Editing Queen Anne-Marie of Greece (section)

==Exile==
[[File:Constantine II of Greece and his wife Anne-Marie.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Anne-Marie and Constantine attending a horse show in Rome during their exile in Italy]]
In December 1967, Constantine attempted to shake off the military's authoritarian regime by trying to stage a counter-coup with the help of his political allies.{{who|date=October 2019}} The counter-coup failed.<ref name="cnn">{{cite web |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0204/26/lkl.00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041226012335/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0204/26/lkl.00.html |archive-date=26 December 2004 |url-status=dead |title=CNN.com Transcripts – Larry King Live Interview With King Constantine of Greece |date=7 February 2001<!-- 22:22:07--> |access-date=4 September 2015 }}</ref> Upon the coup's abandonment, the military junta in Greece strongly advised Anne-Marie and Constantine to leave the country. Without leaving them any real options when saying this, they were essentially forcing them to be exiled from the country. Anne-Marie and Constantine fled to nearby Italy and sought refuge at the Greek Embassy in Rome, where Anne-Marie and Constantine became [[puppet monarchs]].<ref name="Secret"/>{{sfn|Mateos Sáinz de Medrano|2004|p=370}}{{sfn|Palmer|Greece|1990|p=114}} After two months of refuge at the Greek Embassy, Anne-Marie and Constantine received greeting from [[Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse]], who organised to put them up at the Villa Polissena,{{sfn|Mateos Sáinz de Medrano|2004|pp=161, 370–371}} an Italian palace where Moritz himself had previously lived upon his family's exile.{{sfn|Mateos Sáinz de Medrano|2004|p=164}}{{sfn|Celada|2007|pp=127–131}} Anne-Marie eventually agreed with Constantine to move to 13 Via di Porta Latina, where a large villa owned by Countess Cristina Paolozzi was located. The couple rented out the space at 8,000 francs per month for the next five years.{{sfn|Mateos Sáinz de Medrano|2004|pp=371–372, 374}}

Possibly due to stress and worry, Anne-Marie suffered a miscarriage in early 1968.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=30 December 1967 |title=Greek Queen Suffers Miscarriage in Rome |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19671230&id=QSgjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bWwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6967,5015427&hl=da |work=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|agency=Associated Press|location= }}</ref> Anne-Marie fell pregnant again in February of the next year and gave birth to [[Prince Nikolaos of Greece and Denmark]]. Anne-Marie and Constantine established a small school in their villa to preserve the [[Greek culture]] among their children.{{sfn|Mateos Sáinz de Medrano|2004|p=371}} Despite the expansion of their family, Anne-Marie and Constantine had been experiencing some marital struggles in the early 1970s. It was reported that Anne-Marie in 1974 was considering filing a divorce and moving back to Denmark, however, their relationship was repaired and even "strengthened" as a result.{{sfn|Mateos Sáinz de Medrano|2004|pp=377–378, 382}}{{sfn|Opfell|2001|p=210}}{{sfn|Mateos Sáinz de Medrano|2004|p=378}}{{sfn|Dimitrakis|2009|p=128}}

Throughout this time, although they were living in exile, Anne-Marie and Constantine still formally remained the monarchs of Greece. They were paid monthly by the military junta, but lacked invitations to Greek governmental events. They were still allowed to represent Greece and the Greek crown at international royal events. For example, the pair attended the 21st birthday of [[Charles, Prince of Wales]], in 1969,{{sfn|Mateos Sáinz de Medrano|2004|pp=371–372}} the 2500th anniversary of the founding of the [[Persian Empire]] in 1971,{{sfn|Mateos Sáinz de Medrano|2004|p=373}}{{sfn|Dimitrakis|2009|p=140}} and the baptism in Madrid of François, the eldest son of [[Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz]].{{sfn|Mateos Sáinz de Medrano|2004|p=372}} One of the last events Anne-Marie and Constantine attended as the monarchs of Greece was the [[Frederik IX of Denmark#Death and funeral|funeral of Frederik IX]], Anne-Marie's father, whom she grieved deeply.