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Visit the Royal Palaces

Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine are pleased to inform all interested citizens should they wish to visit the Royal Compound, that the organization of regular tours continues in cooperation with the Tourist Organization of Belgrade every weekend from April through October.

Visiting the Royal and White Palaces is organised so that visitors with professional tour guides will get acquainted with the history, art and culture in a nice two-hour walk through the Royal Compound. The tour includes the magnificent Royal and White Palaces and the Royal Chapel dedicated to the patron Saint of the Royal Family – St. Andrew the First Called.

Every Saturday and Sunday from April through October at two regular times 11 am and 2 pm, the Royal Compound will be open to the public. The entry ticket includes a round trip transfer tourist bus starting from Nikola Pasic Square in Belgrade; the Royal Compound is only a few minutes from the city centre. There is also a possibility to organize group tours during work days by previous appointment. For all information and reservations, visitors must visit the Tourist Information Centre, Knez Mihailova 5, 11000 Beograd

Tel: 011 2635 622; Fax: 011 2635 343

Contact person: Ms Sanja Pavlovic

Email: dvorskikompleks@tob.co.rs Website: www.tob.co.rs

The limit per group is up to 50 people.

Schools, students and pension associations interested in visiting the Royal Compound should call the Office of HRH Crown Prince Alexander directly at 011/306-4014 and or email: kancelarija@dvor.rs.

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Crown Prince Alexander extends congratulations for Hanukkah to the Jewish community

Belgrade, 7 December 2015 – His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander extended his congratulations for the Hanukah Jewish holiday, to H.E. Mr. Yossef Levy, Ambassador of Israel to Serbia, Mr. Isaac Asiel, Great Rabi of Serbia and Jewish community leaders.

Crown Prince Alexander said in his congratulations letter: “It is my great pleasure to extend congratulations for the great Holiday of Hanukkah. May you remember one of greatest miracles in long Jewish history in happiness and joy with your loved ones. I hope that warmth and light of Hanukkah candles will inspire all of us to give our best in building better and more tolerant society ”.

His Royal Highness sent a letter to H.E. Mr. Yossef Levy, the Ambassador of Israel to Serbia, Mr. Isaac Asiel, Great Rabi of Serbia, Mr. Jakov Danon, President of the Jewish Community Banja Luka, Mr. Jakob Alba, President of the Jewish Community of Belgrade, Mr. Nenad Fogel, President of the Jewish Community of Zemun, Mr. Robert Sabados, President of the Jewish Community of Subotica, Mr. Goran Levi, President of the Jewish Community Novi Sad and other prominent citizens.

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ANNOUNCEMENT - Traditional Christmas Bazaar of refugee women handicrafts will open Friday 11 December at the Stadium mall

Belgrade, December 8, 2015 – The traditional Christmas Bazaar of women refugees, which is under the patronage of Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Katherine, will open at the shopping mall “Arena” (Zaplanjska 32 in Vozdovac), Belgrade, on Friday, December 11, at 10:00 am.

The Bazaar will be opened by HRH Princess Katherine and Mr. Vladimir Cucic, the Commissioner for Refugees of the Republic of Serbia, in the presence of numerous guests from cultural and public life of Belgrade, as well as the diplomatic corps. The Bazaar will be open until Sunday, December 13, every day from 10:00 am to 10:00 pm.

All proceeds from the Bazaar are in favor of the refugee women and their families, as well as socially vulnerable persons.

We kindly ask the media representatives to cover the event.

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Akhilesh Pillalamarri

WHY MONARCHIES ARE STILL RELEVANT AND USEFUL IN THE 21ST CENTURY

The institution of monarchy has been back in the news lately, with the abdication of the erstwhile Spanish king Juan Carlos I and the ascension of his son, Felipe (Philip) VI. Elsewhere in the world, monarchies still make the news and shape events in places as far apart as Thailand, Bhutan, Belgium, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia. To many contemporary readers, monarchies seem to be purposeless antiquated relics, anachronisms that ought to eventually give way to republics.

On the contrary, nothing can be farther from the truth. Monarchies have an extremely valuable role to play, even in the 21st century. If anything their number should be added to rather than subtracted from. To understand why, it is important to consider the merits of monarchy objectively without resorting to the tautology that countries ought to be democracies because they ought to be democracies.

