THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JULY 24,

1954.

CONCLUDING

EX-KING PETER'S STORY

invasion

of matter will have to go ahead,

his ament being assumed

Just after the Normandy in June 1944, King

JE (url Dr Suvare. Peter Premier, flew to Mutta in Mr Churchill's York air ner arrange a meeting with Tita without Subaste returned and reported to that Tito uran co-operate with and

Sicbitants

the King

on June 20

King Peter willing

The London Government,

"We have no special interest which regime in the political

Few Yugoslavia. prevails in people in Britain, I unagine, are going to be more cheerful or downeust because of the more

of future constitution

Yugo #lovin."

On January 20wrote to Mr

to send a representative from Churchill: his National Liberation Moue- TIKA!.

and foreign political anlure, you have neither kept the informed about the work I have entrusted you, nor have you consulted me an any question "

WINSTON

CHURCHILL

GIVES ME A

It

I saw General Franco in 1950 at the summer residence of the former king. Just outsile Mad- rambling big. rid. It Spanish white house surrounded now by barracks. At its gaten Moorish Ruards. are Franco's

resplendent

I

ne

Then

BEL

my

uniforms.

Ms Non Ws horn on July 17, 19-45. Just before the birth phoned to London to tell Government's "Commission"— group chosen to be present and of my thus errify the birth hoir, to go to 41. Upper Gras- venor Street to await News

further

to wife the drove Claridges, and at 7.30 pm. Dr Kavadias, may Wife's Greek u to, and Dr Gilist, the well- known specialist, were able to the Inform the ranumittee that birth of a child was imminent at Claridges in room 327.

21

WAH

"As

21ever you know. toriaus Dr Subasic to make

definite

In agreement

my how barne, and I do not know it cien be presumed that he, as

the of

Royal Tito Prime Minister

without Yugoslav Government, my curent, could do anything binding upon me

I

sent

cart agree that my con-

could be presumed

1

NOTICED change in Subasic JIN That conscious had some hold over him It has since been re- called that as Ban of Croatia it was his duty to release

tu

Juve

protest

1

AT B

p.m. the

#

all political prisoners just would be very painful to me to before the

took and that I woul Germans He failed to

so be obliged over.

12als. and the Communists among

venile not drust The prisoners were shot by the Germans, 1 visited Rome presumption on the part of the Yugoslav Government where Pope Pius XII warn- Royal ed me to take care in dealeeing that it came into power

constitutionally because

ing with the Communsts in yed my confidence, my own country.

London, We returned to which was being bombed by

"doodle bugs.”

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†† ከ╣* 1

In mid-Augast SubaSK Tin Vis, and returned with htm Italy, where they verr Joured by Churchil The thre

In Home together lead but no waining that Chur- chill was to join in with

ther Talk Churfull told me he had foors Tito agreable nud polite. If with

of arrogance

Very

undiescorren

I could no longer ignore the fact that my continued support of Mihailovith exclusively would be a romantic fully, and would lead to civil war. I agreed to broadcast to Yugoslavia

Avold ein

down

AS A

was loo

the presentation of

Ione

Ti

A

nost lane bero, and say word against Mihailovitch

AN

DENTIST November 1 by

Subasic stateri:

signed

גליו

L

1-

I attempted to take a photo- graph of them. hat one of my twa ptain-clothes guards lore

'

the camera out of my hand and said: "No, you must not that; they would kill you. They would think you were putting the evil eye on thei

Franco himself I saw in his hastere but beautifully furnisti- red offer. It is a large, sightly sombre room with never a paper out of place on the desk Spanish oak.

his eyes.

but !

ing we decided to spend a little time on the Continent. My wife wanted to see Paris, where sho bad lived most of her He,

fo

that

in the

and it seemed Le France, my home-hunting was over for we found an apartment King George V hotel.

So I applied to the French

in 1947 We came to London

the to my old

wedding of Priness Embassy for it visa

Elizabeth, and Yugoslav diplomatie passport.

slayed

the usted ได They Claridges not There was quite a fuss delicately reminded me that my "Yugosiny" sulte as we knew n father had been shot on French but on the 4th door, where we

shudderexi soil, and they

to had Mrs Roosevelt for a neigh-

bour. Imagine history repeating liselt.

length they agreed to give

IDU a transil visa (I was goin to Switzerland). and my wife, of course, could have her visa for France.

