Today, 25 March 2020, Greece celebrates 200 years of independence.

Photos and videos from all around the world showed iconic building and emblems lit up by white and blue, the logo of #Greece2021. The highlight for many, was being able to follow on line the celebrations that took place in Athens.

HRH The Prince of Wales flew out to Athens last night, Wednesday 24 March and attended a dinner at the Presidential residence with Her Excellency, Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Greece's Primie Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis and other dignitaries. The Prince of Wales was in Greece as the official representative for the UK and spoke of his love of Greece. His speech can be read in full here.

The Evening Standard and other media outlets covered the Prince of Wales' Athens visit. The Evening Stard article has a video of HRH The Prince of Wales delivering his speech.

His final words were:

"The ties between us are strong and vital, and make a profound difference to our shared prosperity and security. Just as our histories are closely bound together, so too are our futures. In this spirit, tomorrow, stood beside you once again, your British friends will take great pride in Dionýsios Solomós’s rousing exhortation:

Χαίρε, ω χαίρε, ελευθεριά

[Hail, O Hail Liberty].

Ζήτω η Ελλάς!

[Long live Greece].

In London, the Embassy of Greece celebrates the anniversary of  the 200 years after the Greek revolution of independence with a live  audio-visual event. To watch this event, please visit  You Tube. Both Victorial Hislop and Professor Paul Cartledge spoke at the Embassy of Greece's on line event, as did Stephen Fry, pledging in his congratulatory message to Greece, his continued support for the reunification of the Parthenon Marbles.