The monarchy in Greece has been abolished for almost 50 years. In Greece there are no kings, princes, dukes and other blue-blooded titles, and the country’s polity is a Presidential Parliamentary Democracy. By the grace of God, we do not have leaders who pass on their power to the next generations ad infinitum. One would say that all this is known and there is no need to repeat it.
And yet. The BBC resurrected the monarchy in Greece. British television has been almost exclusively concerned with Queen Elizabeth, the succession, the protocol, the ceremony, the funeral, etc. since the moment of her death. In this context, he invited Pavlos Glixburg to talk about the deceased, who was also his third cousin.
The British media sees princes everywhere
But the British media decided to give him the title of crown prince of Greece. As was logical and expected, the photo from this interview is making the rounds on the internet with Twitter users updating the otherwise authoritative media about the Greek government.
The “proclamation” of Paul as a prince may be due to a blunder or to the exaggerated enthusiasm from the constant preoccupation with the British crown. In any case, after the BBC and other British media insist on changing the government of Greece.
Even though the Daily Mail mentions that Pavlos is the son of the last king of Greece, it does not hesitate and calls him the prince of our country, apparently considering as an insignificant detail that in order to have an heir to the throne there must be a throne and that in any case the Greek people have chosen since the previous century to send the kingdom to the unclaimed
“Almost five decades have passed since the monarchy was abolished in Greece,” noted journalist Damian Mac Con Uladh who lives in Greece.