So my wife went to Paris o Bastille Day: 1940, and I follow- ed later in the Cessna Crane, Gerald Payne dying it back,

THE wedding was quite a 1- union for the royal families of Europe. It WHA good to se Michinel of Rumania again, nud the first time the to meet for Crown Prince of Denmark, now King Frederick, and to intel the Crown Prince of Swede1a. now King Gustav We

I took Michael and told hum

I stayed in Paris one day and then stored to Switzerland. went to Basle and Zurich, Franco is a small men

had a wonderful holiday. Eng- he

ส Ja big personality

atistere nover Adw

once land was still the him stnite throughout our talk bin I could period of rafloning, and it was not

forget

bright, a shock to find plenty of butter, 1 managed to piercing, looking out of a quiet eggs and meat.

myself ill with rather than Bad, Bank of a face. al He looked

like a professional sudden change of diet

although the poker player.

distinguishert. He maculately ||5| 10 1lack clothes with a pearl grey the

Government Commission, made up of Dr itibarz, Nayat Captain Masuurle,

arrlyed and Dr Davidovic,

p.m.

had

Cornmission assisted at the birth. Claridges at 9.45 All went well, and at 9.20 pau. the offlefal staternent was given woukt als like to polat out that HM. the Queen

other Riven birth in a N011 real you But all the

of my mebers

GovernIL have also confrinet to me in they also were atletice

Ite እነምዐ dark during negotiations of Dr Subnste prior to dis draft agreement

Hore

WON

Inter- We spoke through an

make

the

WE two months in St

preter. Franco chler or Pre-Warm went tick A 10 pm: the Commission tocol, the Conde de las Torres, to Paris to the Ritz listel, 1 man- signed the stalement

who speaks beautifully in Eng- asted to get a two-month Visa ush, French, German, Russian, after #lol of difficulty. and almost every other lingue but Chinese, so he told to first we spoke in French but later finind that English was more mutually agreeable

An

།atew the Pirnidion Olsokolvitch, whom 1 dat met #1 Che Detreat Ravanica Church, and who bat come over Ny specially to be persent al

n's birth, blessed xt|

Rave

Name Peter **

This

the child temporary

King Peter had wired Tuto

re-giving" is an old that they Teel suggesting

the Tito's reply, through"

"Subasir, Serbian custom in case of

the asked the King for his prompt death of the child acceptance of the Tito-Subaste real christening agreement and

asked thai

WALM

very

עוז

before

the

by

on

AL

-

I slipped over To London fo altend to my affairs, and when

got back to Paris 1 was told: "We cannot have you here any

longer Your he in danger We

a visit have been there are plois against life

why Iol

Monaco?

go

that your 10

ניזוניו י !

"Lank herr, Michael, you will either be killed or shoved mut very porsa, Why don't you take Your chance and stay here?" Michael agreed with me but said he had try to clear *D the mess.

A few months later he signed on the dotted line and got out.

In 1947 many Yugoslovs came over to Britain under the scheme of European voluntary workers. and there are still between eight und ten thousand THE

in agriculture in Bre- engaged tain. I used to come over from Paris three

four times year to visit my people in their various hostels.

گرام

SHOCK

grammes, that i had become 20 car salesman,

You can uagine the relish of the headine sub-editors "Broke King to Sell Motor Car

King Sells 1irealtinst Food on Radko

But it wasn't true. A Parisian journalist named Santy recom- mended me to a public relations counsellor, Mr Roy de Groot, of Fifth Avenue, New York. inok after my publiesty and arriage a series of lecture Jours

Mr de Gront agreed and was

lecture tour's negoliating

with universities and agencies

I hoped that the lecture fuurs would pay for my visit to Amerien, which was inainly con- cerned with The emigres who were settling down there.

It might have been interesting beenuse I love cars und 1 um mechanically minded. As a young and enthusiastic man I wanted to do something to Dying and not Just useless politician,

rehurned

Corn my remain a

But

to Paris to Carry on the task of holding together the thousands of Yugo- slay people who have voluntarity Rone into exile rather than toler- me a regime which they dislike, Like them, I without a country. cherish a hope that shall retu

o wanderer Like them one day

I

welfare of MY Last meeting with Farouk AVA made his face tura red. Dur- Ing the war I was presented with two mobile radio transmitters by President Roosevelt in Catro. I asked Farek if he would store them in his huge garage al the palace in Cairo.

Then Mr de Groof wanted me to sponsor things like ice creuan and Cadillac cars on radio and television. I thought that was going too far, and said so.

Mr de Groot told me that i his business it was usual to pay at the beginning. He suggested in fee of $10,000.

HADN'T got $10,000, and 11 vested it in this sort of business, had 1 would not luve 1-

Which made Mr die them noyed.

1 have been to America several times, prinespally to ob- tain consent to unfreeze Yugo- and also to free funds, alay

lo belonging

United States eluzens.

