RARE “Paul of Greece” Hand Signed 3X5 Vintage B&W Photo COA For Sale

Up for sale a RARE! “Paul of Greece” Hand Signed 3X5 Vintage B&W Photo. There is staining on this very rare item as shown. 

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succeeded by his son, Constantine II. He was

first cousin to Prince Philip, Duke of

Edinburgh and maternal grandfather to King Felipe VI of Spain. Paul was born at Tatoi Palace in Athens, the third son of King Constantine I of Greece and

his wife, Princess Sophia of Prussia. He trained as an army officer at the Royal Military College,

Sandhurst and later at the Hellenic Military Academy in Kypseli, Athens. Paul was an army officer cadet in the Coldstream Guards and Lieutenant with the Evzones. From 1917 to 1920, Paul lived in exile with his

father, Constantine I. From 1923 to 1935, he lived in exile again in England,

this time with his brother, George II. He worked

briefly in an aircraft factory under an alias, and through Viscount Tredegar met and befriended notorious literary

muse Denham Fouts, who later

alleged an affair. However, Fouts's friend John B. L. Goodwin said

Fouts often made up stories about his life, and literary critic Katherine Bucknell thought

many of the tales about him were myths. To

his family, he was known as Palo.  During most of World War II, from 1941 to 1946, when Greece was under German

occupation, Paul was with the Cairo, he broadcast messages to the Greek people. Paul returned to Greece

in 1946. He succeeded to the throne in 1947, on the death of his childless

elder brother, King George II, during

the Greek Civil the non-communist Greek government). In

1947 he was unable to attend the wedding of his first cousin, Prince Philip, Duke of

Edinburgh to the future Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom as he was suffering

from typhoid fever. By

1949 the Civil War was effectively over, with the Communist insurgents ceasing

the majority of their operations, and the task of rebuilding the shattered

north of the country began. In

the 1950s Greece recovered economically, and diplomatic and trade links were

strengthened by Paul’s state visits abroad. He became the first Greek Monarch

to visit a Turkish Head of State. However, links with Britain became strained

over Cyprus, where the majority Greek population favored union with

Greece, which Britain, as the colonial power, would not endorse. Eventually,

Cyprus became an independent state in 1960. In

December 1959, Prince Maximillian of

Bavaria presented King Otto's coronation regalia to

King Paul. It had been almost a century since they were last in Greece. Meanwhile,

republican sentiment was growing in Greece. Both Paul and Frederica attracted

criticism for their interference in politics, frequent foreign travels, and the cost of

maintaining the Royal Family. Paul responded by economising and donated his

private estate at Polidendri to

the State. In 1959, he had an operation for a cataract, and in 1963 an emergency operation for appendicitis. In late February 1964, he underwent a further

operation for stomach cancer, and died about a week later in Athens.[11] He was succeeded by his son, Constantine II.

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