There are several advantages in having a monarchy in the 21st century. First, as Serge Schmemann argues in The New York Times, monarchs can rise above politics in the way an elected head of state cannot. Monarchs represent the whole country in a way democratically elected leaders cannot and do not. The choice for the highest political position in a monarchy cannot be influenced by and in a sense beholden to money, the media, or a political party.

Secondly and closely related to the previous point is that in factitious countries like Thailand, the existence of a monarch is often the only thing holding the country back from the edge of civil war. Monarchs are especially important in multiethnic countries such as Belgium because the institution of monarchy unites diverse and often hostile ethnic groups under shared loyalty to the monarch instead of to an ethnic or tribal group. The Habsburg dynasty held together a large, prosperous country that quickly balkanized into almost a dozen states of no power without it. If the restoration of the erstwhile king of Afghanistan, Zahir Shah, widely respected by all Afghans, went through after the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001, perhaps Afghanistan would have more quickly risen above the factionalism and rivalry between various warlords.

Third, monarchies prevent the emergence of extreme forms of government in their countries by fixing the form of government. All political leaders must serve as prime ministers or ministers of the ruler. Even if actual power lies with these individuals, the existence of a monarch makes it difficult to radically or totally alter a country’s politics. The presence of kings in Cambodia, Jordan, and Morocco holds back the worst and more extreme tendencies of political leaders or factions in their countries. Monarchy also stabilizes countries by encouraging slow, incremental change instead of extreme swings in the nature of regimes. The monarchies of the Arab states have established much more stable societies than non-monarchic Arab states, many of which have gone through such seismic shifts over the course of the Arab Spring.

Fourth, monarchies have the gravitas and prestige to make last-resort, hard, and necessary decisions — decisions that nobody else can make. For example, Juan Carlos of Spain personally ensured his country’s transition to a constitutional monarchy with parliamentary institutions and stood down an attempted military coup. At the end of the Second World War, the Japanese Emperor Hirohito defied his military’s wish to fight on and saved countless of his people’s lives by advocating for Japan’s surrender.

Fifth, monarchies are repositories of tradition and continuity in ever changing times. They remind a country of what it represents and where it came from, facts that can often be forgotten in the swiftly changing currents of politics.

Finally, rather counterintuitively, monarchies can serve up a head of state in a more democratic and diverse way than actual democratic politics. Since anyone, regardless of their personality or interests, can by accident of birth become a monarch, all types of people may become rulers in such a system. The head of state may thus promote causes or stir interest in issues and topics that would otherwise not be significant, as Prince Charles’ views on architecture prove. Politicians on the other hand, tend to have a certain personality — they are generally extroverted, can make or raise money, and have a tendency to pander or at least publicly hold to pre-defined mainstream views. The presence of a head of state with a psychological profile different from a politician can be refreshing.

Most of the criticisms of monarchy are no longer valid today, if they were ever valid. These criticisms are usually some variation of two ideas. Firstly, the monarch may wield absolute power arbitrarily without any sort of check, thus ruling as a tyrant. However, in present era, most monarchies rule within some sort of constitutional or traditional framework which constrains and institutionalizes their powers. Even prior to this, monarchs faced significant constraints from various groups including religious institutions, aristocracies, the wealthy, and even commoners. Customs, which always shape social interactions, also served to restrain. Even monarchies that were absolute in theory were almost always constrained in practice.

A second criticism is that even a good monarch may have an unworthy successor. However, today’s heirs are educated from birth for their future role and live in the full glare of the media their entire lives. This constrains bad behavior. More importantly, because they have literally been born to rule, they have constant, hands-on training on how to interact with people, politicians, and the media.

In light of the all the advantages of monarchy, it is clear why many citizens of democracies today have an understandable nostalgia for monarchy. As in previous centuries, monarchy will continue to show itself to be an important and beneficial political institution wherever it still survives.

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On This Date‬ in 1935, the King Peter II was officially opened. It was designed to be just a railroad bridge with two lanes and console for cars. HRH Prince Paul, an uncle of HM ‪King‬ Peter II officially opened the bridge. During the ‪‎Second World War‬ the Yugoslav Army destroyed the bridge in order to stop Nazi’s progress. The bridge was rebuilt after the Second World War and renamed to “Red Army Bridge”, while today is known as “Pancevo Bridge”. ‪

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Crown Prince, Crown Princess and Prince Alexander attend “Royal Dynasty – Karadjordjevic Family Return Home” book launch

10/12/2015

Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander, Crown Princess Katherine and Prince Alexander attended the promotion of the book “Royal Dynasty – Karadjordjevic Family Return Home” by Christina Oxenberg Karadjordjevic at the Delphi Café SKC this evening.

