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The wedding of Constantine II, King of the Hellenes, and Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark took place on Friday, 18 September 1964, at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens.
Constantine II was the reigning Greek monarch, while Princess Anne-Marie was the youngest daughter of King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid of Denmark. It was the second, and to date, the last wedding of a reigning Greek monarch, and the first to be held in Greece.
Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, presided over the Church of Greece ceremony. The ceremony was attended by the bride's and groom's families, as well as members of foreign royal families, diplomats, and various Greek and Danish officials.




Engagement



The couple, third cousins through both Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and King Christian IX of Denmark, first met in 1959 at a performance of the Circus Benneweis at Gråsten Palace. Then Crown Prince was 18 and Princess Anne-Marie was just 12 at the time. They met again in 1961, and in 1962, Anne-Marie was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Constantine's older sister, Princess Sophia, to Infante Juan Carlos of Spain. In 1962, Princess Anne-Marie was on holiday with her governess in Norway, where Crown Prince Constantine was attending a yacht racing event. He proposed and she accepted. King Frederik IX initially withheld his consent, as Anne-Marie was only 15 at the time, but eventually relented on the conditions that she finish her education and the wedding not be held before her 18th birthday.
On 23 January 1963, the Danish royal court announced the engagement. The wedding was initially set for January 1965. Following the death of Constantine's father, King Paul, on 6 March 1964, the date was moved forward to 18 September 1964.




Pre-wedding celebrations






= In Denmark

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The celebrations began in early September 1964. On 7 September, Constantine arrived in Denmark where a private dinner was held at Fredensborg Palace. The next day, there was a gala performance at the Royal Danish Theatre followed by a banquet at Christiansborg Palace. The next morning, a reception was held at Copenhagen City Hall.




= In Greece

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King Constantine II, Princess Anne-Marie, King Frederik IX, Queen Ingrid, Princess Margrethe and Princess Benedikte sailed to Greece on board the Danish royal yacht Dannebrog. A reception was held in honour of the Danish royal family at the Hotel Grande Bretagne.
On 16 September, most of the royal guests arrived in Greece by plane. That evening, a gala was held at the Royal Palace for 1,600 invited guests.




Wedding


Constantine and Anne-Marie were married on 18 September 1964, two weeks after Anne-Marie's 18th birthday.




= Ceremony

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The Greek Orthodox marriage ceremony took place in the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, and was conducted by Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece.




= Attire

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Princess Anne-Marie wore a relatively unadorned gown by Danish designer Holger Blom, assisted by Jørgen Bender. Her Irish lace veil, worn by her maternal grandmother, Princess Margaret of Connaught at her wedding in 1905, was anchored by a Cartier diamond tiara given to Princess Margaret by the Abbas II, Khedive of Egypt. The veil had also been worn by her mother, Queen Ingrid, in 1935. The veil and tiara together have been worn by all of Ingrid's female descendants.
King Constantine II wore the ceremonial uniform of stratarches (field marshal) of the Hellenic Army. He wore the insignia of the Greek Order of the Redeemer, Order of Saints George and Constantine, Order of George I and the Commemorative Badge of the Centenary of the Royal House of Greece, as well as with the insignia of the Danish Order of the Elephant and Order of the Dannebrog.




= Wedding party

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Bridesmaids

Princess Anne of the United Kingdom
Princess Christina of Sweden
Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark
Princess Margareta of Romania
Princess Clarissa of Hesse-Kassel
Princess Tatiana Radziwiłł



Crown bearers

The Crown Prince of Norway
The Crown Prince of Sweden
Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia
The Prince of Wales
Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark
Prince Ingolf of Denmark
Prince Michael of Kent
Prince Karl of Hesse-Kassel
Count Michael Bernadotte af Wisborg




Guests


The wedding was attended by 1200 guests from around the world. As both the bride and groom were descendants of Victoria of the United Kingdom and Christian IX of Denmark, they were closely related to almost all of the royal houses in Europe, many of whom were in attendance.




= Relatives of the bride

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House of Glücksburg

The King and Queen of Denmark, the bride's parents
Princess Margrethe of Denmark, the bride's sister
Princess Benedikte of Denmark, the bride's sister
The Hereditary Princess of Denmark, the bride's paternal aunt by marriage and first cousin once removed
Princess Elisabeth of Denmark, the bride's first cousin
Prince Ingolf of Denmark, the bride's first cousin
Prince Christian of Denmark, the bride’s first cousin
Prince Viggo, Count of Rosenborg, and Princess Viggo, Countess of Rosenborg, the bride's first cousin twice removed and his wife
Princess René of Bourbon-Parma, the bride's first cousin twice removed
Princess Axel of Denmark, the bride's first cousin once removed (also widow of the bride's first cousin twice removed)
Prince and Princess Georg of Denmark, the bride's second cousin and his wife



House of Bernadotte

The King of Sweden, the bride's maternal grandfather
The Duke of Västerbotten's family:
Princess Birgitta and Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern, the bride's first cousin and her husband
Princess Christina of Sweden, the bride's first cousin
The Crown Prince of Sweden, the bride's first cousin
Count Sigvard Bernadotte of Wisborg's family:
Count Michael Bernadotte of Wisborg, the bride's first cousin




