The 82-year-old Constantine, the final monarch of Greece and an Olympic gold medalist
Greece’s Athens — Having won an Olympic gold medal before being involved in his nation’s turbulent politics as king in the 1960s and spending decades in exile, Constantine, the former and last monarch of Greece has passed away. He was 82. Olympic fans can buy Olympic Beach Volleyball Tickets from our website. After receiving treatment in an intensive care unit, doctors at the private Hygeia Hospital in Athens confirmed to The Associated Press that Constantine passed away late Tuesday. However, they had no other information until an official announcement. When he became Constantine II in 1964, at the age of 23, the young monarch had already garnered fame as a gold medalist in sailing at the Olympics. He was also incredibly well-liked. By the following year, he had largely wasted that support due to his active participation in the plots that toppled Prime Minister George Papandreou’s elected Center Union administration. The episode in which some parliamentarians left the ruling party
