Helena Smith in Athens 

From the day he was born in Claridges hotel in war-time London, Crown Prince Alexander has been raised as the quintessential English gentleman. 
Alexander Karadjordjevic has rarely visited his homeland, and speaks halting Serbo-Croat, but he is the man many hope will unite the forces to eject Slobodan Milosevic, Europe's last "dictator king". 
With the help of the internet the former British army captain has tried to enhance his role as unifier of Yugoslavia's notoriously fractious opposition. 
This weekend he held talks in Greece bringing together Serbian dissident emigres, politicians, clerics, trade unions, youth activists and journalists. The aim was to bridge the divisions that have helped keep Yugoslavia's isolated opposition disunited and Mr Milosevic in power. 
"Our quarrel is with the regime, not amongst ourselves," the exiled crown prince said in an interview at the close of the Athens talks. 
"And the issue in Serbia today is democracy, reconciliation and the country's reintegration into Europe. My contribution is to gather people from all areas who might not ordinarily meet. Here we have been able to express views without the bad breath of the regime breathing on us." 
Alexander - who lives and works within walking distance of Claridges - said he hoped the various groups would re turn with renewed impetus to unite against Mr Milosevic before the local elections. 
"We are all very concerned that this dreadful man is firing up another round of negative nationalism in Montenegro . . . that we could be headed for another civil war. We must get rid of him," he said, 
Polls show that only 25% of the Serbian population favours the restoration of the monarchy. But opposition leaders said they hoped that dissidents would accept the Athens declaration, proposing that Prince Alexander should oversee a council of "wise men", in collaboration with the church, to arbiter differences between them. 
"The crown prince is a very reasonable man, he has shown that he stands above politics by not taking sides. So why not get him to moderate in cases that we, the opposition, cannot resolve?" said Zoran Djindjic, heads of the Democratic party. 
Alexander openly admits that he would like to follow in the footsteps of his distant cousin King Juan Carlos I, who oversaw Spain's peaceful transition to democracy. 
"I don't want to ram the monarchy down their throats, to give them food they don't like," he said with a smile. 
"The biggest gift I can give the nation is democracy, to walk down the streets and see people being happy. That's a real monarchy. That would be fantastic."