He was particularly moved as he recited the funeral oration his firstborn son former King Constantine, Paul, during the funeral service at the Cathedral of Athens.
“This is not the end, father, You will always live in our thoughts and hearts. You lost your father at a young age. But you kept his legacy alive.
You brought glory to the country with the gold medal in 1960. You brought honor to our blue and white flag and to our homeland. It was a difficult time when you ascended the throne, with conflicts and passions running high, and the result was something that no one wanted.
From the very beginning, you resisted and sought way to overthrow the coup leaders. Your effort failed, but you did not want to stay in Greece and become the cause of further bloodshed. Always faithful to your father's legacy, you respectfully accepted the decision of the Greek people.
Your love for youth, ”The support for education and sports was constant," Pavlos said, among other things.
“Your decisive influence in Athens” selection to host the 2004 Olympic Games was one of your most significant achievements," he added.
“The family It was everything to you and our mother. You always believed that it was the foundation of society. Together, you created a large family that is inextricably linked by a sense of duty to the homeland. God deemed it fitting, father, that you should breathe your last in our homeland. Which you loved more than anything else in your entire life.
As you have taught us all these years, we, your children and grandchildren, who are the future of the family, both here and abroad, will always give our all to our homeland and to Greece.
My strength, the love of the people, has always been and always will be the rule of our family. For us, however, and for every Greek, the strength of our homeland is the love that Greeks have for it. Have a good trip,” he concluded.
