Interview with HRH Crown Prince Alexander
for “Dan” newspapers Montenegro

Crown Prince Alexander Karageorgevitch speaking with “Dan” regarding the position of the Serbian people in Montenegro: Serbs to be a constitutive nation.

I doubt that translation of Njegos’ Gorski vijenac to Montenegrin would be better than the original in Serbian language, says Alexander Karageorgevitch.

Crown Prince Alexander Karageorgevitch says in his interview for Dan that Serbs should be one of constitutive nations in Montenegro. Commenting on more frequent attacks on the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro and attempts of assimilation of Serbian people, he says that historically speaking “actions motivated by passions instead of good reason are rarely successful”.

~ There will be census organized in Montenegro in one month. What do you think about current status of Serbian people in Montenegro?

- I believe that the Serbian nation should be one of constitutive nations in Montenegro. Only then we will have mutual responsibility – different nations of Montenegro towards the state and from the state towards its nations and citizens. Otherwise, the state interests of Montenegro and their implementation would not be secured without basic consensus of all members of the parliament. And that is not the case now.

~ What are your comments regarding pressures towards the Serbian Orthodox Church and Serbian culture and attempts to assimilate the Serbian nation in Montenegro?

- Any actions motivated by passions instead of good reasoning are rarely successful in historic sense. I doubt that translation of Njegos’ Gorski vijenac to Montenegrin would be better than original in the Serbian language.

~ How do you see the role of Karageorgevitch Dynasty in Serbia today?

- We want to represent the state in the best possible way, to improve its’ image abroad and to promote connections with the world. Also, we try to help our people with humanitarian activities and to bring investors in the country.

~ How do you see the role of the Dynasty in the region, especially in countries like Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, with huge Serbian population?

- Other states, of course, have other priorities. Loyalty to the Monarchy is deeply rooted with our nation all across the Balkans.

~ How do you see the future formal and informal role of Constitutional Monarchy in Serbia, or other neighbouring countries where Serbs live?

- That role would be the same as in other Constitutional Monarchies such as Denmark, Norway, Spain, Netherlands, and others. The Monarch is head of the state and he reigns, while Prime Minister and his cabinet govern the country, based on people’s will represented by the parliament elected via free elections. The beauty of this system is based on the fact that head is neutral, is not a member of any political party, and guarantees unity, continuity and foundation of the state.

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Struggle for compatriots living abroad

~ Are you the Crown Prince of Serbia or Yugoslavia?

- The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, later on Yugoslavia, was a political reality from 1918 till 2003, even 2006. After all, the reality now is Serbia, and the new mission of modernizing, European unity, good neighbourhood relations, and the peaceful defending of the legitimate rights of the Serbian nation outside our state borders.