Interviewer: Now news from Kosovo, electricity and water supplies are getting low since NATO’s attacks against Yugoslavian power control systems. The question now is NATO’s involvement actually destabilising the region. Here with more Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia. Welcome thanks for joining us.

Prince Alexander. It’s a pleasure.

Interviewer: Just so people know your father King Peter II fled Yugoslavia prior to World War II or as World War II was erupting?

Prince Alexander: During World War II just before the Germans came in. He moved to Greece and then eventually Egypt and finally London. The government was in exile in London during the German occupation.

Interviewer: And you are not only Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, but also related to many of the royal families of Europe?

Prince Alexander: Yes we are all inter-related cousins, uncles and aunts.

Interviewer: And yet you have not spent a great deal of time in Yugoslavia.

Prince Alexander: No, but this was due to the communist regime and the Milosevic regime. They don’t believe in what I believe and that’s democracy.

Interviewer: Milosevic doesn’t want you in the country why?

Prince Alexander: Because I have been the symbol for democracy – to make the change. I that it is a tragedy that over the years since Milosevic came in that he has been promoted by the west in all the negotiations and used for power really. To keep things going. 

Interviewer: So it would seem that you would be applauding this NATO exercise that many see as an attempt to get Milosevic out of power.

Prince Alexander: Well in fact the bombing, that I am totally against, has consolidated him. It has made him even stronger. He now controls 100% of the media. The opposition is in hiding and he has now become almighty.   

Interviewer: But it seems we are hearing reports that there are voices sort of coming out of the closets saying now – challenging Milosevic – saying it’s time to make peace with NATO, time to try and conclude this war on some terms.

Prince Alexander: Well I would hope. I think the United Nations is the key to the peace, but you see Milosevic doesn’t want to loose face and neither do the nineteen of NATO. That is the problem so there must be a meeting point and the bombing must stop and then what is the future. I don’t want to see Milosevic there, because then he will start something else. He will probably blame NATO for losing Kosovo, which is very dear to everybody. I would like to see a democratic government in Belgrade that respects all citizens, no matter what religion they are or ethnic origin.

Interviewer: I imagine that if we had President Clinton sitting here next to you. He would say look we did everything we could, we negotiated, we had accords at Rambouillet and Milosevic violated every single time. What would you have me do?

Prince Alexander: Well I did meet Mr Clinton in Amman in Jordan during the funeral of King Hussein and I did warn about the dangers of Mr Milosevic. Mr Milosevic is playing a dangerous game, which is called power. It is a very volatile chess game and I think they went along with it. They miscalculated and they thought that Milosevic would capitulate and they put a gun to the country's head at Rambouillet that was a disaster, but this is after ten years of a disastrous government. A regime in Belgrade working against its own people just for the purpose of power. Milosevic is like a mafia, he controls absolutely every avenue of life and even controls investments abroad. 

Interviewer: So if you were going to undo somebody whose tentacles run so deeply through the fabric of today’s Yugoslavia, where do you start?

Prince Alexander: Well first of  bombing is not the answer, it has created a second humanitarian disaster. The ordinary people are suffering, the regime is thriving in total power. I think the only way forward as I said is through the UN and you have to negotiate with Milosevic initially, but then he must be fazed out and the democratic opposition must be included in the process with the religious leaders. An enlarged conference.

Interviewer: But in the process are you forgetting about all those Kosovar Albanians refugees?

Prince Alexander: They must go back home and I think that the negotiations should start after the ending of bombing. People would loose face for sure - the leaders – but we must think of the humanitarian position. People will have to go home, but the winter is coming up quickly you know, a tent is not what you might call cover, and also there is the suffering in Serbia and Montenegro. So everybody is in the same basket under a regime and the west does not seem to be moving – the nineteen at all. So we have got two humanitarian disasters.

Interviewer: You yourself what you lost in the attacks on Yugoslavia?

Prince Alexander: I think we have all lost a name. The name of the Serbian people was a great name it was an ally during two big world wars and I think we have lost the name because of the regime in Belgrade and the west playing along with this regime making many mistakes in giving it leases of life. It is sad losing a name because we are a proud nation and Yugoslavia was a great nation. It was in fact created by my great-grandfather king of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and my grandfather named it Yugoslavia in 1929.

Interviewer: Crown Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia it is good of you to join us.

Prince Alexander: Thank you very much.

Interviewer: Thanks very much for being here.