Princess Olga of Yugoslavia (née Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark), mother of princess Elizabeth
Prince Pavle of Yugoslavia (prince regent of Yugoslavia 1934–1941), father of princess Elizabeth
Little princess Elizabeth
Princess Elizabeth
Princess Elizabeth with her parents and brothers
Princess Elizabeth at the age of 8
Peincess Elizabeth at the age of 16
during presidential elections in 2004
Princess Elizabeth
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Her education started in Kenya, then in Great Britain and Switzerland, finally she studied the history of fine art in Paris. She speaks English, French, Spanish, Italian, and Serbian and is a citizen of the United Kingdom and Serbia.
She spoke out in Europe and America on behalf of bridging the gap between ethnic hatreds. Working behind the scenes through United Nations programs, she also journeyed to the Vatican in 1989 to ask to help improve relations between Catholic and Orthodox communities in Yugoslavia. At the end of 1990, she created the Princess Elizabeth Foundation, a non-political, not-for-profit organization. Since the subsequent civil wars, her efforts have focused heavily on transporting medical supplies, food, clothing and blankets to refugee camps, in addition to finding homes for children victimized by war and placing older students in schools and colleges in America. Before the breakup of Yugoslavia began in 1991, she invited the Orthodox Bishop Sava and the Mufti of Belgrade, along with the Yugoslav Minister for Religious Affairs to attend a conference in Moscow that was hosted by Mikhail Gorbachev. This was the second international gathering of political and religious leaders committed to world reform that included Mother Teresa, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Dalai Lama, Al Gore and Carl Sagan. In 1999 during Yugoslavia bombings she openly critisized the NATO policy. In 2004 she decided to run for President of Serbia in the presidential election, even despite some objections from her relatives. She got 62,737 votes or 2.1%, being the 6th of fifteen candidates.
Quotations: I do not understand how people can feel superior to those of another faith or race. Such intolerance is deeply rooted in fear, which helps to perpetuate injustice and hatred. This deep programming prevents people from honouring and celebrating life's differences.