Word: antimonarchists
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...need for "redistribution of income to the poorer classes" and "a dash of socialism." Papandreou the elder had his differences with King Constantine, but he nonetheless favored the monarchy as an institution, arguing only that "the King should reign and not rule." His son is a far more outspoken antimonarchist. In an emotional speech last week, he announced that "the Center Union does not accept the King as co-ruler." Stephanopoulos & Co., he said, "are puppets who take their orders from the King...
...Olympic gold medal in 1960, Constantine can rely for some time on sympathy for his father and the good feeling engendered by his impending marriage next January to Denmark's Princess Anne-Marie to facilitate his task. But ultimately Constantine can calm Greece's latent antimonarchist feelings only by calling, like his father, on the motto of his royal house: "My power is the love of my people...