Editing Paul of Greece (section)

===Abdication of father===
Republican propaganda began gaining speed and was being produced by supporters of Venizelos, who was no longer serving in office. On 11 September 1922, a precinct of the army, led by colonels [[Nikolaos Plastiras]] and [[Stylianos Gonatas]], conducted a coup d'état which turned into the [[11 September 1922 Revolution]], where the second abdication of Constantine was demanded, in addition to the dissolution of the Greek parliament.{{sfn|Van der Kiste|1994|p=137}}{{sfn|Vickers|2000|p=162}} To avoid unrest and civil war, Constantine abdicated on 27 September, before fleeing to [[Palermo]] with his wife and daughters, leaving his two sons, Paul and George, behind. George, the eldest son, succeeded him as George II during political instability caused by the ongoing effects and aftermath of the [[Greek genocide]].{{sfn|Palmer|Greece|1990|p=65}}{{sfn|Van der Kiste|1994|pp=137–139}}

With his brother remaining childless, Paul was officially declared the [[Crown Prince of Greece]]. However, the birth of a child between George and his wife, [[Elisabeth of Romania]], would remove Paul from his first-in-line position to the throne. With greater roles as Crown Prince, Paul greater divided his time between serving as a lieutenant in the navy and completing his royal duties in Athens, where he attempted to assist George and Elisabeth in their roles of positively representing the monarchy, which had been facing backlash for almost the past decade.{{sfn|Mateos Sáinz de Medrano|2004|p=95}} Paul and George's father, Constantine, died in exile on 11 January 1923. The government refused to give Constantine a state funeral and Paul was placed in charge of organising his funeral in Italy.{{sfn|Hourmouzios|1972|pp=51–52}}

The Greek royal family further suffered damage to its reputation when Paul was involved in a car accident, which resulted in the death of a member of the public.{{sfn|Mateos Sáinz de Medrano|2004|p=94}} George was forced to pay a large sum of money as compensation for the victim's family by using the royal family's funds, which had already been greatly depleted because of the Greco-Turkish war.{{sfn|Mateos Sáinz de Medrano|2004|p=95}}