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| all photos: courtesy of HRH Crown Prince Alexander |
The Prince of Wales guest of Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine at the Royal Palace
Belgrade, 16 March 2016 – His Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales was hosted at the Royal Palace for tea by Their Royal Highnesses Crown
Prince Alexander, Crown Princess Katherine, Prince Peter, David Andrews and
Alison Andrews.
The Prince and the Royal Family met in the Blue Salon of the
Royal Palace, after which Their Royal Highnesses continued their conversation
in a family atmosphere. This meeting is very important for Crown Prince
Alexander and the Prince of Wales, whose ancestors in the last century on
several occasions visited the Royal Palace. The Crown Prince gave Prince
Charles an icon of Saint George, the patron saint of England, and the best wines
from the Royal Vineyards in Oplenac. Crown Princess Katherine prepared a
handmade Serbian shawl and handbag for the Duchess of Cornwall.
The Prince of Wales took a short tour of the Royal and the
White Palace, where he had the opportunity to see the exhibition “Two Royal
Families - Historical Ties” about the relations between the British Royal
Family and the Serbian Royal Family.
In the past at the request of Crown Princess Katherine the
Prince of Wales gave to the Princess Katherine Foundation an autoclave
steriliser for the Gynaecological Clinic within the Clinical Centre of Serbia.
This valuable donation was delivered by Crown Prince Alexander and Crown
Princess Katherine, in the presence of the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to
Serbia.
The Royal Family Karadjordjevic has multiple family ties
with the British Royal House of Windsor. These family ties are on the side of
the Windsors, the family of Queen Elizabeth II and on the side of her husband,
Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. The kinship between the Serbian and the
British Royal Family began with the marriage of King Alexander I and Romanian
Princess Maria after the First World War. The future Queen Maria was the
great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Crown Prince Alexander is also related
to the Queen’s husband, Prince Philip, through his mother, Queen Alexandra, who
was the daughter of the Greek King Alexander, the uncle of Prince Philip.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (the mother of the Prince of
Wales) is the godmother of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander, together
with her father, the British King George VI. The godfather at the baptism of
the Crown Prince’s father, His Majesty King Peter II, was the British King
George V and the King’s Envoy to the baptism in Belgrade was the future British
King George VI (the father of Queen Elizabeth and the grandfather of the Prince
of Wales). Crown Prince Alexander’s grandmother, Her Majesty Queen Maria was
the great-granddaughter of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. Their Royal Highnesses
Crown Prince Alexander and the Prince Charles were also together at Gordonstoun
School in Scotland.
Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander and Crown
Princess Katherine will attend tonight the State Dinner at the Home of the
Guard, in honour of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duchess
of Cornwall.
Their Royal Highnesses were invited to the reception
Thursday 17 March at the Parliament given by the Speaker of the House Mrs Maja
Gojkovic and the Ambassador of the United Kingdom, but regret they cannot
attend since they will be flying that night to Cape Town South Africa. They
will be guests of former President F.W. de Klerk of South Africa for his 80th
birthday Friday 18 March. They were guests ten years ago for the President’s
70th birthday party when Nelson Mandela was present.
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