Petar Karadjordjevic, the Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, abdicated
Prince Petar Karadjordjevic announced that he had signed the abdication decision, renouncing all rights belonging to him on the basis of his birthright and passing them on to his next brother, Filip.
Prince Peter, the eldest son of Prince Alexander Karadjordjevic and grandson of King Peter II Karadjordjevic, signed the abdication decision, he said in a statement yesterday at St Andrew's Palace in Seville, in the presence of witnesses. renounces all rights to himself and to all his descendants who are born or will be born in a marital or extramarital affair.
"I do not relinquish the rights arising from the right to inherit the name, the membership of the Royal House, the title of prince and all other rights and obligations that law and tradition give and impose on a member of the family," said Prince Peter, whose decision to abdicate entered into force after signing.
The signing ceremony was attended by his mother Princess Maria da Gloria of Orleans and Breganza and the Duchess of Segorba, his stepfather Ignacio, the Duke of Segorba, the hieromonk Mikel Ortega Modest, the elder of the Church of St. Archangel Michael Priest in Palma, Palma Soul, Countess of Ampouria, Ljubodrag Grujic, member of the Crown Council, Chancellor of the Order and Herald of the House of Karadjordjevic, and Nikola Stankovic, Head of the Crown Prince's Office.
As he points out, he officially informed his father and the elder of the Royal House, Prince Alexander and the Serbian patriarch Porphyry, about his unwavering decision.
He believes that it is in the interest of the dynasty for the crown prince to live with his family in Serbia among his people.
In this regard, he points out that his brother, Prince Philip, tied his life and family life to Serbia, where nine decades later the first male member of the Karadjordjevic dynasty was born, the successor of Prince Philip, the future King Stephen.
Prince Peter states that he continues his life in Seville, as before.
The Karadjordjevic dynasty officially ruled the Kingdom of Yugoslavia until November 29, 1945, when Josip Broz Tito made the state a socialist republic. They had previously been in exile since the 1941 occupation of the country.
