HRH CROWN PRINCE 
Alexander 

Message  For Christmas and New Year 

In these difficult times, at the end of the year which witnessed a new
wave of violence and suffering, we must remember with sorrow the innocent
victims who have been caused through the fault and responsibility of 
those who have put  their  personal gain and obsession with power
above the sanctity of life!   These victims reveal the evil which
has prevailed against God`s and man`s laws, and which reigns over people
who have been pushed into misery, humiliation and despair.  
We owe these victims our sympathy, our determination not to forget and
our pledge that we shall spare no effort to fight for changes and for victory
over evil. 

We have not got much time.   There is already a third generation
of exiles from our wartime and post-war  wave of emigration, while
the regime  -  the heir  of those who deprived the exiles
of their homeland  -  continues to invent and to create new enemies
within their own people.   A new wave of emigration is in full
swing, while fresh assaults on human freedoms and human rights are being
made.    It is our responsibility to look after and protect
our people, to halt their ruin and to put a stop to the insane squandering
of our past, present and future.  We are not alone in the world, and
we cannot live without and outside the world.  This is the world we
have been promised and given, even when it unjust to us, even when it punishes
us either for a good reason or for no reason at all!  The injustice
done to us as a people cannot be an excuse for us to do an injustice to
someone else.   We can change the world only when we are capable
of changing ourselves.  In this respect, our allies are all who feel
and know the boundary of humanness which no man, no Serb, must cross if
he wants to remain a man, if he wants to remain a Serb.   Our
weapon is democracy and our defence is truth, justice and knowledge. 

Almost two thousand years ago shepherds and wise men followed the star
which they recognised as an omen and symbol of Redemption. The birth of
Christ, who was recognised as Saviour by those pure in spirit and rich
in knowledge,  has given a new chance to mankind and opened the path
to Salvation.   It is high time for us Serbs to look around and
find that star which has been hidden from us by clouds and artificial fog
for so long!  It is time to get ready for the 2000th anniversary of
the Birth of  Saviour of the world and to welcome it with the birth
of peace and concord among us and with the  resurrection of our freedom! 

The Royal House of Karadjordje, my wife, my sons and I send you all
our love and all our hopes for a happy and blessed New Year, and greet
you all and everywhere with the most beautiful greetings given to us from
heaven: 

PEACE OF GOD, CHRIST IS BORN! 

Alexander 
London, Christmas and New Year 1999 
 

 

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