HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II EIGHTIETH BIRTDHAY

Belgrade 21 April 2006 The godmother of HRH Crown Prince Alexander is celebrating her eightieth birthday. Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander, Crown Princess Katherine, Prince Peter, Prince Philip and Prince Alexander warmly wish Her Majesty a wonderful birthday, long life and much happiness always.

Their Royal Highnesses will be attending the birthday celebrations Her Majesty’s Queen Elizabeth II 80th Birthday Dinner at Windsor Castle Saturday 22 April 2006.

When HRH Crown Prince Alexander was born 17 July 1945 the United Kingdom Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill declared suite 212 in Claridge’s Hotel in London Yugoslav territory. His Holiness Patriarch Gavrilo of Serbia baptized Crown Prince Alexander in Westminster Abbey. The Crown Prince’s godparents were His Majesty the late King George VI and the then HRH Princess Elizabeth now HM The Queen Elizabeth II.

Their Royal Highnesses will be presenting Her Majesty with a beautiful Serbian national costume handmade and embroidered especially prepared by Mr. Dragan Ilic and family in their workshop “Srma - Etnoart” (a business developed thanks to the Serbian Agency for the Development of Small and Medium Size Enterprises and Entrepreneurship) from Jakovo near Belgrade. The national costume will be in a traditional engraved wooden box. Their Royal Highnesses are most grateful to the Ethnographic Museum in Belgrade for their expert advice.

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