According to Royalty News:
…the body of Queen Maria of Yugoslavia is at last being permitted to coming back home.
The monarch, who is 2nd cousin once removed of both Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, will go back to Serbia following exhumation from the Royal burial ground at Frogmore, Windsor.
Queen Maria resided in the UK up until her death in 1961, however the Communist leader, Marshal Josip Tito…rejected any attempt to permit her remains to be brought back.
The current Serbian royal family have been…acting for 7 years to repatriate the remains….
Serbia will declare a state funeral on May 26.
To read the entire article in Royalty News, please click here.
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