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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Derek Gatopoulos

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Former greek royal family expresses deep emotion after regaining citizenship - Caught on Camera

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Members of Greece’s former royal family expressed “deep emotion” Monday at a decision to reinstate their Greek citizenship, ending a decades-old dispute with the country’s government.

Greece abolished the monarchy in a 1974 referendum and the former royal family was stripped of its citizenship two decades later during a dispute over the former royal estate that passed to state control.

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