‘My father knew he would never return to Yugoslavia, his son’s death destroyed him’ – Jelisaveta Karađorđević’s Story Of 27 March, Youth, Arranged Marriage
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Once upon a time, I was born in a grand white palace on the very edge of Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia.
That palace is called the White Palace. I was the only girl in a house full of boys. My father was Prince Pavle, who served as the Regent of Yugoslavia from 1934 to 1941. King Peter II was only 11 years old when his father, King Alexander, fell victim to an assassination in Marseille on 9 October 1934. This is how my father became regent and Peter’s guardian until he reached adulthood in September 1941. My mother was the beautiful Greek princess Olga, who was
