Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia and Serbia

Princess Katarina
Born (1959-11-28) 28 November 1959
London, England
Spouse Desmond Lorenz de Silva
(m. 1987; div. 2010)
Issue Victoria Marie Esmé Margarita
House Karađorđević
Father Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia
Mother Princess Margarita of Baden
Yugoslav Royal Family

HRH The Crown Prince
HRH The Crown Princess

Extended royal family

Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia (born 28 November 1959) is a princess of Serbian origin [1] and a member of the House of Karageorgevich. She manages her own businesses and undertakes various commercial work around the world.

Styles of
Princess Katarina of Yugoslavia and Serbia
Reference style Her Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Royal Highness
Alternative style Ma'am

Family

Katarina was born in London to Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia, second son of Alexander I, King of Yugoslavia, and Princess Margarita of Baden. Her father's dynasty having been deposed and banished from Yugoslavia during World War II, she grew up in exile, largely in England. She has one brother, Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia, and two half-brothers, Prince George and Prince Michael. She is a first cousin of Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia.

She married Sir Desmond Lorenz de Silva QC (born 13 December 1939) on 5 December 1987. They divorced on 6 May 2010. Their only child is Victoria Marie Esmé Margarita de Silva, born 6 September 1991 in London.

Princess Katarina is distantly in the line of succession to the British throne as a descendant of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom.[2] Following the death of her mother in 2013 she became the senior female descendant of Queen Victoria, from whom she descends paternally through Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and maternally through Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine. As the granddaughter of Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, she is a grand-niece of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth II.

Career

Princess Katarina works with the Prince of Wales's former butler, Grant Harrold developing etiquette classes in the United Kingdom and the European continent.[3][4]

Princess Katarina has served as the President of the Guild of Travel and Tourism in the UK.

Honours

Ancestry

References

  1. ↑ Shaw, edited by Charles Kidd ; assistant editor Christine (2007). Debrett's peerage & baronetage : comprises information concerning the royal family, the peerage and baronetage. (147th ed.). Richmond, Surrey: Debrett's. p. 99. ISBN 978-1-870520-80-5. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "top 100 in line to the throne". Channel 4 News. 27 March 2009.
  3. ↑ "but can we say toilet". Daily Mail. 9 July 2013.
  4. ↑ "afternoon tea etiquette". issue. 3 November 2013.

External links

Lines of succession
Preceded by
Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia		 Line of succession to the British throne
descended from Alfred, son of Victoria 		Succeeded by
Victoria de Silva
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, March 10, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.