HRH CROWN PRINCESS KATHERINE’S SON’S WEDDING IN ATHENS

Athens Saturday 7 May 2005. - A joyous event took place this evening in Athens; Crown Princess Katherine’s son David married Angeliki Margariti in the magnificent Church of Saint Dionysius.

His Beatitude Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens and all of Greece officiated the wedding and His Grace Bishop Lavrentije of Šabac and Valjevo represented the Serbian Orthodox Church

The Best man is Mr. Prokopis Pavlopoulos Minister of Interior and Decentralization of Greece.

Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander, Prince Peter and Prince Alexander were present.

Crown Princess Katherine parents Mr. and Mrs. Batis and her daughter Alison Andrews were present.

The mother of the bride Dr. Fani Roumelioti – Margariti was present.

A reception at the Grande Bretagne Hotel followed the religious ceremony.

The following Ministers from Serbia and Montenegro were at the wedding:

Mr. Prvoslav Davinic Minister of Defense of Serbia and Montenegro

Dr. Milan Parivodic Minister of International Economic Relations of Serbia

The following Greek Ministers, Greek Government Officials and Officials were present:

Mrs. Marietta Giannakou Minister of Education and Religious Affairs

Mr. Panos Panagiotopoulos Minister of Employment, Social Affairs, Public Administration and Decentralization

Mr. Apostolos Andreoulakos Deputy Minister of Interior

Mr. Gerassimos Giakoumatos Deputy Minister of Employment and Social Affairs

Mr. Petros Doukas Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance

Mr. Evagelos Kouloumbis General Secretary Ministry of Development

Mr. Georgiadis Patroklos General Secretary Ministry of Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization

Mr. Ioannis Tragakis Vice President of the Greek Parliament

Mr. Giorgos Fotinopoulos General Secretary Ministry of Tourism

Mr. Dimitris Vrettakos General Secretary Ministry of Commerce

Mr. Eleftherios Zagoritis Greek Government Spokesperson

Mr. Savvas Tsitouridis Member of Parliament

Mr. Thodoros Kassimis Member of Parliament

Mrs. Eleni Kountoura Member of Parliament

Mr. Panagiotis Melas Member of Parliament

Mrs. Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou Member European Parliament

Mr. Dimitris Ariannas Mayor of Imittos

Mr. Antonis Sideris, Mayor of Ag. Paraskevi

Mrs. Tonia Kanelopoulou Vice Mayor of Athens

Mr. Bourdara Kelly Vice Mayor of Athens

Mr. Christos Tentomas Vice Mayor of Athens

Mr. Eleftherios Skiadas Vice Mayor of Athens

Mrs. Ira Valsamaki Vice Mayor of Athens

Mr. Charalambos Kokinos Regional Prefecture of Southern Aegean

The following Ambassadors in Greece were present:

Austria- HE Dr. Herbert Kroll

Bosnia and Hercegovina - HE Dr. Srdjian Ljubojevic

Bulgaria - HE Mr. Stefan Stoyanov

Egypt - HE Dr Magda Moustfa Kamal Shahin

Hungary - HE Csaba Korosi

Israel - HE Mr. Ram Aviram

Moldavia - HE Mr. Julian Magaleas

Romania - HE Mr. Caius Traian Dragomir

Serbia and Montenegro - HE Dr. Dusan Batakovic

Slovakia - HE Mr. Jaroslav Chlebo

The following officials were present:

Mr. John Bartholomeos President IKA (Social Insurance Institute)

Mr. Angelos Brattakos President ELTA (Hellenic Post Services)

Mr. Alexandros Likourezos President EPAE (Professional Soccer Club League)

Mr. Dimitris Kirzopoulos Vice President IKA (Social Insurance Institute)

Mr. Thodros Ambatzoglou Vice President IKA (Social Insurance Institute)

Mr. Vladimir Gajic member of the Advisory bodies of The Crown.

And many presidents of prominent Greek institutions were also present.