How the Passing of a King Tells of Our Moral Strength

Greek and Olympic flags wave at half-staff as the Hellenic Olympic Committee commemorate Greece's former king Constantine II, in Athens, on Jan. 11, 2023. Greece's former king Constantine II, who has died at age 82, will have a private funeral next week and be buried at the former royal estate of Tatoi, his family and officials said on Jan. 11, 2023. Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP via Getty Images

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The passing of King Constantine II of the Hellenes—a former king who had been removed from the throne for almost a half-century—was not unanticipated; he was old and in poor health, with declining mobility.