Editing Paul of Greece (section)

==Early life==
[[Image:King paul of greece.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Paul as a teenager]]
Paul was born on 14 December [<nowiki/>[[Old Style and New Style dates|Old Style]]: 1 December] 1901 at the [[Tatoi Palace]] in [[Attica]] north of [[Athens]], the third son of [[King Constantine I of Greece|Crown Prince Constantine]] and his wife, [[Princess Sophia of Prussia]]. To his family, he was known as '''Palo'''.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Duke: Portrait of Prince Philip|last=Heald|first=Tim|date=22 August 2013 |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |isbn=978-1-4447-5191-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vVBy0btT5HEC&dq=kING+OF+GREECE+UNCLE+PALO&pg=PT109}}</ref>

Paul grew up in the [[Presidential Mansion, Athens|Presidential Mansion]], where his parents resided, and Tatoi Palace, the official residency of the Greek monarch.{{sfn|Mateos Sáinz de Medrano|2004|p=95}} Paul grew up with five other siblings. When Paul was three years old, his brother, [[Alexander of Greece|Alexander]], almost killed him by accidentally throwing him off a cart that was going full speed into the royal gardens.{{sfn|Van der Kiste|1994|p=62}} Paul grew up speaking English to his parents and learned Greek as a second language.{{sfn|Mateos Sáinz de Medrano|2004|p=94}}

Paul was born as fourth in line to the Greek throne, behind his father and two older  brothers. As a result, Paul did not receive a sophisticated education.{{sfn|Mateos Sáinz de Medrano|2004|pp=94–95}} He was privately tutored by foreign teachers, Greek university professors, who were chosen by Constantine, and Dr Hoenig, his mother's Pomeranian chaplain. From 1911 to 1914, Paul travelled to the UK to attend summer courses in [[Eastbourne]] at Saint Peter's Preparatory School for Young Gentlemen. Paul was said to stand out in more physical subjects, such as woodwork, and in discipline.{{sfn|Gelardi|2006|p=193}}{{sfn|Hourmouzios|1972|pp=20–22}}

In 1909, when Paul was seven years old, a group of Greek officers mounted [[Goudi coup|a coup d'état]] against his grandfather, [[George I of Greece]]. The officers, led by [[Nikolaos Zorbas]], declared themselves in support of the monarchy, however, asked George I to dismiss his sons from the army. His sons instead resigned from the army.{{sfn|Van der Kiste|1994|p=69}} As a result of criticism, Constantine decided to move with his wife and his sons, including Paul, to Germany for several months. The family stayed with [[Princess Margaret of Prussia]], who was Paul's maternal aunt, in [[Kronberg]].{{sfn|Bertin|1982|p=178}}{{sfn|Gelardi|2006|p=158}} The family returned to Greece at the beginning of 1911, when the new Greek Priminister, [[Eleftherios Venizelos]], allowed the princes to regain the ranks in the military.{{sfn|Hourmouzios|1972|p=24}} The following year, in 1912, and until 1913, Greece fought in the [[Balkan Wars]]. Greece was able to double its size in territory in the wars,{{sfn|Vacalopoulos|1975|p=218}} during which Paul served as the youngest cadet in the Hellenic navy, at eleven years old.{{sfn|Mateos Sáinz de Medrano|2004|pp=94–95}}