= Relatives of the groom

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House of Glücksburg

Queen Frederica of Greece, the groom's mother
The Princess and Prince of Asturias, the groom's sister and brother-in-law
Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, the groom's sister
Queen Mother Helen of Romania, the groom's paternal aunt
Queen Anne of Romania, the bride and groom's mutual second cousin once removed
Princess Margareta of Romania, the groom's paternal first cousin once removed
Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta, the groom's paternal aunt
The Duke and Duchess of Aosta, the groom's paternal first cousin and his wife
Lady Katherine and Major Richard Brandram, the groom's paternal aunt and uncle
Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, the groom's paternal first cousin once removed
The Princess Eugénie, Duchess of Castel Duino and Duke of Castel Duino, the groom's first cousin once removed, and her husband
Princess Tatiana Radziwiłł, the groom's second cousin
Prince Jerzy Radziwiłł, the groom's second cousin
Princess Paul of Yugoslavia, the groom's paternal first cousin once removed
The Count of Törring-Jettenbach, widow of the groom's paternal first cousin once removed
Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, the groom's paternal first cousin once removed, and the bride's paternal second cousin once removed
Princess Alexandra, The Hon. Mrs Angus Ogilvy, and The Hon. Angus Ogilvy, the groom's paternal second cousin (also the bride and groom's mutual third cousin) and her husband
Prince Michael of Kent, the groom's paternal second cousin (also the bride and groom's mutual third cousin)
Princess Paul Aleksandrovich Chavchavadze, the groom's first cousin once removed
Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark, the groom's paternal grandaunt by marriage
The Dowager Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, the groom's first cousin once removed
The Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, the groom's second cousin
The Dowager Margravine of Baden, the groom's first cousin once removed
Princess Margarita and Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia, the groom's second cousin and her husband
The Margrave of Baden, the groom's second cousin
Prince Ludwig of Baden, the groom's second cousin
The Duke of Edinburgh, the groom's paternal first cousin once removed (representing the Queen of the United Kingdom)
The Prince of Wales, the groom's paternal second cousin
Princess Anne of the United Kingdom, the groom's paternal second cousin
Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, the groom's paternal first cousin once removed



House of Hanover

The Duchess of Brunswick, the groom's maternal grandmother
Prince and Princess George William of Hanover, the groom's maternal uncle and aunt (and the groom's first cousin, once removed and her husband)
Prince Karl of Hesse-Kassel, the groom's second cousin
Princess Clarissa of Hesse-Kassel, the groom's second cousin
Prince Welf Ernst of Hanover, the groom's first cousin




= Other royal guests

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Members of reigning royal houses

The King and Queen of the Belgians, the bride's second cousin and his wife
The King and Princess Muna Al Hussein of Jordan
The Prince and Princess of Liechtenstein
The Hereditary Grand Duke and Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, the bride's second cousin and her husband (representing The Grand Duchess of Luxembourg)
The Prince and Princess of Monaco
Prince Moulay Ali of Morocco (representing the King of Morocco)
The Queen and Prince Consort of the Netherlands, the bride's first cousin twice removed, and her husband
Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, the bride's second cousin once removed
The King of Norway, the bride's paternal first cousin once removed
The Crown Prince of Norway, the bride's paternal second cousin
The King and Queen of Thailand
Prince Richard of Gloucester, the bride and groom's mutual third cousin
The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, the bride and groom's mutual second cousin once removed



Members of non-reigning royal houses

The Count and Countess of Barcelona, the bride and groom's mutual second cousin once removed, and his wife (also parents of the groom's brother-in-law)
Infanta Pilar of Spain, the bride and groom's mutual third cousin (also sister-in-law of the groom's sister)
Prince Franz of Bavaria
Prince Max Emanuel of Bavaria
The Duke and Duchess of Braganza
Tsar Simeon II and Tsarista Margarita of Bulgaria, the bride and groom's mutual fourth cousin once removed, and his wife
The Duke of Calabria
Queen Farida of Egypt
Princess Ferial of Egypt
Princess Fawzia Farouk of Egypt
Princess Fadia of Egypt
The Duke of Galliera
The Landgrave of Hesse
Prince Moritz of Hesse-Kassel
Prince Wolfgang of Hesse-Kassel
King Umberto II and Queen Marie-José of Italy, the bride and groom's mutual third cousin twice removed
The Prince of Naples, the bride and groom's mutual fourth cousin once removed
Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy, the bride and groom's mutual fourth cousin once removed
Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy, the bride and groom's mutual fourth cousin once removed
Princess Chantal of France
Duke and Duchess Christian Louis of Mecklenburg
The Duke of Parma
The Prince and Princess of Prussia, the groom's maternal first cousin once removed, and his wife (also the bride's paternal first cousin once removed)
The Duke and Duchess of Württemberg
Duke Carl of Württemberg




= Other notable guests

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Lynda Bird Johnson




Footnotes






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