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=====Styles and titles of deposed monarchs=====

General tradition indicates that monarchs who have ceased to reign but not renounced their hereditary titles, retain the use of their style and title for the duration of their lifetimes, but both die with them. Hence, prior to his death, Greece's deposed king was still styled ''His Majesty [[Constantine II of Greece|King Constantine II]]'', as a ''personal'' title, not as occupant of a constitutional office, since the abolition of the monarchy by the Hellenic Republic in 1974. Similarly, until his death, the last King of Italy, [[Umberto II of Italy|Umberto II]], was widely referred to as ''King Umberto II'' and sometimes addressed as ''Your Majesty''. In contrast, [[Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha|Simeon of Bulgaria]] who, subsequent to the loss of his throne in 1947, was elected to and held the premiership of his former realm as "Simeon Sakskoburggotski", and therefore is as often referred to by the latter name as by his former royal title and style.

While this rule is generally observed, and indeed some exiled monarchs are allowed diplomatic passports by their former realm, other republics officially object to the use of such titles which are, nonetheless, generally accorded by extant monarchical regimes. In 1981, the then Greek President [[Konstantinos Karamanlis]] declined to attend the wedding of [[Charles, Prince of Wales]] when it was revealed that Greece's deposed monarch, a cousin of the Prince, had been referred to as "King" in his invitation. The current Hellenic Republic challenged King Constantine's right to use his title, and his passport was revoked in 1994, because he did not use a surname, as his passport at the time stated "Constantine, former King of the Hellenes". However, Constantine II later travelled in and out of Greece on a [[Danish passport|Danish diplomatic passport]] as a descendant of [[Christian IX of Denmark]], by the name ''Constantino de Grecia'' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]] for "Constantine of Greece").