Funeral of the Duke of Brunswick, 1953

The Funeral of Prince Ernst August III of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick at Brunswick Cathedral, followed by the burial in the Royal Mausoleum in the Berggarten at Herrenhausen Gardens in Hanover on this day in 1951. Royal Attendees included Princess Viktoria Luise of Prussia, Duchess of Brunswick (widow, in the Order of St. George and the Order of Saints Olga and Sophia), Queen Frederika of Greece (daughter, wearing the Order of the Redeemer), King Paul of Greece (son-in-law, in the Order of the Redeemer and the Order of Saints George and Constantine), Queen Ingrid of Denmark (wearing the Order of Saints Olga and Sophia), Prince Ernst August of Hanover (son, in the Order of the Redeemer and the Order of Saints George and Constantine), Princess Ortrud (daughter-in-law), Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hanover (son), Princess Sophie of Greece and Hanover (daughter-in-law, wearing the Order of Saints Olga and Sophia), and Prince Welf Heinrich (son).

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  1. Why were most of them wearing Greek orders and not Hannoverian or orders from their own country/dynasty?

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