No unfortunately I don't l know much about her, but I know that she was a widow at the time. Did you ....??? ... You nasty old
Just, kidding. Or am I Jonny?
She was in her 60s at the time, but she was good looking woman and its a queen!
I know something ( a lot) about Serbian (Yugoslavian) dynasty she was married in. Most interesting data for this board would be that grandfather of her husband did served legion.
I guess you two did come upon that subject. Did you Jonny? (That was our queen for good sake, The last one!)
Hi Dusa,
No, of course not! Silly man. I behaved very proper and respectful, as one does when having a glass or two of bublies with a Queen whilst overlooking the most romantic part of the Grand Canal in Venice.
But we got along very well, without all the complications of a romance, and chatted about a number of things, especially Yugoslavia, and the political situation there. I think the legion might have also got a mention, as it does when one is chatting with a Queen.
I remember at one stage I suggested that I could rent a car and we could drive together to Yugoslavia, but she declined the offer with a laugh, and then a sorrowful expression.
A lovely woman all around. She would have made a great Queen for you ‘pitskos’.
I’ii try to attach a few snippets of information for you.
Not sure if it will work.
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Love and marriageEdit
King Peter II and Queen Alexandra at their wedding day, 20 March 1944. From left to right: King
George VI of the United Kingdom, King Peter II, Queen Alexandra and King
George II of Greece.
However, it wasn't her cousin Philip whom Alexandra finally married. In 1942, the Princess met her third cousin,
[c] King
Peter II of Yugoslavia in an officers' gala at
Grosvenor House. The 19-year-old sovereign had lived in exile in London since the
invasion of his country by the
Axis powers on 6 April 1941. Quickly, they fell in love with each other and considered marriage, which greatly delighted Princess Aspasia. However, the sharp opposition of Queen Mother
Maria of Yugoslavia (Peter II's mother) and the
Yugoslav government-in-exile, which deemed it indecent to celebrate a wedding while
Yugoslavia was dismembered and occupied, prevented for a while the marital project. For two years, the lovers had only brief meetings in the residence of the Duchess of Kent.
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After a brief stay of Peter II in
Cairo,
Egypt, the couple finally married on 20 March 1944. The ceremony, at which the King's mother refused to participate, was held at the Yugoslav embassy in London.
[42] Marked by restrictions due to the war, Alexandra wore a wedding dress that was lent her by
Lady Mary Lygon, wife of
Prince Vsevolod Ivanovich of Russia(himself the son of
Princess Helen of Serbia). Among the guests at the ceremony, there were four reigning kings and queens (
George VI of the United Kingdom,
George II of Greece,
Haakon VII of Norway and
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands) and several other members of European royalty, including the two brothers of the groom (
Prince Tomislavand
Prince Andrew), the mother of the bride, the British
Queen Elizabeth,
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester and
Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent.
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