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6 unusual facts about Greek Royal Family


Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Greece

This emblem appeared on coins of the Kingdom, and official documents from at least 1880 until 1973, except for the period of the Second Hellenic Republic (1924–1935), and continues to be used by the former Greek Royal Family.

Dekeleia railway station

The station passenger building is a particularly fine structure, exceeding the normal passenger needs of the area, since it was formerly used to service the nearby Tatoi Palace, the summer residence of the Greek Royal Family.

Greek Royal Family

HRH Princess Irene, youngest child of King Pavlos I and younger sister of King Constantine II

HM Queen Sofía of Spain, eldest daughter of King Pavlos I and sister of King Constantine II

Palace of St. Michael and St. George

A wrought-iron aerial staircase is also to be found, closed to garden visitors, descending to the sea from the gardens, and formerly used by the Greek Royal Family as a shortcut to the baths.

Tatoi Palace

Tatoi, located 5 km north of Athens's suburbs, and 27 km from the Athenian Acropolis was the summer palace and 10,000 acre estate of the former Greek Royal Family, and the birthplace of George II of the Hellenes.


Anavryta Experimental Lyceum

The former Anavryta Classical Lyceum was an elite Greek lyceum (originally a boys-only boarding school) that was established in 1940, shortly before Greece's entry into World War II, in order to provide education to the members of the Greek royal family and notable Athenian families.

Pavlos Kountouriotis

He was promoted to Vice Admiral for "exceptional war service", the first Greek career officer since Constantine Kanaris to reach the rank (usually reserved for members of the Greek royal family).


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