'Someone' at the event fouled up.
That someone should have had the guests all in perfect position just as the 'Greek-one' walked in and for him to immediately plonk himself down ready for photo-man to utter those famous 2 words, 'say cheese'.
All photo-man needed to do in the preliminaries was frame his shot and set the focus, ready to click when Stavros immediately sat down and smiled in response to, 'say cheese'.
Someone should by now have had words of wisdom spelt out to them by that helicopter pilot from Newark, and who was sat next to Phil.
Elementary project management. Or not in this case
Err No, you seem to have missed the point that the chaps you would have standing ready and at the whim of Stavros are probably older than Stavros.
Concur - busy people still working at 94 are allowed a certain level of grumpiness and need to be stage managed so their creaking bodies can cope.
Odd though, the Battle of Britain veterans who are possibly older than him, didn't come across as rude nor as obnoxious as someone who should know better, it is one of his many gaffs reflecting badly on a day that was for one purpose, to Commemorate those lost and to thank those who survived for their service.