Greeting everyone His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander emphasized:

“It is with great pleasure I greet you at the launch of the book “Royal Dynasty – Karadjordjevic Family Return Home”, written by my dear cousin, Christina Oxenberg. Over the past twenty-five years, our country, unfortunately, was left by hundreds of thousands of its citizens. Among them, tens of thousands of the most educated. When a nation progresses, when it is winning and everybody in the country has a good life, then it is easy and comfortable to belong to it. In difficult times, when divisions, wars and wrongdoings burden everybody’s life, it is courageous to testify about belonging to one people, and return to it from abroad. Today, Christina Oxenberg, the descendant of Karadjordje, returned to her people. Brought up in a foreign country, she rediscovered her people and showed it to the world. Two hundred years ago, our common ancestor bought weapons and equipped the Serbian army to lead it to revolt. But Karadjordje used to say that Serbia has enough men to defend it, but few learned people to lead the country’s progress. Our Christina did not bring a cannon to Serbia, she came to Serbia to write a book. Through one of the major themes of the modern world – identity and self-revelation – Christina has revealed and showed her family and her Serbia to the foreign audience and our audience. A world that is worth living, working and fighting. Christina, a prominent writer, came with a new spirit and ideas for a new time. I thank her for that. I recommend this book to your attention and I wish her much success.”

Beside Crown Prince Alexander the book launch guests were addressed by Professor Cedomir Antic, a historian and a member of the Crown Council, Aleksandar Jovanovic, a journalist, and Kristina Oxenberg Karadjordjevic, the author of the book.

Christina Oxenberg Karadjordjevic is the descendant of the Serbian Royal Family, the great-great-great granddaughter of Karadjordje, the daughter of Princess Elizabeth Karadjordjevic and an established American writer. In the book “Royal Dynasty – Karadjordjevic Family Return Home” she presented us with an exciting personal and family story that contains three segments: the short story of the family whose fate was firmly associated with one European nation and the history our continent and the West in general, over the past two centuries; Serbian history through the eyes of an American who grew up far from her country of origin, which she, in adulthood, passionately studied; Finally, the reader follows the story of self-discovery. Searching for the roots, the author provides an overview of the history of Serbian dynasty of Karadjordje until today. The book contains photographs from family albums that have never been published.

Christina Oxenberg Karadjordjevic presented herself for the first time to the Serbian public at this year’s Belgrade Book Fair. She is the great-great-great granddaughter of Karadjordje, the founder of modern Serbia. Born in 1962 in New York, her mother is Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth Karadjordjevic of Yugoslavia, and the father is an American Howard Oxenberg; by birth she is a citizen of the United States. She is currently living in Serbia. Christina is an established writer in the United States. Her first novel “Taxi” was significantly successful in 1986. Her sister Catherine Oxenberg starred in the role of Amanda, in the famous American TV series “Dynasty”.

The book “Royal Dynasty – Karadjordjevic Family Return Home”, translated by Nenad Dropulic, can be found in all Delfi bookstores, Laguna readers’ clubs, online bookstore www.delfi.rs and on the site www.laguna.rs .

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Crown Princess Katherine donates most advanced hospital beds to Clinical Hospital Center “Zvezdara”

Belgrade, 12 December 2015 – Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Katherine, accompanied by Ms Victoria de Silva, granddaughter of HRH Prince Tomislav and godchild of HRH Crown Princess Katherine visited today Clinical Hospital Center “Zvezdara” in Belgrade and donated ten most advanced Striker hospital beds for the Intensive care unit total value of 75,000 EUR. In addition, she has donated 2 gynecological tables worth 6,000 EUR. This donation was made due to assistance of Lifeline Chicago and Lifeline Canada Humanitarian organizations whose patron is HRH Crown Princess Katherine, and will significantly aid recovery of patients at the Intensive care unit.

