Word: monarchal
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...live the King!" Coming from the man whom the King had tried to overthrow only a week earlier, it was indeed an extraordinary cry, but it reflected some new realities in Greece: 1) the King will probably return home sooner or later, and 2) he will become a figurehead monarch, stripped of his former wide powers...
...mufti in order to run as civilians for office in the elections provided for in the new constitution, the ex-colonels' attitudes appear more activist. They seem not only eager to suppress leftists but also to break the power of the Greek Establishment. Under the new constitution, the monarch will no longer have power to appoint and dismiss Premiers or to promote and assign generals. He will, in fact, have none of the power that made it possible for the Greek throne to create its own mini-aristocracy of loyal retainers...
...film Becket examined the irresistible character who, upon slipping into clerical garb, warned his King that he would serve his new divine master as faithfully as he had served his old human one. He became a devoted protector of church rights and, inevitably, a resolute enemy of his monarch. Richard Winston, a translator who has also written a biography of Charlemagne, has produced an exceptionally clear and precise account of that momentous confrontation. In his hands, the antagonists emerge not only as complicated personalities who fall victim to situations of their own making but also as resonant symbols...
...fact, the junta at week's end openly declared that it would welcome the King's return. Explained Brigadier Stylianos Pattakos: "The King left on his own, and he may return on his own." The junta was not, of course, acting out of affection for the young monarch. Because Constantine is Greece's head of state and recognized as such by all other nations, his departure stripped the regime of its cherished veneer of legitimacy. Not one single foreign country offered to recognize the new regime, and in a calculated diplomatic snub, the ambassadors of Britain, France...
...next move is up to the country's young monarch. So far, though disapproving of the junta, King Constantine, 27, has gone along with the coup in hopes of influencing the colonels some day to hand back control to civilians. Does he now feel strong enough to risk his crown by openly defying them? And if he tries to replace them, would the colonels go quietly or fight to retain power? The junta is, after all, tough, dedicated and still convinced that it has acted in the best interests of Greece. The one thing that appears certain is that...