THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES WELCOME CHILDREN FROM TENNIS CAMP AT THE ROYAL PALACE

Belgrade, 28 July 2008 – Their Royal Highnesses Crown Prince Alexander II, Crown Princess Katherine and Prince Philip greeted today at the Royal Palace 50 children from the Bukulja 2008 tennis camp.

Beside Their Royal Highnesses, also present were Mrs. Tatjana Garcevic, Assistant to Minister of Sport and Youth, Mr. Mirko Kantar, Head of Sport Department at the Ministry of Sport and Youth, Mrs. Masa Misic, from the Ministry of Diaspora and Mrs. Jelena Genic, the famous tennis coach who helped children at the camp improve their tennis skills.

The Crown Prince welcomed the children and emphasized: “Thanks to Novak Djokovic, Jelena Jankovic, Ana Ivanovic and others, tennis is today the number one sport in Serbia. We are delighted that you have decided to follow their footsteps and hope that many of you will be our future champions in Serbia and worldwide”.

Thanks to companies like M plast, Stork, Stylos, Pionir Ltd. and donors from Greece, HRH Crown Princess Katherine’s Foundation provided gifts for children.

The camp was organized with the help and support of the Ministry of Diaspora, Ministry of Sport and Youth, Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija, Tennis Union of Serbia and Companies Telekom Srbija a.d., Knjaz Milos, Lasta a.d and Bambi a.d.