Editing Paul of Greece (section)

===Exile to Switzerland===
Paul and his family briefly travelled to [[Oropos]], before going through Italy to live in Switzerland. They first resided in [[St. Moritz]] and then in [[Zürich]].{{sfn|Bertin|1982|p=218}}{{sfn|Mateos Sáinz de Medrano|2004|p=90}} The rest of the extended Greek royal family joined them when Venizelos announced Greece's entry into World War I. In 1918, Constantine contracted the [[Spanish flu]], causing him to fall severely ill and restricting him from providing for Paul and his other children. The disease almost killed him, however, he managed to recover.{{sfn|Van der Kiste|1994|pp=115–116}} Constantine remained concerned about Paul's lack of education after the Greek government refused his entry into the [[British Royal Navy]]. To Paul's dismay, Constantine accepted the offer made by Wilhelm II for Paul to join the [[Imperial German Navy]]. Paul soon left Switzerland for Germany and became a cadet.{{sfn|Hourmouzios|1972|p=33}}{{sfn|Van der Kiste|1994|p=117}}

Paul continued to join the [[German Imperial Naval Academy]], where his training was supervised by his uncle, [[Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929)|Prince Henry of Prussia]].{{sfn|Mateos Sáinz de Medrano|2004|pp=94–95}} However, when the [[German Revolution]] arose, many naval officers and their crews began mutinies, such as the [[Kiel mutiny]], while the [[States of the German Empire|German monarchies]] began being overthrown, forcing Paul to evacuate back to Switzerland. However, before leaving the country, Paul contracted the Spanish flu, delaying his reunion with his family. It took Paul several days to finally travel back to Switzerland.{{sfn|Hourmouzios|1972|pp=33–35}}

After World War I, Greece had made territorial gains in [[Thrace]] and [[Anatolia]] per the [[Treaty of Sèvres]], to the dismay of the Ottomans, causing the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)|Greco-Turkish War]]. Despite the war's resolution, tension between Constantine and Venizelos still remained high.{{sfn|Driault|Lhéritier|1926|pp=382–384}} Paul's brother, Alexander, died of [[sepsis]] after having been bitten by a monkey, leaving Greece without a monarch and plunging the country into a constitutional crisis.{{sfn|Van der Kiste|1994|p=125}} Venizelos sought to find a replacement successor. The Greek parliament refused to reinstate Constantine, and thus Venizelos, on 29 October 1920, sent a letter to the Greek ambassador to Switzerland at the National Hotel in [[Lucerne]], requesting that he meet with Paul, who he saw as the new potential king.{{sfn|Van der Kiste|1994|pp=125–126}}{{sfn|Hourmouzios|1972|p=42}}

The following day, Paul sent a letter to the ambassador expressing his refusal to disregard the laws of succession to the crown, which is what would occur if Paul were instated as the monarch. Paul wrote that neither his father, Constantine, nor his older brother, George, had ever renounced their rights to the throne and that therefore, his ascension to the throne would be illegitimate.{{sfn|Hourmouzios|1972|pp=42–43}} The Greek throne remained vacant while Greece fought in the Greco-Turkish War, during the [[Turkish War of Independence]]. During the [[1920 Greek legislative election]], fighting broke out between a sector of monarchists, who protested for Constantine's reascension to the throne, and supporters of Venizelos. On 14 November 1920, the monarchists won and it was organised for Constantine to become King of the Hellenes, while Venizelos was replaced with [[Dimitrios Rallis]]. Before Venizelos' exit from office, he requested that Paul's grandmother, [[Olga Constantinovna of Russia]], act as regent before Constantine returned.{{sfn|Van der Kiste|1994|p=126}}