STATEMENT OF HRH CROWN PRINCE ALEXANDER II ON THE OCCASION OF THE 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF HM KING PETER II ASSUMING FULL ROYAL AUTHORITY

On this very day 65 years ago in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia my father, His Majesty King Peter II, assumed full Royal authority.

When the people went on the streets to protest against the signing of the Axis Treaty and to support the assumption of full Royal authority of my father what happened was later misinterpreted and misrepresented. In spite of great popular support and throngs of witnesses and documentary evidence, this event of historical importance was twisted, abused and misinterpreted.

Thanks to the newly discovered film material recorded in Belgrade on 27 March 1941, today our people will have the opportunity to see first hand the truth of the events that preceded the great suffering our people experienced during World War II, our Civil War and post-war times.

I hope that other documents, which surely exist, will be made public so that we may all view our true history as it really was. History free of ideology, political manipulation and attempts to rewrite history to suit a minority abusing power for their own end.

HRH Crown Prince Alexander II

Belgrade, 27 March 2006