The funeral of Constantine of Greece continues to give moments to comment, one of those was the gesture that King Felipe had with his father, the emeritus monarch Juan Carlos I.
Both traveled to Athens for the funeral of the former uncle of King Felipe and brother-in-law of the emeritus. Although Juan Carlos was with Doña SofÃa, his daughters and respective grandchildren, the cameras managed to capture a great moment between father and son.
King Felipe and Juan Carlos I at the funeral of Constantino
King Felipe, 55, was able to reunite affectionately with his father at the Tatoi Palace. The moment only lasted a few seconds, but could be seen thanks to the television cameras of a Greek channel that has captured the images.
According to the press, the last time they both made a similar gesture was at the funeral of Infanta Pilar in 2020.
The relationship between father and son was affected by the investigations of the emeritus and the controversies turned the monarchy upside down with Felipe as the current head of state. In 2020 Juan Carlos I finally left the country and headed for Abu Dhabi, in the Arab country he has remained for the last few years and has only returned to Spain on one occasion.
