ROYAL COMPOUND WILL OPEN AGAIN FOR VISITORS FROM 1 APRIL 2009

Belgrade, 25 March 2009 – The Royal Compound will open once again 1 April for tours following the winter. Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine are pleased to call on all interested citizens to visit the Royal Compound. The organisation of regular tours continues in cooperation with the Tourist Organization of Belgrade every weekend from 1st of April through 31st of October.

The first official tour for 2009 is being organized for representatives of the media on Wednesday 1 April at 12pm.

Visiting the Royal and White Palaces is organized in such a way that visitors with professional tour guides will get acquainted with the history, art and culture in a nice two-hour walk through the Royal Compound. The tour includes the magnificent Royal and White Palaces and the Royal Chapel dedicated to the patron Saint of the Royal Family - St. Andrew the First Called.

Every Saturday and Sunday from 1 April through 31 October in two regular periods 11am and 2pm, the Royal Compound will be open to the public. Tours starting from 2pm will be guided as well in English. We invite all foreign guests to join and visit the Compound. The entry ticket includes the round trip transfer tourist bus starting from Nikola Pasic Square in Belgrade, the Royal Compound is only a few minutes from the city centre. There is also the possibility to organize group tours during work days with a previous appointment. For all information and reservations, visitors must visit the Tourist Information Centre, Makedonska 5, Belgrade or call 011/33-43-460 or email dvorski_kompleks@yahoo.com. The limit per group is 50 people.

Schools, students and pensioner associations interested in visiting the Royal Compound should call the Office of HRH Crown Prince Alexander directly at 011/306-4014 and 011/306-4038 or email: m.vasiljevic@dvor.rs and m.trajkovic@dvor.rs .

We kindly request all media to send their accreditations for the first official tour of the new season no later than Tuesday, 31 March at 4pm.

For further information please visit www.royalfamily.org/tours/index.htm