Crown Princess Katherine emphasized in her speech that her husband Crown Prince Alexander and her will continue to support this health institution, like they have done during the last 8 years, when they donated hospital beds for the first time.

Princess Katherine donated yesterday ten most advanced Striker hospital beds worth 75,000 EUR to clinical Hospital Center “Dr Dragisa Misovic”.

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Royal Family celebrates Patron Saint Day of St. Andrew the First called

13/12/2015

Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine marked St. Andrew the First called – Patron Saint Day of the Royal Family today at the White Palace in Belgrade. The celebration was attended by Mrs Alison Andrews, daughter of the Royal couple, Ms Victoria de Silva, granddaughter of Prince Tomislav, Ms Christina Oxenberg Karadjordjevic, daughter of Princess Elizabeth, and Sir Desmond de Silva QC, PC father of Ms Victoria de Silva.

In the morning, His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia officiated the Divine Liturgy at the Royal Chapel of St. Andrew the First called with clergy of Belgrade – Karlovac Metropolis.

After the liturgy the Slava cake was cut with His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia at the White Palace.

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander emphasized to his guests but also to all citizens of Serbia and Republic of Srpska that today his thoughts and prayers, as well as those of all members of the Royal family are addressed to all those who struggle to survive in these difficult times, very grave times for whole the country. “I wish that this day, as well as all days to come, you live in peace, good health and well-being”, said the Crown Prince.

The Divine Liturgy and Slava lunch were attended by His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia, His Grace Bishop Lavrentije of Sabac, His Grace Bishop Jovan of Sumadija, His Grace Bishop Pahomije of Vranje, His Grace Bishop Ignjatije of Branicevo, The Very Reverend Father Stojadin Pavlovic, chief of Office of the Patriarchy, Effendi Muhamed Jusufspahic, Mufti of Serbia and Imam of Belgrade, Effendi Mustafa Jusufspahic, Mufti of Vojvodina and Imam of Bajrakli Mosk, Mr Isak Asiel, Chief Rabbi of Serbia, Father Leopold Rohmes, deputy Bishop of Belgrade, Professor Oliver Antic, special advisor to the President of the Republic of Serbia, members of the Advisory bodies to the Crown Hon. Branko Terzic, Mr Dragomir Acovic. Mr Dusan Babac, Mr Predrag Markovic, Mr Matija Beckovic, Mr Dusan Kovacevic, Prof. Dr Dragoljub Kavran, Prof. Dr Miroslav Gasic, Dr Dusan T. Batakovic, Prof. Dr Slobodan G. Markovic, Prof. Dr Cedomir Antic, Mr Djordje Djurisic, Mr Vladimir Gajic, Mr Djurdje Ninkovic, Mr Darko Spasic, Mr Mirko Petrovic, Mr Bogoljub Sijakovic and Mr Vladan Zivulovic.

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This year's "slava" cake at the celebration of the Royal Family's patron saint's day arrived from Kosovo and Metohija. The lady who prepared the cake is Mrs. Vesna Manitasevic, from Velika Hoca.

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Unveiling of the bust of King Alexander I in New Belgrade

17/12/2015

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander attended the marking of School “King Alexander I” Day and unveiling of the bust of his grandfather His Majesty King Alexander I in New Belgrade. Advisors to the Crown Mr Dragomir Acovic and Professor Dragoljub Kavran accompanied the Crown Prince.



Crown Prince Alexander emphasised in his address: “I am very happy, proud and deeply grateful to everyone who made it possible for the unveiling of the bust of King Alexander I, my grandfather, at this beautiful elementary school that bears his name. A hundred years ago, with the Serbian army and his people, he crossed Albania and endured all the difficulties which Serbia and the Serbian people were exposed to. Unfortunately, after the Second World War, his personality was pushed into oblivion, and history was altered and cleansed. My grandfather was not alone in that he was not the only King since my father King Peter also suffered harsh and undeserved treatment. Thank God times have changed! Today’s unveiling of the King Alexander’s bust shows and proves that injustice may be rectified. If our young generations know and respected our history, there is hope for a better tomorrow.” – said the Crown Prince.

