Following the decision of the Agency for Restitution to rejected the request of Karadjordjevic family to regain palace complex in Dedinje, Prince Alexander Karadjordjevic said for Serbian Daily “Novosti” that he will continue to fight for his inheritance, although he believes that it will be hard to get it.
“We are waiting to get back what was taken from us with illegal (Edvard Kardelj’s) order from 1947,” he said. “We have good lawyers. If we do not find understanding within our justice system, there is nothing else but to turn to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. Our justice system must have a hearing for human rights and democracy when it comes to the Karadjordjevic family. I believe that the state will find a good solution for us.”
Karadjordjevic family seek for the property that was, after the death of King Alexander, with inheritance decision dated 27 October 1938, divided into three equal parts, and the request for the restitution was filed by ten successors of King Peter and Princes Tomislav and Andrej. The palace complex in Dedinje, which includes the Royal and White Palace and estate of 135 hectares, was exempt from restitution because it was declared as a cultural monument.