Konstantinos II dari Yunani: Perbedaan antara revisi
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Karamanlis juga diperingatkan tentang aktivitas mencurigakan Konstantinos oleh dinas rahasia Inggris, yang tampaknya telah merekam percakapan Konstantinos dengan pengunjung dari Yunani. Pada bulan Oktober 1976, perdana menteri Yunani diberi tahu oleh duta besar Inggris bahwa Konstantinos, meskipun bukan penggerak utama di balik konspirasi tersebut, sangat menyadari hal itu dan tidak melakukan apa pun untuk mencegahnya.<ref name="Kathimerini"/>Inggris juga memberikan peringatan bahwa para simpatisan telah memberi tahu Konstantinos bahwa kudeta akan terjadi pada bulan November 1976, dipimpin oleh perwira militer berpangkat rendah yang setia kepada mantan diktator [[Dimitrios Ioannidis]]. Karamanlis dan penasihat diplomatik utamanya, [[Petros Molyviatis]], memberikan tekanan pada pemerintah Inggris dan AS, yang menyebabkan intervensi pribadi oleh perdana menteri Inggris, [[James Callaghan]], yang memperingatkan Konstantinos untuk berhenti. Pemerintah Yunani berulang kali mengirim utusan kepada mantan raja untuk tujuan yang sama, tetapi ia menyangkal mengetahui tentang masalah tersebut.<ref name="Kathimerini"/> Karamanlis memilih untuk tidak mempublikasikannya agar tidak menggoyahkan sistem demokrasi yang rapuh di Yunani.<ref name="Kathimerini"/> Namun demikian, pada bulan Oktober 1978, Konstantinos dan Arnaoutis direkam oleh agen Yunani sedang mencari kontak dengan pemimpin militer dan politik, mencoba memenangkan mereka untuk tujuan pemulihan kerajaan.<ref name="Kathimerini"/>
===Kunjungan ke Yunani pada 1993===
[[File:1993 trip of Constantine II of Greece.png|thumb|right|220px|Map of Constantine's 1993 journey in Greece, starting in Thessaloniki and ending in Neapoli Voion.]]
Pada pemakaman [[Baudouin of Belgium]], sebuah kesepakatan pribadi dibuat antara Konstantinos dan perdana menteri Yunani yang baru dari partai konservatif, [[Konstantinos Mitsotakis]],yang memungkinkan Konstantinos dan keluarganya untuk sementara kembali ke Yunani untuk berlibur. <ref name="1993trip">{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkA7CC1Y8pA|people=Constantine II; Anne-Marie; Scott, Selina|title=Once A King|date=1993|work=[[Sky UK]] via [[YouTube]]|access-date=23 December 2023}}</ref> Konstantinos ditemani oleh istrinya Anne-Marie, kelima anak mereka, dan saudara perempuannya Irene. Keluarga tersebut memutuskan bahwa berlayar di sekitar Yunani adalah cara terbaik untuk memperkenalkan negara tersebut kepada anak-anak mereka, yang tidak dapat tumbuh besar di dalam Yunani.<ref name="1993trip"/> Pihak oposisi mengklaim bahwa pemerintah berusaha untuk memulihkan monarki. <ref name="1993trip"/> Pada 9 Agustus 1993, keluarga tersebut berangkat dari Inggris dengan dua pesawat, termasuk jet yang disumbangkan kepada Konstantinos oleh Raja Hussein dari Yordania. Pemerintah Yunani tidak mengetahui tentang liburan Constantine dan keluarganya, yang telah direncanakan dan diatur oleh Putri Alexia. Constantine, dan kemudian keluarganya beberapa jam kemudian, mendarat di Thessaloniki, sebelum naik kapal pesiar.<ref name="1993trip"/>
The family's yacht then travelled 300 metres off the shore of [[Mount Athos]]. Constantine and his two eldest sons, [[Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece|Crown Prince Pavlos]] and [[Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark|Prince Nikolaos]], travelled upon a dingy to get to the mainland, where women were unallowed to visit.<ref name="1993trip"/> Upon arriving, Constantine noticed his portrait in every monastery and learnt that the monks there had been praying for him every day since his exile. Nine monks followed Constantine back to their yacht to bless the rest of his family, display holy relics and present gifts.<ref name="1993trip"/> Constantine then took a helicopter and landed on a soccer pitch in [[Florina]], where "hundreds" of people greeted him with handshakes and flowers. Constantine's decision to land in Florina was named a "politically sensitive spot to appear in" in view of the region's greater support for the monarchy over other regions and due to the [[Macedonia naming dispute]]. Constantine and his family took a van north in order see the northernmost part of Greece, and were reportedly followed by between 50 and 100 cars. However, the Greek government had organised for the police to block the road, claiming that Constantine's journey was "a political step", rather than touristic.<ref name="1993trip"/> Protestors attempted to open up the road, but failed. In the next village the family stopped at, a local government official told Constantine that he would kicked out of Greece if he did not act like a tourist.<ref name="1993trip"/>
Following this clash between police and protestors in support of Constantine, Mitsotakis made a public statement explaining that the government "had no prior knowledge of the visit and had never agreed to it. Strong action will be taken if the ex-king violates our conditions."<ref name="1993trip"/> Afterwards, Constantine and his family returned to Athens to visit Tatoi Palace and his parents' graves, where a short memorial service was held. During this trip, Constantine chose where his future tomb would be. Telling [[Sky UK]] presenter Selina Scott, Constantine said that having to leave his belongings when going into exile taught him that "material things are not that important".<ref name="1993trip"/> He also expressed his wishes to move back into the property and clean up the land surrounding it. Constantine was then warned by the government to move on from Tatoi and alerted them of protestors who were threatening to burn Tatoi's forestry down.<ref name="1993trip"/>
Whilst travelling to [[Spetses]], the government ordered that Constantine should not travel to heavily populated areas, to which Constantine said, "It's a free country".<ref name="1993trip"/> When he arrived at a port in Spetses, a harbour policeman jumped onto their boat, but Constantine pushed him to the side and set foot on the mainland. A crowd greeted Constantine and his family, but at night and during the following day, their yacht was surrounded by government ships and flown over by military planes. Constantine then contacted [[Sky News UK]] and was interviewed by presenter David Blaine, to whom Constantine told on live air that he was being harassed by the government, who had "frightened the daylights" out of his children.<ref name="1993trip"/> Constantine's yacht was on course to stop at [[Gytheio]], where a reported 5,000 to 10,000 people were waiting for him. Military warships were denying the yacht's progress towards the town, so Constantine stopped in [[Neapoli Voion]], where there was a crowd of a few hundred people, but also many anti-monarchists. Following this stop, Constantine and his family returned to the UK.<ref name="1993trip"/>
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