May 11, 1997 

 For Europe's Exiled Royal, Trouble 

 (EXCERPT ABOUT CROWN PRINCE ALEXANDER) 

"By contrast, Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia, a London based business executive, already has held extensive consultations with leaders of the opposition coalition that forced Milosevic to recognize their victories in last November's municipal elections. 

While some Serb opposition leaders are more receptive than others to the idea of restoring the monarchy, there is consensus that Alexander potentially could play a decisive role in unifying the electorate against the dictatorial Milosevic. 

Born in a London hotel suite in 1945, the year Tito abolished the monarchy, Alexander was educated in the U.S. Switzerland and Britain. He is a graduate of Sandhurst. England's military academy, and spent seven years as a tank officer in the British Army. 

The heir to the Yugoslav throne, who also happens to be a great grandson of England's Queen Victoria, is seen as a political moderate eager to steer his shattered country toward democracy and a market economy. 

For a political role model, he points to his cousin, King Juan Carlos of Spain, credited with helping Spain through a similar transition after the Franco era."