Eight Kings and Eleven Queens led the Royal Guests and Relatives from around the world at the Wedding of King Constantine II of Greece and Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark in Athens on this day in 1964, 60 years ago, amidst weeks of festivities in Copenhagen and Athens, which began with a Gala in Copenhagen, a Farewell Dinner at Fredensborg Palace, a Dinner in Athens, and the spectacular Wedding Ball at the Royal Palace of Athens.
The Wedding of King Constantine II of Greece and Princess Anne Marie of Denmark took place at the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Annunciation in Athens, and was performed by Archbishop Chrysostomos, the Primate of Greece.
Part of the ceremony involved crowns being held over the heads of the couple, first by Queen Frederica, and then by Crown Prince Harald of Norway, Crown Prince Carl Gustaf of Sweden, The Prince of Wales, Prince Michael of Greece, Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, Prince Ingolf of Denmark, Prince Michael of Kent, Prince Karl of Hesse and Count Michael Bernadotte. The bridesmaids included Princess Anne of the United Kingdom, Princess Christina of Sweden, Princess Irene of Greece, Crown Princess Margareta of Romania, Princess Tatiana Radziwiłł, and Princess Clarissa of Hesse.
After the ceremony, the couple rode in a carriage procession back to the Royal Palace of Athens, where a wedding breakfast was held for 80 guests. Soon afterwards, the King and his new Queen left to begin their honeymoon in Corfu.
Queen Anne Marie wore a simple gown by Danish designer Jørgen Bender with Princess Margaret of Connaught’s Irish lace veil and the Khedive of Egypt Tiara, which has been worn by all of Queen Ingrid’s female descendants and was inherited by Queen Anne Marie in 2000, as well as a striking Diamond Cross.
King Constantine II of Greece wore his white Field Marshal’s uniform with the Order of the Redeemer, Order of Dannebrog, Order of Saints George and Constantine, and the Commemorative Badge of the Centenary of the Royal House of Greece
King Frederik IX (mother of the groom) and Queen Ingrid of Denmark (mother of the bride, wearing the Khedive of Egypt Parure and Danish Pearl Poire Brooch)
Queen Frederica of Greece (mother of the groom, wearing her Pearl Necklace)
King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (grandfather of the bride) and Princess Victoria Louise, Duchess of Brunswick (grandmother of the groom)
Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
King Olav V of Norway
King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola of Belgium (in her Spanish Wedding Gift Necklace)
King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit of Thailand
King Hussein and Princess Muna of Jordan
King Umberto II and Queen Marie José of Italy
Tsar Simeon II and Tsaritsa Margarita of Bulgaria (wearing the Ruby Necklace and Earrings)
Queen Anne of Romania
Queen Helen of Romania (in her Queen Helen’s Russian Sapphire Earrings) and Queen Farida of Egypt with Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta
Prince Franz Joseph II and Princess Gina of Liechtenstein (wearing her Sapphire Parure)
The Duke of Edinburgh
Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Joséphine Charlotte of Luxembourg (in her Princess Ingeborg’s Pearl Brooch)
Crown Princess Margrethe and Princess Benedikte of Denmark
Prince Juan Carlos and Princess Sofia of Spain (wearing her Niarchos Ruby Parure) with Prince Michael of Greece
The Count and Countess of Barcelona
The Duke and Duchess of Braganza
The Prince of Prussia and Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna
Prince Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta and the Duchess of Aosta with the Princess Alexandra of Kent and Angus Ogilvy and Princess Margarita of Yugoslavia
Earl Mountbatten
The Prince of Naples, Princess Maria Gabriella, Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy, and Infanta Pilar
Princess Margaretha of Sweden and Denmark and Princess Margaret of Denmark
Prince George William and Princess Sophie of Greece and Hanover, Princess Margarita of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, and Princess Alice of Greece
Hereditary Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark
Princess Viggo of Denmark
Prince George Valdemar and Princess Anne of Denmark
Max, Margrave of Baden with Count Flemming and Countess Ruth of Rosenborg
