Taki Taki

Why is an Athens paper going after my old friend King Constantine?

King Constantine and Queen Anne-Marie at the Acropolis in 1963. Credit: Keystone/Getty Images 
issue 21 August 2021

 Gstaad

It seems to be open season on the royals, starting with Prince Andrew and the charges against him by Virginia Roberts Giuffre. I’ve met Andrew a couple of times, but he wouldn’t know me from Adam. I’ve never met anyone who has had anything to do with Jeffrey Epstein except for Ghislaine Maxwell, who has problems of her own just now. Like everyone else, however, I have my opinions about this motley crew. Lawyers have already killed some of my columns on this subject these past three years alone, so I better lay off the subject. What I am certain of I cannot publish, so I will write only that in my view the prince is a fool but no rapist.

Greek politics are a very rough and tumble business, and the press has at times not been known for its courage

Then there is the story of King Constantine of Greece, a friend of mine.

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