THE ROYAL COUPLE AT THE SUSAN G. KOMEN GLOBAL RACE FOR THE CURE® IN WASHINGTON

Vice President Biden. Dr Jill Biden, Princess Katherine and Ambassador Brinker spoke in front of more than 50,000 people

Belgrade, 6 June 2009 – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine attended today the Susan G. Komen Global Race for the Cure® in Washington D.C.

Vice President Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, served as Honorary Co-Chairs of the Global Race for the Cure. Dr. Biden, a long-time advocate for breast health education and outreach, delivered a speech to the more than 50,000 runners and walkers during the Race’s opening ceremonies.

“My husband Joe and I are thrilled to participate in the ongoing effort to raise awareness, fund research and empower people throughout the world in the fight against breast cancer,” said Dr. Biden.

Motivated by the breast cancer diagnosis of four of her friends, Dr. Biden started the Biden Breast Health Initiative, which in the past 15 years has educated more than 10,000 ninth-through-twelfth-grade girls in Delaware about proper breast health.

HRH Crown Princess Katherine gave a speech a speech with Crown Prince Alexander next to her: “My country Serbia is a country known for many things - a rich history, wonderful natural beauty, a proud and industrious people. It is my privilege, and my husband’s privilege, to honour them by the work that we are doing on their behalf today. Unfortunately, my country is also known as a country with the highest mortality rate from breast cancer in all of Europe. The toll of this disease on the mothers, sisters, aunts, grandmothers - and on the families that many of them leave behind - is heartbreaking and real, made more tragic by the fact that in my country, many of these women might have been saved by early detection and early treatment.

If you wonder, at the dawn of this beautiful day, whether what you are doing really has an impact on the entire world…

If you wonder whether the steps you take in your nation’s capital today will have an impact in capitals across the globe…

If you wonder whether the lives you are saving in the United States will translate into lives saved in Serbia, or Ghana, or Brazil…then wonder no more.

A great honour of my life has been to know Ambassador Nancy Brinker - whose loss of her sister, Susan G. Komen - inspired a movement”.

In addition the Crown Princess pointed out: “We need you - us - working together, so that the women of Serbia - the women of every country -- can one day know that breast cancer has been defeated”.

Following the ceremony Ambassador Nancy Brinker delivered the speech emphasizing:” It is through a promise that my sister -- Susan G. Komen -- continues to make an impact today. Nearly thirty years ago, before breast cancer took her life, Suzy made me promise her that I would do everything in my power to find a cure for this horrible disease. That promise between two sisters became the foundation for Susan G. Komen for the Cure. Nearly 30 years later, millions of people have made their own promises – to sisters, to wives, to mothers, to friends. And we have turned those promises into the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists. But through my travels as Ambassador, I meet thousands of women who still need our help. I promise them that they will not be abandoned or forgotten”.

The race was also attended by Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, actress Sarah Chalke, CBS’s The Early Show anchor Maggie Rodriguez, and W*USA9 morning anchor Andrea Roane, as well as Dr. Branko Terzic, member of the Crown Council and great friend of the Royal Couple.

The Komen Global Race’s opening ceremonies included performances by singer/songwriter Candy Coburn, who performed her new single, “Pink Warrior,” and Susan G. Komen for the Cure Circle of Promise Ambassador and singer Lalah Hathaway.

Following the opening ceremony, the Pink Panther started the 5K events from the Start Line stage. After the Race start, the Pink Panther spent the remainder of the morning at Kids for the Cure®, Komen’s special Race day program for children ages 5-12.

The Komen Global Race for the Cure marked 20th annual running of the Komen Race for the Cure Series in Washington, D.C., which was formerly known as the Komen National Race for the Cure. Komen for the Cure gathered more than 50,000 people to participate in the Global Race and raise more than $6.1 million, up to 75 percent of which will stay in the D.C. area to address breast cancer disparities in the medically underserved communities.