It would be interesting to hear from people in the know how the Greek Media handled this. How was the reporting from the funeral, what are the sentiments in Greece in general? Was there a reaction to the fact that all of Europe's main royals honoured the former King in this way?
The coverage was huge and very long. The State TV (ERT) broadcasted the whole ceremony, and they were cameras constantly out of the Hotel Grande Bretagne. Private TVs also the got from ERT and transmitted. Many articles and discussions.
Extremely huge coverage had years ago the wedding of N&T in Spetses, less was the wedding of P&N in Athens, one year ago.
To cut the story short: Limelight and Lifestyle : They like and transmit.
Now for the way of talking about. There is a general fear to call the GRF by their real titles...
So they call the Late King: the former King, the Ex.. the Gluksburg ... or simply Constantine.
They were afraid to pronounce Queen AM and they called her : his wife ...
Greeks are not very aware of correct use of titles and they use them wrongly or at all.
It is strange; they call Mr Minister someone who has been Minister for one year.. but they fear to call King or Prince ....
Political parties talked about in different ways depending of their orientation: Some of them had a shameful language, which I would not report...
But the story is far long, starting from the fact that the GRF was forbidden to come to Greece since 1974, for more than 20 years and also the shameful way the burial of late dowager Queen Frederika was held in 1981.
What people think? Depending on their political orientation. Don't forget that in the 1974 referendum they were 30% royalist. How many would be 50 years after? No idea.
They GRF regained a wave of limelight and sympathy the last decades since the wedding of P&MC, then N&T and since their Majesties established again in Greece. Many people saw that they are normal gentle people and not sanguin Draculas.
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