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BLIC ZENA, 27.03.2006. ONE OF US EXCLUSEVLY HRH Crown Princess Katherine Karadjordjevic No vacation for the princess When we got married, Alexander asked me only two things: to love his sons and his country – said HRH Crown Princess Katherine
- Princess Katherine will join you as soon as she finishes the important meeting – told us people from PR office. They are showing us to the Blue Saloon with magnificent view of Avala and Kosutnjak. At the same time, Crown Princess Katherine appeared from the other room and greeted us warmly: “Did you get any refreshment?” she asked and asked for few more minutes. When she saw a photographer, she charmingly apologized: “Give me few more minutes, just to put some make up”. Then we really noticed that Princess Katherine has no make up. Untill than we saw that she is a strong, pemperate woman, eager to use every minute of her time.
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Only moments before that she completed an important meeting with Darinka Matic Marovic, our famous choir conductor. Princess would like to send one of our choirs abroad. “This country has great musicians and incredible talents”, she explained. “And I think that culture can be the best medium to represent one nation”. The Royal Palace is the place where many artists were as guests to Their Royal Highnesses. “Alexander loves Balkanika. They played here in july last year, for his birthday”, told us Princess. When we talk about everyday activities, Princess Katherine emphasizes her humanitarian work, that she has been involved with for 15 years now. During the clashes in former Yugoslavia, Royal Couple organized great number of humanitarian deliveries to all the people in need, regardless their ethnic or religious origin. In August 2001, when Karadjordjevic family members (www.royalfamily.org) oficialy became inhabitants of Serbia and Montenegro, Foundation of HRH Crown Princess Katherine was established (www.pkfond.org), and humanitarian activities organized by Princess Katherine expanded even more.
Dinner for incubators “Ministry of health appointed me for a main coordinator of Humanitarian help raising for Serbia and Montenegro and I accepted my role very seriously”, said Princess. Her Foundation is helping to the public health, children, old people, refugees… “Right now we are in the Campaign for modernization of neonatal centres in Serbia. That is one way to give support to young couples to start their own family. It is necessary to have newborn babies in good conditions, with good quality medical equipment in maternity wards”, says Princess. She is proud of humanitarian event that she organized this January in Athens. More than 660.000 euros has been raised on a charity dinner in order to buy incubators and additional equipment for neonatal centres in Niš, Kragujevac, Novi Sad and Belgrade. “We have asked every couple on that dinner to donate a sum that is equivalent to a value of one incubator. That was very brave move. Nothing like that has been done in Greece before”, proudly says princess. “Dinner for two had a value of 10.000 Euros!”
Childhood in Greece HRH Crown Princess Katherine is coming from a very respectfull family from Greece. She is daughter of Robert and Ana Batis. She grew in the house full of love. She studied in Lozzane, Switzerland, Denver and Dallas USA. - My oldest sister Betty and I had a confortable life, but we have been raised in that way that we know that there are people with less happiness – says Princess Katherine. – Therefore, I have volontiered in orphanages while I was on the high school. For her parents Princess says they were great philantrops. - My need for helping people, to care for others is something that I inherited. My father, in cooperation with King of Greece founded a foundation that gave to the widows with small children saving books to provide them with some savings when there is a time for marriadge. That is very important in Greece – explains Princess Katherine.
Life lasting love When she is talking about her first meeting with Crown Prince Alexander, her voice becomes softer and she turns into a simple wife, truly in love with her husband. She admits that she felt in love for the first time in the age of 39, when she met Alexander on a private dinner in Washington. - His charisma and sincereness were totally irrisistable for me – she remembers. When they met, they both already had one marriage. - I have son David and daughter Allison from my first marriage. She gave me four grandchildren: Amanda, Stefani, Nicholass and Michael – says the proud grandmother. – It is now Davids turn to make me happy. He is currently living in Athenes, where he remarried and promised me a grandchild. I know that he will be a great father because he is now a perfect uncle.
Gordana Golubović Photo Vladislav Mitić/Family album |
