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THE CHANCELLERY OF
H.R.H. CROWN PRINCE
ALEXANDER
OF
YUGOSLAVIA
H.R.H. CROWN PRINCE
ALEKSANDAR
II
UNVEILS MONUMENT
TO
KING
PETAR
I IN
VELIKA
PLANA
Their
Royal Highnesses Crown Prince
Ale
ksandar and his son, Prince Filip visited today Velika Plana municipality
where the Crown Prince unveiled a monument to his great grandfather King
Petar I .
Serbian
Culture Minister,
Mr.
Branislav
Lečić
, Presidents of Municipalities Smederevo, Ivanjica, Rača, Aranđelovac
and Lapovo and other municipal officials were present.
Unveiling
the monument,
Crown Prince
Ale
ksandar
said that the period of
King
Petar
I reign was recorded in history and remembered by the people as a period of
strong democracy, when democratic principles were in the basis of public and
political life in
Serbia
. “Today we advocate the same democratic principles and our aim is to
introduce them in the state and social institutions”, the Crown Prince
pointed out.
The
Serbian Culture Minister, Mr. Branislav Lečić
also addressed the several thousand present and emphasized that the return
of the Karađorđević Dynasty to our country was part of the
cultural process of the Serbian people that could be called “return to
ourselves” and added that it was the only way to step into a better future
with our heads raised up high.
After
Velika
Plana
,
Crown Prince
Ale
ksandar
and
Prince
Filip
visited the church Zahvalnica where Karađorđe was originally buried,
monastery Pokajnica and monastery Koporin, the burial place of
Prince
Stefan
Lazarević
.
Their
Royal Highnesses also visited the hospital “
Stefan
Visoki
” in
Smederevska
Palanka
where
Princess
Katarina
delivered humanitarian aid consisting of wheelchairs, prams and chairs for
children, shoes, blankets and food. On this occasion
Princess
Katarina
stressed that this was only
a part of the aid provided through her humanitarian Foundation and with the
assistance and support of kind people who were helping where assistance was
most needed.
Belgrade,
8 November, 2001
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