{"id":605340,"date":"2026-09-19T13:46:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T13:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/605340\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T13:46:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T13:46:27","slug":"when-eight-kings-11-queens-and-a-teenage-princess-anne-gathered-for-the-wedding-of-king-constantine-ii-and-queen-anne-marie-of-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/605340\/","title":{"rendered":"When eight kings, 11 queens and a teenage Princess Anne gathered for the wedding of King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anne-Marie\u2019s family ties to the British royals illustrate just how involved the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tatler.com\/topic\/house\" isautogenerated=\"true\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">House<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tatler.com\/topic\/windsor\" isautogenerated=\"true\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Windsor<\/a> has been with the Greek and Danish royal families throughout the years. Prince Philip, a first cousin once removed of Constantine, was an honoured guest in the congregation, as was his uncle, Lord Mountbatten. There was also British representation from Princess Alexandra of Kent and Angus Ogilvy and Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent.<\/p>\n<p>The bride and groom\u2019s parents all attended the illustrious event, as did Princess Anne-Marie\u2019s grandfather, King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, and Constantine\u2019s grandmother, Princess Victoria Louise, Duchess of Brunswick. Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands were seated in the pews, as were King Olav V of Norway, King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium, King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit of Thailand, King Hussein and Princess Muna of Jordan, King Umberto II and Queen Marie Jos\u00e9 of Italy, Tsar Simeon II and Tsaritsa Margarita of Bulgaria, Queen Anne of Romania, Queen Helen of Romania, Queen Farida of Egypt, the Duchess of Aosta, Prince Franz Joseph II and Princess Gina of Liechtenstein, Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Jos\u00e9phine Charlotte of Luxembourg, Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sofia of Spain, Prince Michael of Greece, the Count and Countess of Barcelona and the Duke and Duchess of Braganza.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image may contain Jim Lowe Irving Berlin Carriage Transportation Vehicle Adult Person Wedding Machine and Wheel\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ResponsiveImageContainer-dkeESL cQPiWi responsive-image__image\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1093996544.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The morning of celebrations concluded with a carriage procession home to the Royal Palace \u2013 for breakfast!<\/p>\n<p>Mirrorpix\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Rounding out the royals in attendance were the Prince of Prussia and Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna, the Duke and Duchess of Aosta, Princess Margarita of Yugoslavia, the Prince of Naples, Princess Maria Gabriella, Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy, Infanta Pilar, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tatler.com\/topic\/prince-george\" isautogenerated=\"true\" class=\"text link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prince George<\/a> William and Princess Sophie of Greece and Hanover, Princess Margarita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Hereditary Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark, Princess Viggo of Denmark, Prince George Valdemar and Princess Anne of Denmark, the Margrave of Baden, Count Flemming, and Countess Ruth of Rosenberg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anne-Marie\u2019s family ties to the British royals illustrate just how involved the House of Windsor has been with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605341,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[156,298282,298283,111,139,69,220419,160],"class_list":["post-605340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-greek-royal-family","tag-king-constantine-ii","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-royal-weddings","tag-weddings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}