Hereditary Prince Philip of Serbia and Yugoslavia:
Today we are in Uplank, on the occasion of Victory Day in the First World War, to pay respect to our glorious ancestors and to all the heroes who gave their lives for the freedom of Serbia.
As part of the "Winner's Garland" event, held under the auspices of our royal foundation, we gathered in a place that holds a special place in the history of our nation.
A particularly festive and symbolic moment was the joint procession around St. George's Church. The participants, carrying wreaths, went around the temple, thus symbolically forming one large wreath around the church, as an expression of unity, memory and eternal gratitude to the Serbian war heroes.
After the procession, we laid wreaths on the tomb of King Peter I Karaurevich inside the temple.
On behalf of the Royal House of Karaurvic, I laid a wreath, and tribute to our ancestors was also given by representatives of the student movement, the Sokol Union of Serbia, the King Peter I Foundation, the Society of the Kingdom of Serbia, the humanitarian organization "Kosovo Pomorvlia", the St. Sava. gymnasium. Goraždevac, the "Guchevsky March" association and the Karni-Fromani movement.
I am especially happy that the representatives of the student movement and our people from Kosovo and Metohija were with us, because precisely such gatherings remind us of the values that unite and bind us.
In this holy place of Serbian history rested my ancestors, King Peter I and King Alexander I. But their fame does not belong only to our family. It belongs to all the Serbian people.
The victory in the Great War was not achieved only by kings and military commanders. This was achieved by the Serbian soldier. The farmer who left the fire and took a gun. And behind him was a mother who saw her son, without knowing if she ever saw him again.