The casket carrying the former and last king of Greece has emerged from Athens’ metropolitan cathedral after a funeral service attended by royalty from across Europe.

Greece's government says the country's former and last king will be buried as a private citizen in Tatoi, the former summer residence of Greece’s royals and the location of his parents' graves.

Constantine, the former and last king of Greece, who won an Olympic gold medal before becoming entangled in his country’s volatile politics in the 1960s as king and spent decades in exile, has died.