, King Paul of Greece, was Philip’s first cousin.

      Explains the why they look similar.

    10. seandnothing on

      remember when same thing was about to happen in spain but they never ended up doing the referendum because they KNEW we would choose a republic 😃😄 and we still have a corrupt royal family to this day, so endearing

    11. butwhywedothis on

      It’s quite interesting considering Greece is the birthplace of democracy. So it is indeed fitting what the Greek people chose.

    16. Epicurusisntthatbad on

      The same referendum for the same reason had happened more than a year before by the military regime and got the same result btw. Both regimes wanted the monarchy gone because the King was against the coup.

    18. Kamuiberen on

      Interesting bit, Spain was supposed to have the same vote when Franco died. The monarchists in charge of the “transition” ended up refusing because they knew they were going go lose.

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