Felipe and Letizia land in Athens for Constantine’s funeral: pain brings together the Bourbons

Felipe y Joy have landed in Athens this Sunday to attend the funeral of the king’s uncle, Constantine of Greece, which will take place this Monday, January 16. The Hellenic monarch passed away on the 10th at the age of 82 after a few days in hospital.

Although it will not be a state funeral as it is not a reigning monarch, Athens will host a conclave of royals in the last goodbye of his former head of state.

In the Greek city there are also doña sofiawhich stayed from the day who traveled to be with his brother in the hospitalthe infants Elena y Cristina with all his children, and Don Juan Carloswhich moved from Abu Dhabi at noon.

According to the local media, our royal family would coincide in the same hotel. However, the journalist Mariángel Alcázar, who is in Athens, has assured that the emeritus kings are with their daughters and grandchildren in a different hotel from our kings. The parents of Leonor y Sofia They are staying at the Grande Bretagne, a luxurious complex that the authorities have reserved exclusively for heads of state.

The Greek royal family has been in charge of receiving the different representatives of the European Royal Houses in this hotel with an aperitif this Sunday. It will not be until tomorrow when Letizia and Felipe meet again with the rest of the Borbón family. The last time they were seen together was at the queen’s funeral. Isabel II. However, according to Alcazar, a family photo is not expected.