HSH PRINCESS IRA VON FÜRSTENBERG BIRTHDAY GALA DINNER DANCE AT THE WHITE PALACE

Belgrade, 18 April 2010 – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine hosted last night a very special birthday gala dinner dance for Her Serene Highness Princess Ira von Fürstenberg at the White Palace. On Friday night Their Royal Highnesses hosted a dinner at the Royal Palace.

Princess Ira von Fürstenberg’s birthday was attended by many prominent guests from all over the world which included Their Serene Highnesses Prince Sebastian, Princess Virginia and Prince Hurbertus, Princess Elisabetta von Fürstenberg, His Highness Prince Amyn Aga Khan, His Serene Highness Prince Pierre D’Arenberg, Her Highness Princess Beatrice Hohenlohe, Her Serene Highness Princess Gunilla of Bismarck, Prince Carlo Giovanelli, Princess Laure de Baeauvau Craon, Princess Marina Pignatelli, Baroness Januaria Piromallo, Count and Countess Schoenburg, Count Carl Anton Goess Saurau, Countess Marcella del Majno, Count Marco Camerana, Count Rudy Brescia, Countess Beatrice von Hardenberg de Borbon, Baroness Estelle Mentzingen, Baroness Helen de Ludinghausen, Lord and Lady Powell, Senator Mario D’Urso, His Excellency Mr. Clemens Koja, Ambassador Austria and Mrs Koja, His Excellency Mr. Armando Verriechio Italian Ambassador and Mrs Veriechio; Her Excellency Mrs. Mary Bruce Warlick, Ambassador of the United States; His Excellency Mr. Nils Krister Bringeus, Ambassador of Sweden; Her Excellency Mrs Mercedes Felicitas Ruiz Zapata, Ambassador of Mexico; His Excellency Mr. Igor Jovovic, Ambassador of Montenegro and Mrs Jovovic.

In the afternoon Their Royal Highness hosted a luncheon cruise on the Danube and Sava Rivers.

His Royal Highness Prince Philip was unable to come from London due to the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland, but luckily the children of Crown Princess Katherine, Mr David Andrews and Mrs Alison Andrews made it to Belgrade from Athens, which was not affected. Their Royal Highnesses were very sad that many guests were unable to come from the United States and Europe to Belgrade. Their Royal Highnesses were very impressed with the travel creativeness of guests in their endeavour to get back home by car after the birthday festivities.

Princess Ira von Fürstenberg is the daughter of Prince Tassilo von Fürstenberg and Clara Agnelli, the sister of the late Mr. Gianni Agnelli the Chairman of Fiat.