Queen Frederika most certainly added a little 'spice', if you will, to the Greek monarchy. The political intrigue that went on was quite a unique situation per a constitutional monarchy is concerned at that time. Although it was an extraordinary phenomenon of Greek politics and royal intrigue that is unprecedented in modern times. However, as fascinating as this issue is, it was unhealthy for an institution as the monarchy to carry on intermingling or influencing with the political world.
Yes, the meddling certainly went farther back. Unfortunately, many Western Europeans in the 19th and even early 20th centuries, out of ignorance, considered the Balkan peoples relatively 'wild.' The same paternalism that tainted European colonialism and Europe's approach to the Balkans and the Levant likely influenced modern Greece's monarchs.
Yes, Queen Frederika certainly had her personal charms and cared about the Greeks, but politically and in diplomatic circles she was a loose cannon and, fatally for the monarchy, a very bad example for her son.
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