WVE had about 24 hours

money gether, found that Francs knew as much about the firs

been

i was quite useless telling them that it was quite easy for my enemies to get into Monoe, So we spent Christmas at Monte Carlo. It was bitterly cold, but without snow, which I love. We spent the rest of the winter in

Moritz

St. mother.

with

my

wife's

In 1951 1 made a trip which got

of undeserved

the

4

speech After reading J

in of my country as I did myself. contradiction

14 Krave

I wanted to change my envoy Agreement in Yugoslavia

publicity. in Madrid and to have release Tito on August 7, I handed

some funds which had to declaration August 8

order that U.S.S.R. frozen in Spain, In and British, U,S,A.. Ambassadors to the effect that, my representative could live in

oli Madrid. with the ugreement Yugoslav politicians in London, I declared myself self-acting King again. The situation had been farcical.

the Government come at mice

(0 Yugoslavia. King Peter dismissed a Government

JUGOSLAVIA

much on the agenda at the I Yalu Conference in February.

in The Russians were advancing rapidly. Roosevelt was norious that Russia should enter the Wir against Japan and WIN innst eager to placate Stalin.

"In a message to the Regents. I stated;

that

the

I got permiston to change my envoy, and my funds were re- leased.

of

It-

they

I was kept very busy helping There was a considerable ten-

prisoners to get Yugoslav slon between the President and

war, excupees, and others. Churchil because of the British

11 is clear to me

settled in countries where Tito and night against the Communists in

Regency has been unable to could find a way of livelihood Greece. These factors combined fuil the constitutional role for and get them out of displaced to ineline Roosevelt to give way which I appointed it. have, persons camps which were to Stalin even with the opposi therefore. decided to abolish over Europe. tion of Churchill's sager point

the Regency. I thank you for of view. The fact that Rouse-

your effort in cluing what I velt WAN by now a very sick know was your best in the full-

not improve

ment of your difeul dulles."

In order

avoitt possible tension of relations In The country.

gured that King Peter II, shut not return to the country until the people ive pronunced their decision in this respect, and that in his absence the Royal power should

he wielded by a Regency enun-

"

signet

12

which

Later Subasic

Tito withi agrimeri alated:

11.M. King Peter 11. can dis- pose of his estates and property In absence...

"Regular intercourse between H.M. the King and the Regency Council will be established and guaranteed."

1 sent

On New Year's Day the following rather pathetic

letter to Uncle Bertie:

"I am sending you a copy of letter I wrote to Mr Churchill, make him Please help me to understand my point of Wew. I to cannot act against my oath the Constitution.

"I know this is right and wise

and will avold a lot of trouble

in the future, and will safeguard

ETRIFI did diplomacy.

his

Ko

On hearing the decisions of the Tito- the Big Three that Subusie agreement must through with all speed, realised that I must trust my fute to their guaraniec,

On March 8 I chose as Re- gents: Dr Srdjan Budisavljevic, the Serbian member; Dr Ante Mandle, the Croat member; Sernec. the and Ing. Dushan Slovene member,

long

caused

011

Just before the declaration of the Republic and my denuncia- tion of the Regency, I went to Liberated visit the Counell of Prisoners of War who hud re- fused to go back to Yugoslavia.

In the 1 visited Osnabruck British Zone of Germany, where and entered there were about 30,000, WHEN the Russians

Yugoslavia they proceeded to another camp where there were disarm and imprison

Chetnik mostly officers and a good pro- forces. During 1245 and the portion of generals. They did early months of 1946, Mihailo- not like a Communist regime viich was hunted as a traitor and were stil! loyal to the and collaborator.

monarchy.

He was at last taken, "red" by Communists and put to death in the summer of 1940, when I did all I could in my Bght for his release.

he

The trial was a pathetic copy King Peter 10rote letter on his country's troubles of what we have come to expect to Mr Churchill, in which he from Communist trials. The old suggested the seven or eight dishevelled man with his grey

which

beard sadly confessed that currencies, much confusion, should be was a criminal, a murderer,

that everything replaced by one, backed by collaborator,

they told him to say.

Mihailovitch's death Is now on May 8, the day of the widely recognised as one of the last and most disgraceful of the crimes in World War II. cluded:

the Western Powers,

(HURCHILL'S answer came

my people from untold miseries, German capitulation.

1 teel very hurt at the moment

as it does not look as if I am

given a fair chance.

"I did not bargain in the durk days of 1040 when I came in on this side unhesitatingly."

ON January 9, 1046, Churchill

accused me of complicating

It con-

These men also dreamed that the Alles would soon arm them and equip them to fight Tito.

I still used to get in a certain amount of flying, usually from Fairoaks aerodrome near Wok- Ang in my Cessna Crane, which had been given to me by Presi- dent Roosevelt.

number

of I made quite a trips with my instructor, Gerald Payne, a squadron leader in the R.A.F.

to Norwich, to the Lake District, the Isle of Man, Once or twice my wife came with me, but she does not like flying; it makes her Ill.

of

0.1

BOUT my

મૈં

son

"We have indeed done evČTY- The years after the war are because of the thing in our power to influence memorable evolution in Yugoslavia in the meetings I had with the sadly manner we thought right. But diminishing royal family

Your Europe. › cannot conceal from Majesty that events so far have dicappointed my best hopes and that there is much which La happening in Yugoslavia that I regret but am unable to pre- vent."

