Prince Philip of Yugoslavia
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Prince Philip of Yugoslavia (born January 15, 1982 in Fairfax, Virginia, USA) is the fraternal twin of Prince Alexander and second in the line to the Yugoslavian Throne after Hereditary Prince Peter. He is the son of Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia, and Princess Maria da Gloria of Orleans and Braganza. Prince Philip is the grandson of King Peter II and Queen Alexandra. His Godparents are King Constantine of the Hellenes (Greece), Queen Sofia of Spain and Anne, Duchess of Calabria.
Prince Philip lived in Virginia until 1984. Together with his twin brother, he first attended kindergarten in London. In 1990 at the age of eight, he attended one of London's top preparatory schools. In June 2000, Prince Philip graduated from The King’s School, Canterbury in England having obtained three A-levels in Spanish, Government and Politics, and Geography, and ten GCSEs. Prince Philip is now attending a well-known university in the United Kingdom and reading Humanities. In 2003-2004, he partook in an exchange programme with a Spanish University in Madrid.
Prince Philip speaks English, Spanish and French, and is continuing his Serbian studies.
Prince Philip enjoys skateboarding, scuba diving and snowboarding. He is interested in painting, music, computers and science. Before the October 5, 2000 revolution, he travelled to Serbia in 1991 and Bosnia in 2000. On July 17, 2001, Prince Philip and the Royal Family took up residence in the Royal Palace in Belgrade. He has travelled throughout Europe, the United States, and has visited the Middle East, South East Asia, Central and South America.
HRH Prince Philip is 92nd in line for succession to the British throne. Prince Philip is a matrilineal descendant of Marie Leszczynska, Queen Consort of France, through an almost-three-century-long unbroken line of House of Bourbon daughters who all married to their own house. His ancestry among medieval monarchs of Balkan is presented at Nemanjic pedigree of the Royal House of Yugoslavia.
| Preceded by: Prince Peter of Yugoslavia |
Line of Succession to the British Throne | Succeeded by: Alexander, Prince of Yugoslavia |
