Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia
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Alexander Karageorgevitch (Aleksandar Karađorđević, born July 17, 1945) is the current pretender to the abolished thrones of Yugoslavia and Serbia.The name Kingdom of Yugoslavia was adopted in 1929.Montenegro, one of the two remaining member states of the Yugoslav Federation voted in May 2006 to leave Yugoslavia and become an independent country.. He has retained the honorary title, Crown PrinceThe title Crown Prince is a courtesy title, not a constitutional office, in a former monarchy that has now become a republic. The last holder of a monarchical title traditionally continues to hold that title as a courtesy title for their lifetime. It dies with them and cannot be inherited by a successor unless the monarchy is restored. Alexander was born while his father was still King of Yugoslavia, making him Yugoslavia's last crown prince unless the monarchy is restored.
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