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Kingdom of Serbia Association reception at White Palace

Belgrade, March 4, 2016 – The Kingdom of Serbia Association, whose patron is His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander, organized a reception at the White Palace on the occasion of the recent Association’s Patron Saint’s Day – Saint Symeon the Myrrh Flowing.

The reception was hosted by Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine and Mr. Mario Majstorovic, Kingdom of Serbia Association President.

The reception was attended by the His Grace Bishop of Britain and Scandinavia Dositej, His Grace Bishop Arsenije of Toplica, HE Monsignor Luciano Suriani, Apostolic Nuncio to Serbia, HE Mr. Denis Keefe, Ambassador of the United Kingdom, HE Mrs. Julia Feeney, Australian Ambassador, HE Mr. Abdellah Zagour, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco, HE Mr. Li Manchang , HE Mr. Augusto Saraiva Peixoto, Ambassador of Portugal, HE Mr. Yusuf Ahmad Abdulsamad, Ambassador of Kuwait, HE Dr. Toufic Jaber, Ambassador of Lebanon, HE Mr Lazar Mirkic, Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Dragomir Acovic, chairman of the Crown Council, Prof. Dr Dragoljub Kavran and Mr Predrag Markovic, members of the Crown Council, Prof. Dr Kosta Cavoski, member of the Crown cabinet, Mr Vladimir Bozovic, advisor to the Prime Minister and many other members of the diplomatic corps, as well as the representatives of cultural and public life of Serbia.

Welcoming guests, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander pointed out that today we remember the founder of our medieval state and his distant ancestor, the Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja - St. Symeon.

On this occasion, too, I warmly thank for everything the Kingdom of Serbia Association has done in promoting the idea of ​​constitutional parliamentary monarchy, as well as for its great support to the Royal Family. Respecting our glorious tradition, but the achievements of our modern age as well, we can turn our country into a better place for all of its citizens - emphasised the Crown Prince in his speech.

The president of the Association, Mr. Mario Majstorovic, reminded that our country since its inception was a always monarchy and that Serbia achieved its greatest success and experienced its peak as such. Mr. Majstorovic emphasized that those nations that have managed to preserve the achievements of their countries and incorporate them into the modern age today are the most developed nations of the world, and that 7 of the 10 most developed countries in the world are monarchies.

“What is yet before us is the great steps by which we are going to draw the general public’s attention to this, for us, the most important issue our state, and the first such step is the Kingdom of Serbia Association Congress, which will be held in Vrnjacka Banja on March 27, at the seventy fifth anniversary of the accesion to the throne of His Majesty King Peter II” - said Mr. Majstorovic.

The distinguished guests were then addressed by Mr. Dragomir Acovic, chairman of the Crown Council, with a very inspiring speech.

The Kingdom of Serbia Association was founded by a group of the Belgrade University students in 2008 under the name King’s Youth, as a non-partisan, non- governmental and non-profit association, under the patronage of HRH Crown Prince Alexander, with the primary objective of restoring the monarchy in Serbia.

This group of young people, convinced that monarchy could help Serbia, managed to encourage both younger and older population of citizens to join them, by their activities and positive action.

Because of the desire of a large number of people over the age of 26 to engage in the work for the restoration of the monarchy, the King’s Youth, continues to act as the offspring of a larger organization since January 2010, open to all - the Kingdom of Serbia Association. Since its establishment, our Association has become the largest monarchy association in Serbia with constant growth in the number of members. Currently the Association has over 18,000 members, mostly younger than 35, who are organized in more than 80 committees and trustees’ offices throughout Serbia.