their notable absence at the funeral of Constantine of Greece

The European elite is in mourning. The sovereign Constantine II of Greecelast king of the Hellenes, breathed his last on January 10 following a heart attack. The week before his disappearance, he had been hospitalized with serious respiratory problems. This Monday, January 16, were organized its funeral. The religious ceremony took place at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens and his burial took place at Tatoi, a former royal residence.

Several members of the royal families of Europe made the tripsuch as Queen Margrethe of Denmark, King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain, Queen Sofia and Juan Carlos I, Prince Albert of Monaco, King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, or the Queen Mathilde and King Philippe of Belgium.

The Prince of Wales portrayed by Lady Gabriella Windsor

To everyone’s astonishment, the British royal family was not represented by Kate Middleton and Prince William, who have conspicuous by their absence during the ceremony at the Athens Cathedral. Alone princess Anneher husband Timothy Laurence, as well as Lady Gabriella Windsor traveled to Athens to attend the funeral. Indeed, according to the magazine Hello!Princess Anne and her husband represented King Charles IIIwhile Lady Gabriella, 41, daughter of Prince Michael of Kent, who grew up in Kensington with William and Harry, was invited to represent the prince of wales.

At the time of her baptism in 1981, Lady Gabriella received King Constantine II of Greece as one of her godparents. The latter, who was the first cousin of Prince Philip, husband of Elizabeth II, also shared a close relationship with King Charles, his nephew, who had chosen him to be the godfather for his first son, Prince William. A few years later, he will in turn be named godfather to Constantin Alexios, the first grandson of the Greek sovereign, born in 1999.