Editing Constantine II of Greece (section)

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Until 1994, Constantine's official Greek passport identified him as "Constantine, Former King of the Hellenes". A law passed in 1994 stripped him of his [[Greek citizenship]], [[Greek passport|passport]] and property. The law stated that Constantine could not be granted a Greek passport unless he adopted a surname. Constantine stated, "I don't have a surname — my family doesn't have a surname. The law that Mr Papandreou passed basically says that he considers that I am not Greek and that my family was Greek only so long as we were exercising the responsibilities of sovereign, and I had to go out and acquire a surname. The problem is that my family originates from Denmark, and the Danish royal family haven't got a surname." [[House of Glücksburg|Glücksburg]], he said, was not a family surname but the name of [[Glücksburg|a town]]. He said, "I might as well call myself Mr. [[Kensington]]."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Colacello |first=Bob |title=King without a country |url=https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1995/7/king-without-a-country |magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |date=July 1995 |page=47 |access-date=12 July 2023|language=en-US}}</ref>

Constantine freely travelled in and out of Greece on a [[Danish passport]], as ''Constantino de Grecia'' (Spanish for 'Constantine of Greece'),<ref name="enet"/> because Denmark (upon request) issues [[diplomatic passport]]s to any descendants of [[King Christian IX]] and [[Louise of Hesse-Kassel|Queen Louise]], and Constantine was a Prince of Denmark in his own right.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2000–01, 1. samling – Svar på § 20-spørgsmål: Om kong Konstantin har dansk pas. Spm. nr. S 3937: Til justitsministeren |url=http://webarkiv.ft.dk/?/Samling/20001/spor_sv/S3937.htm |website=Folketinget Archive |access-date=12 July 2023}}</ref> During his first visit to Greece using this passport, Constantine was mocked by some of the Greek media, which [[hellenised]] the "de Grecia" designation and used it as a surname, thus naming him {{langx|el|Κωνσταντίνος Ντεγκρέτσιας|Konstantínos Degrétsias}}.<ref name="enet">{{cite news|first=Αγνή|last=Βραβορίτου|script-title=el:Δεν περνάει η μπογιά του|date=25 April 2003|work =Eleftherotypia|publisher=Χ. Κ. Τεγόπουλος Εκδόσεις Α.Ε.|url=http://archive.enet.gr/online/online_text/c=110,dt=25.04.2003|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218010007/http://archive.enet.gr/online/online_text/c=110,dt=25.04.2003|archive-date=18 February 2013|access-date=1 September 2011|language=el}}</ref>

The International Olympic Committee continued to refer to Constantine as ''His Majesty'' King Constantine.<ref>[https://www.olympic.org/hm-king-constantine HM King Constantine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213085624/http://www.olympic.org/content/the-ioc/members/hm-king-constantine/ |date=13 February 2011 }}. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 September 2016.</ref> In Greece, he was referred to as {{lang|el|ο τέως βασιλιάς}} or {{lang|el|ο πρώην βασιλιάς}} ('the former king'). His official website lists his "correct form of address" as ''King Constantine, former King of the Hellenes''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.greekroyalfamily.gr/en/faq.html#visitorquesten2|title=FAQ|website=Official website of the Greek royal family|quote=The correct form of address is: King Constantine, former King of the Hellenes and so on for the family members.|access-date=3 June 2020|archive-date=3 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603155913/https://www.greekroyalfamily.gr/en/faq.html#visitorquesten2|url-status=live}}</ref>