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Crown Princess Katherine’s message International Migrants Day

Belgrade, 18 December 2015 – The world today celebrates the International Migrants Day, the date which was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2000, because the Convention on the protection of the rights of migrant workers and members of their families was established on that day in 1990. According to the United Nations there are about 230 million migrants in the world today. This date this year is of great significance because the world is facing the greatest migrant crisis since World War II. During 2015, a large number of migrants, about 3,600 lost their lives mostly in the Mediterranean Sea in an attempt to reach the European Union countries. Also during this year, more than 600,000 migrants passed through Serbia. Our country is proven to be a good and human host. The Government of the Republic of Serbia made sure that all migrants who passed through Serbia are registered, provided with temporary accommodation in camps, clothes, food, water, medicines. HRH Crown Princess Katherine wholeheartedly helped in providing humanitarian aid.

Crown Princess Katherine message for International Migrants Day:

“Our country and our people, unfortunately, know only too well what refugee hardship is. In the past, we often faced this adversity. Nobody in the world wants to be exiled from their homes or be forced to leave them. Each wound on the refugee’s soul is large and almost never heals. That is why we understand the pain and suffering of the refugees from the Middle East, who passed through our country this year. We have shown that we are a people of a great soul and a big heart. I am proud of that fact. All countries in the world have the sovereign right to manage their borders, but they are obliged to fulfill their international obligations, so that all people, regardless of nationality or legal status, can enjoy basic human rights” – said Crown Princess Katherine.

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What is the state of the Serbian Throne?

When King Peter II passed away, his only son, Crown Prince Alexander, became the new King. The transition of the Kingship was immediate, it was without any conditions and irrevocable. As long as the King is alive, King Peter II only heir is Crown Prince Alexander, regardless of whether he is of age or not. At the moment of the death of the Crown Prince Alexander’s father King Peter II, Crown Prince Alexander became the King and head of the Royal Family.

The Head of the Royal Family and the personality of the King and his function are united in the same person. HRH Crown Prince Alexander does not officially use at this time the title of King, but this has absolutely no bearings on his status and rights. The position and the right pertaining to the King can only be renounced through an official act of abdication, in which case the Crown Prince automatically becomes the new King.

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Crown Prince and Princess open new state of the art “call center” Children’s SOS line

23/12/2015

Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine together with Mr. Edward Wayne, Director of the Foundation “Bridge of Life” and his wife Tatjana attended the opening of a new state of the art “call center” of the children’s SOS which was established exactly 10 years ago by HRH Princess Katherine in cooperation with the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and Sports, the National Office of the President of the Republic and Telekom.

On the tenth anniversary of the founding of SOS Children’s line, Princess Katherine called her good friend Mr. Edward Wayne, who along with his charitable organization “Bridge of Life” that helps orphanages around the world, to come to Serbia, to visit NADEL, to assist in the adaptation of premises and modernisation of the technology used by the Children’s SOS line. Mr. Wayne accepted the princess’ invitation, visited the Children’s SOS line and very kindly invested substantial resources in order to reconstruct the space premises of the Children’s SOS line and provide new software and hardware for processing data on children calls.

The Head of the National Children’s Lines Ms. Zeljka Burgund points out that once neglected area of the former archives of Zvecanska was converted into the most advanced call center, which could be envied on by any European children’s line.

Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Katherine expressed her great gratitude to Mr. Edward Wayne and his wife for their wonderful help and the time they invested in this project which will be most beneficial for our children. “My husband Crown Prince Alexander and I will continue to help as much as we can. I am very proud of our work and all the successes that the line has achieved. We want the work with children to improve and evolve, to start working with parents and to promote further development of the children’s telephone line. This new space will enable all this.” – Said Princess Katherine.

Mr. Edward Wayne, Director of the Foundation “Bridge of Life” said that for all the children victims of abuse in family or who have similar problems, the SOS Children’s line represents a light at the end of tunnel, and that thanks to Princess Katherine and all the others present today that light will keep shining on.

Children’s SOS line is available to all children and youth in Serbia (1.3 million children aged 6 to 18 years) 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and the call is free from all mobile network and all phones. The call is confidential, anonymous and the counseling services are constantly accessible for children, teens and adults concerned about children on number 0800 123456 and 116111 as of tomorrow.

The ceremonial opening of the SOS Children’s line was also attended by Mrs. Milka Kalaba from the Ministry of Education, Labour, Employement, Veteran and Social Affairs, representatives of the Ministry of Education, Mr Branko Stefanovic, director of function for big business users of Telekom Serbia, representatives of UNICEF, directors of Homes for children without parental care, as well as numerous associates of the National children’s line.

