By Marisa Laudadio
6:45pm PDT, Mar 25, 2021
On March 24 and 25, 2021, Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, traveled to Greece — marking the British royals' first major overseas visit since the coronavirus pandemic began more than a year earlier. The trip to Athens was in celebration of the bicentenary of Greek Independence Day and had special significance as Charles's father, Prince Philip, was born in Greece into the Greek and Danish royal families. Keep reading to see all the best photos of the Prince of Wales and his duchess in Greece, starting with this shot of them attending the Independence Day Military Parade at Syntagma Square in Athens on March 25. Keep reading for more…
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Prince Charles inspected the first rank of Greece's Presidential Guard at the Presidential Guard Barracks in Athens on March 25.
Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall waved goodbye on March 25 as they departed Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos following a two-day royal visit to Greece.
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall wore a mask that matched her dress and brooch when she attended a wreath-laying ceremony at the Memorial of the Unknown Soldier in Syntagma Square, Athens, during a two-day visit to Greece to celebrate the bicentenary of Greek independence on March 25.
Prince Charles was presented with the Gold Medal of Athens by the Mayor of Athens, Kostas Bakoyannis, at Athens City Hall on March 25.
Here's a close-up of the Gold Medal of Athens that was presented to Prince Charles on March 25 during his two-day tour of Greece.
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall attended an official state dinner and reception at the Presidential Mansion in Athens on March 24.
Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, posed next to Greece's president, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, and her partner, Pavlos Kotsonis, at an official state dinner and reception at the Presidential Mansion in Athens, Greece, on March 24.
Prince Charles gave a speech during an official state dinner and reception at the Presidential Mansion in Athens, Greece, on March 24.
Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall smiled behind their masks during a visit to the National Gallery in Athens on March 24.
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall wore a mask depicting the feathers of the heraldic badge of the Prince of Wales during a visit to the National Gallery of Greece in Athens on March 24.
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Charles visited the National Gallery in Athens with Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis on March 24 during their two-day visit to the country.
Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall visited the National Gallery of Greece in Athens on March 24.
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Charles met up with Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his wife, Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotakis, outside the National Gallery of Greece in Athens on March 24.
Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall arrived at Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos on March 24 to begin a two-day visit to Greece to celebrate the bicentenary of Greek independence.