I

attended

This royal family,

of

month

born

was

before my now re- wife became

concerned that duced to six crowned heads, the

birth

Was overdue. Deven including myself, Wan Someone told her that a once a glittering cavalcade

an aircraft would Indeed trip in majesty; so impressive

accelerate the birth. So I took her up in the Cessna

Crane, We flipped about a bit at 10,000 be feet (the prescribed

altitude)

An

that Queen Victoria made

in futuro British

should

A thanksgiving edict

that

the war effort with my insistence service at St Paul's. As I was coronations

not

on the Constitution. Indeed this leaving I encountered Winston attended by crowded heads. was a bad time for the British. Churchill on the steps. 1 con- The Rundstedt offensive on the gratulated

him on the victory

Western Front was a particular to which he had contributed so

not help wishing that the end

and I did a few show-off tricks.

But nothing happened,

The

boy was born a month later as the doctors and I felt it would

cause for concern.

magnificently, though I could

be,

On January 15 I Churchill:

wrote

to

ful if no mention was made in

Churchill murmured a few

of the war had not left me in THAT was why I was not at such a hopeless position.

Elizabeth II.

The coronation

Parliament on Yugoslavia

当-

"I would be extremely grate-

10

Just about the time of the of Queen Mihailovitch drial we had

give up our house in Upper- words of concillation. He said: Along with an enthusiastic Grosvenor Square because the

Paris I saw that magnificent owner wanted to

into flats, So we moved Queen is Crowned."

convert

present. This would enable my "Things in Yugoslavia are not flm, "A efforts to have effect But if

arise, going so well as we expected It thrilled me, France, I be- Claridges and we started look pay question should please do not run me down in unfortunately there's not much love, was most surred by it, ing round for an apartment.

Parliament."

we can do about it yet."

Bpain shrugged shoulders and News from Yugoslavia became said: "Sol":

On more and more alarming.

it

I remember looking at a Bat in Grosvenor Square, quite a

three, a mirse and servant. small furnished flat, It was just the right size for a family of

We were asked 140 guineus, à week.

Mr Churchill's speech in the House of Commons on January June 11:1 wrote to my Regents Spain is a country which is

That is interesting because 18 was a great 'shock to me:

in Belgrade:

monarchy without a monarch, belleve "It . he said, "a matter of

that General Franco days within which an Agree-You have been representing would like to be Regent, with ment must be reached upon me for already a sisarter of a the son of Don Juan on this matter, and, if we are so year. Although third period in throne. unfortunate as not to obtain the Mariife of our country **F"full" opinion," but; it may be un rocketed up to 40° walisons: nemtek. consent of King Pater, the afskoportuna prenda za interiér historic pointer, KOLLTE 155 After dashing, round: telekrupak».

the It did come down In price

That is any own later, but I understand it has

By now I managed to get a straightforward visa, which en- abled me to live for six months

of

This was when the Press the world printed stories that I a public relations had become counsellor, that I was sponsor-

and ng rudio

television pro-

Grom -

He sauf "You can maka 18,000 dollars in ten days. All you do 14 escort il Senator through Tennessee and present him at his meetings."

1 turned this down fat, point- ing out that apart from any other it would mean my good reason mixing in polities.

However, I did make one un- paid appearance, with my wife, on television. I was interviewed by Mary Margaret McBride, who presents breakfast pro- gramme. It was highly amusing. I have sull got a record the programine.

Not long ago I was offered $30,000 for them by an American. I was anxious to turn these aspels into dollars

to help Yugoslav funds abroad. They could not be found, Farouk denied Habilly.

General Nagulh discovered that Farouk had offered the ratis mitters to the Egyptian Army during the war with Israel. By now they were much used, worn and devalued. I om still trying to get compensation from Egypt.

Just ofter Christmas, Farouk und

I met at a party in Paris given by the' Hohenloe's. When I VAS announced there was slight embarrassment, and

Farouk announced Kagement,

another en-

But it passed over, I did not mention my radios. Farouk lost his flush, He stayed.

Today my home is in Spain. At the moment of writing this I um looking for another home, ftat in Madrid. There I am a member of the Royal Eero Club, where i get in some occasional flying. It is my principul recreation.

I never was а сог salesman.. When I am flying 1 can forget but there was a suggestion that that I am a king.

should get in touch with the makers of a new type of sports model. I did not.

I can even forget to dream.

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