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HRH Crown Prince Alexander Karadjordjevic – At the service of the country

Upon the final return to the homeland in 2001, Crown Prince Alexander, as the head of the House of Karadjordjevic, was given the right by the government to live in the Royal Compound in Dedinje, the White and the Old Palace, built by his grandfather, King Alexander the Unifier. Although both Palaces are confiscated property of the Karadjordjevics, the Crown Prince invested enormous personal resources into abandoned and dilapidated buildings, with nearly 7,000 square meters, out of which 135 hectares of parks that were overgrown, which represent Serbian Versailles. In less than a year the two Palace buildings were capacitated for receptions and charity events. For three years of independent financing of the Palaces, Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine organized, except for domestic guests, a series of receptions for high-level delegations from abroad, foreign embassies, and their guests, received a number of crowned heads, presidents and former presidents and thus significantly contributed to improving the image of Serbia in the international community.

It is less known that HRH Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine have been persistently, for years, helping thousands of children, war orphans and children without parents, giving them in the White Palace Christmas and Easter presents. Through the myriad of humanitarian activities significant funds have been raised and to help flood victims, allocated to children’s homes, thanks to the Crown Princess’ engagement children have been sent to summer camps in Greece, free of charge. Along with caring for children, the Crown Prince’s Foundation for Education and Culture has been awarding special scholarships to the best students from Serbian universities and providing dozens of scholarships to several European and American universities, including 40 scholarships for master studies in England, at the University of Nottingham. The Crown Prince’s Foundation has organized the participation of our students in a number of summer schools and helped establishing of the first Centres for Career Development in the four state universities. Every year in June 600 vukovci from Serbia and Republika Srpska come with their families to the White Palace where they are recognized for their great academic achievement.

The Crown Prince opened the Royal Compound for tourism and visits, it was in the past a “forbidden zone”. In Serbia, where all major museums have been closed for more than a decade, the White and the Old Palace, which already on the architectural level are the monuments of the highest category, with their collections of paintings representing foreign and domestic authors, from Nicolas Poussin, Palma il Vecchio, Canaletto and Rubens’ school, to Aivazovsky, Eugene Delacroix, Paja Jovanovic, Vlaho Bukovac, Spiro Bocaric, along with a series of sculptures in the open air by Mestrovic, today qualify as the best Serbian museum accessible to a wide audience. At the initiative of Crown Prince Alexander many valuable works of art have been restored, at the expense of friendly countries’ governments.

At the initiative of HRH Crown Prince Alexander free tours of the Royal Compound were initiated for the first time every year for children, pensioners, students, etc. In the past decade, accompanied by the Palace guide, numerous visitors saw the Compound, about 330,000 of them from Serbia. The Tourist Organization of Belgrade has guided numerous foreign visitors, close to 30,000, during most of the year.

The Crown Prince’s wife, Crown Princess Katherine, has achieved gigantic results in the humanitarian field; for 14 years medical and other equipment for our hospitals and health centres, has been coming to Serbia every year, a total of over 14 million euros! The Crown Princess’ humanitarian organization has donated over 200 incubators, mammograms and other essential, expensive medical equipment to Serbian medical institutions, has organized free surgery for sick children and has brought foreign surgeons to operate in Belgrade, on the patients with most serious conditions. With the support of HRH Crown Prince Alexander, six congresses of physicians have been organized, including the gathering for about 500 oncologists and establishing free practice for Serbian doctors at the best American hospitals (MD Anderson, Sloan Kettering, Mayo, Harvard), etc. Humanitarian activities, which have been going on continuously since the return of HRH Crown Prince Alexander in the homeland, have saved thousands of lives and a large number of patients, the poor and people with disabilities have been helped.

In order to cover the enormous costs, which is, even with the annual state support, impossible to do, the Crown Prince and Crown Princess sold their large house in London, acquired through decades long work and invested the money in maintaining the Palace, which is still the property of the state. Therefore, it makes no sense to respond to ugly tabloid headlines in our newspapers about the financial difficulties in the maintenance of the Royal Compound, but only to list the major activities of TRH Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine, who with their devotion and love for the people Serbia and are entirely at the service of our country.