歇雲客居

(原文刊登於 http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1810834_1810842_1810847,00.html)

Alexander Karadjordjevic

Crown Prince of Serbia (formerly Crown Prince of Yugoslavia) 塞爾維亞王儲 (前南斯拉夫王儲)



Exile suited Karadjordjevic, whose father, King Peter II, fled the country after the Nazis invaded in 1941. A British soldier turned businessman (and godson of Britain's Queen Elizabeth), the would-be monarch hopscotched the globe before returning to his Belgrade palace in 2001 and lobbying for the crown. Despite his kingly aspirations, Alexander's role has been largely ceremonial, though he won attention by pressing for Serbia's acceptance into the European Union and decrying Kosovar independence.

Alexander Karadjordjevic 的父親 -- 也就是國王彼得二世 -- 在 1941 年納粹入侵之後逃離祖國，而他也開始了逃亡生涯。原本會登上王位的 Alexander 先在英國從軍，後來成為一位商人 (他也是英國女王依莉莎白的乾兒子)。他遊歷世界各地，最後終於在 2001 年回到他位於貝爾格勒的王宮，並積極推動回復王權。儘管 Alexander 有著帝王般的抱負，他的角色主要還是屬於儀式性質；不過他仍然有受人矚目的舉動，像是促使塞爾維亞加入歐盟，以及公開譴責科索沃獨立。

Royal Factoid: When Alexander was born in Claridge's Hotel in London in 1945, Britain ceded the room to Yugoslavia for the day to ensure the infant's eligibility for the throne.

皇室秘辛：當 Alexander 在 1945 年於倫敦 Claridge's Hotel 出生時，英國把他出生的房間割讓給南斯拉夫一天，以免他失去王位繼承權。

"There's no gold, there are no jewels, there's no money. There are feelings and there's symbolism and there's history and there's hope."
— Karadjordjevic musing on his role

「(我所扮演的角色) 不代表物質方面的富足，而是一種情感、一種象徵，還有過去的歷史，以及未來的希望。」
— Karadjordjevic 省思自己所扮演的角色