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Wedding of Juan Carlos and Sophia

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Dimension [pixels] File size [MB] Duration [Seconds]
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AYF7286211
Video title
Wedding of Juan Carlos and Sophia
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Private Collection
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h.264
Date
1962 AD (C20th AD)
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Nice general views of the decorated Omonoia Square with people gathered to watch the wedding procession of the successor to the Spanish throne Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia of Greece. The cars with the royal families and the royal carriage are accompanied by groups of soldiers on horses. At the end of the procession, people are crowded as they leave the spot. The marriage of the Spanish Throne's successor Juan Carlos and Princess Sophia of Greece was performed both according to the Catholic and Orthodox doctrine in Athens on May 14, 1962. The Catholic marriage took place at the St. Dionysius Church, which we watch at the film. The marriage has created a political problem in Greece that put the Karamanlis government in a difficult position, as Queen Fredericka of Greece pressured the Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis to set a large amount of public money for her daughter's dowry. On February 19, 1962, Finance Minister Spyros Theotokis submitted to Parliament a bill granting Sofia a dowry of 9,000,000 drachmas (approximately $2,500,000 of today's value) that was exempt from all taxation and could be converted into foreign currency. This decision caused a lot of reactions.

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Bridgeman Images
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© Aylon Film Archives / Nikolaos Athanasoglou
Video keywords
a lot of people / carriage / horse / animal / procession / court (royal) / Denmark / Europe / Scandinavia / Spain / crowd / Greece / Juan Carlos I of Bourbon (1938-) / Seven Wonders of the Ancient World / king / royalty / wedding / monarchy / queen / wedding dress / spectator / throne / bride / groom / footage