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Should Honor Or Criticism Be Queen Frederika's Lot ATHENS (CP)--It is said of Queen Frederika of Greece that 'she has great charm, strength ef character and intelligence-- but absolutely no tact. Mf this is true, lack of it was never any great drawback in the years she and the late King Paul occupied the royal palace and Frederika's voice was a wower in the land, one to be reckoned. with and usually . obeyed. But events of recent months have altered all that, drasti- cally cutting the range of in- _ fluence of the former Genman princess of the House of Han- over, granddaughter of the Kai- ser 'and descendant of Queen Victoria. And it may be that in the mew situation tact is the one characteristic' she will need most, "The death last March of the quiet, even-tempered Paul and the marriage of their 24-year- old eon Constantine, the new king, have put a young Danish queen on the throne and rele- gated Frederika to Queen Mother, in Greece a sort of Toyal has-been. It now remains to be seen whether the iron will of this determined woman, still only 48 will permit her to accept gracefully her place in the background, removed from the intrigue of palace and govern- ment she understands so well. FEAR CONTROL The recent widespread out- burst against her clearly indi- cates that many Greeks do not think she will. They fear she will continue to exercise -influ- ence through' her devoted son as it is alleged she did through her husband. Although Frederika has many detractors who paint her as self-seeking and bossy, she is not without admirers both at home. and abroad who insist she is the most maligned woman alive, slandered by those jealous of her talent for getting s done. Because her many connec- tions with England--she at- tended an upper - crust girls' school there and has_ family ties with the British throne through both lines of her paren- tage and by marriage--she has long fascinated British writers seeking to fathom the depth of her personality and assess her influence for good or evil. Generally they are divided in their estimation of the woman. But Reginald Peck, writing im The London Daily Telegraph at the time of the young king's wedding, said that to accuse Frederika "of either avarice or political ambition is wide of the mark to the point of malice." "It is also somewhat illogical since, as queen, she already had practically ali she could wish for of both wealth and in- fluence. She was utterly de- voted to her husband but the suggestion that her aim was to exercise power through him is absurd." HAS RURAL BACKING In Greece, where almost half the more than 8,000,000 popula- tion are peasants, her greatest support comes from the country areas, particularly in the un- derdeveloped north which has benefited most from her chari- table works. These are the people alice tionately grateful "for. her ef- forts in prémoting the queen's fund to assist the poor after the civil war, the Communist up- rising following the Second World War that left the country virtually destitute. She also has done much to promote Greek crafts, with re- tail shops and exports. bringing a new income to backward areas. But even in these works she is criticized by some who charge that Frederika never turmmed her hand to anything ex- |, cept with a motive of improv- ing her own prestige. The heart of the movement against her has always been centred.in Athens, particularly among intellectuais and Com- munist elements who, though banned in Greece, operate under the guise of various other names. But recently the Athens press, even the pro-government newspapers, also have taken up the chant against her. REFUSED. ALLOWANCE Finally, Frederika took the unusual step of issuing a state- ment denying any political in- volvement and refusing the $108,000 annual allowance of- fered her. King Constantine in- height of the crisis to return to his mother's side. The main charge always has | been that, working through the | late king and with her own con- nections. in government, she pulled strings to get her own way, to cut through sluggish bureaucracy and even to man- ipulate the workings of parlia- ment. Some legislation enacted since she and King Paul suc- ceeded at the death of Paul's brother King George II in 1947 does indeed show traces of the heavy hand of Frederika. A 1952 amendment states that in the absence of the king, and if the successor is not of age, the queen would act as regent. Another constitutional change ensured that Paul's son, Con- stantine, would be heir - pre- sumptive instead of Paul's cou- sin. Prince Peter. Peter, 55, has been rowing with Frederika ever since the Greek royal household. refused to recognize his wife, a Russian he married 25 years ago. Shortly after Frederika became queen the government formally deprived Peter's wife of the title' "'princess."' WANT NEW CLIMATE Many serious-minded Greeks say that the recent new cam- paign against Frederika rather overstates the case, that most Greeks are not so much op- posed to her personally as they are eager for an entirely new attitude in the palace. They want a more democratic--and less. influential--monarchy pat- termed after those in other Eu- ropean céuntries. And they feel that with a new young king and his teen-age queen, a representative of one of the most down-to-earth royal families in Europe, now is the ideal time for such a change. Constantine, a gay prince- about-Europe, has long enjoyed the affection of an indulgent nation. _Only recently, _with the tune-up fyour cor thot. is) Prince St. ond Bond St. MRS. JOHN CHMARA King Street H-S death of his father and the Greek - Turkish fighting over Cyprus, has he started to de- velop politically and shown an awareness of his responsibili- ties and an ability to er them. But the king knows there is always a_ strong feeling in Greece for the return of repub- lic status, which existed from 1924 to 1935. He knows also that in the last 100 years one of his predecessors expelled. THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesdey, November 10, 1964 21A on the| throne was assassinated, one | terrupted his honeymoon at the| was dethroned and two were | Soprano Talks Of Opera House MONTREAL (CP)--It's "am- azing that a city like Montreal, which considers itself cultural," hasn't goi an opera house, says soprano Micheline Tessier. 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