Crown Prince Alexander Karadjordjevic and his wife Princess Katherine Karadjordjevic with the school children at the Oscar Mayer Magnet School in Chicago 

Chicago, June 14, 2019 – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander and Princess Katherine of Serbia visited today “Oscar Mayer Magnet School” in Chicago. In 2008. the school became a cluster school with a Fine and Performing Arts focus and introduced a Montessori program and an International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program.  

This morning Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine took their time speaking to a class of 29 students ages 10 and 11 years old. Mayer’s students welcomed the royal couple with greetings in Serbian and by each handing HRH Crown Princess Katherine a white rose.    

Princess Katherine and Crown Prince Alexander Karadjordjevic 

Their discussion was about their daily lives, their favorite past times and their life’s work.  Her Royal Highness spoke to the children about love being the center of all things and that through love great things come.

Royal Karadjordjevic family (from the left): Hereditary Prince Peter, Crown Prince Alexander, Princess Katherine, Prince Alexander, and Prince Philp

The school’s music teacher, Melissa Hooker, encouraged students to share their ethnic background through song this school year. A fourth-grade student who is of Serbian descent, Katarina Frank, taught her class, old Serbian song  “Marširala Kralja Petra Garda”. The visit ended with all 29 students singing this song proudly and waving small Serbian flags for Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander and Crown Princess Katherine.

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