On the eve of the 90th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II, a touching picture of the sovereign and the three generational here  was revealed.
The picture is funny. To reach the height of the head of his great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, seated beside him, Baby George was perched on a pile of foam blocks. The son of Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton was born, holding hands with his dad, looks at the photographer's lens with a smile, taking his role very seriously. It is there to represent the third generation of heirs to the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on a picture for a particular use.

The photograph release this Wednesday, April 20th shows alongside Elizabeth II, under the gold of the White Drawing Room at Buckingham Palace, her son Prince Charles, her grand-son Prince William and his little son Prince George respectively occupying the second, third and fourth in succession to the British throne. The picture was taken in the creation of a board of four stamps. Hence the need that Georgie is not too low compared to the three other members of the royal family. Especially since the photo shoot took place in the summer of 2015 while the little prince was barely 2 years.

If this picture of the sovereign and her three heirs has been revealed just 9 months after the being photograph, it is because the so-called philatelic board out on the occasion of her 90th birthday which falls on Thursday, April 21th. Six other stamps Elizabeth at different ages were also issued for the anniversary. Two of them represent the single. Of the other four, she is in the company of her father Prince Albert -who reigned under the name of George VI, her two eldest children Prince Charles and Princess Anne, her husband the Duke of Edinburgh and finally former south African President Nelson Mandela died in 2013.

After Croatia, Prince Charles and Camilla left for Serbia, to continue their six days official visit to the Balkan territories. The opportunity for the Duchess of Cornwall to support the foundation of the tennis player Novak Djokovic.
 The couple landed in Belgrade this Wednesday, March 16th for two days in the former Yugoslavia.

This first day was marked by official appointments such the interview with the President of the Republic of Serbia Tomislav Nikolic at the presidential palace and the dinner hosted by the Serbian Prime Minister. And the laying of a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in honor of the Serbian soldiers, British and Commonwealth who fought side by side in the First World War.


The couple had both separate as well as engagements together, while Charles was accompanied by Serbian Patriarch Irinej, at a meeting of religious leaders of the Orthodox, Catholic, Anglican, Muslim and Jewish in Belgrade, Camilla has attended to her own engagement, in connection with the causes she defends and was seen in a store where bagels are sold to benefit a charity that fights against trafficking in humans and sexual violence. She also visited the house of Zvecanska children. There, she met with representatives of UNICEF and the Novak Djokovic Foundation. Created by the famous Serbian tennis champion, it develops in the country of early childhood education projects and provides grants to educational initiatives to help children.


The Prince of Wales also took advantage of his visit to Belgrade to see his Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia, aged 70, and his wife Crown Princess Katherine, son Hereditary Prince Peter at the Blue Salon of the Royal Palace. Pretender to the throne of Serbia, Prince Alexander is the son of the last King of Yugoslavia Peter II and the godson of Charles's mother, Queen Elizabeth II.
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The journey of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall to the Balkans, from 14 to 19 March 2016, focuses on peace, reconciliation, youth empowerment and restoration after the war that tore the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s if this is the eighth official visit of Prince Charles, heir to the British crown, in this geographical area, this is the first time that Camilla accompanies it. Apart from Croatia and Serbia, the royal couple will travel to Montenegro and Kosovo.

An official visit to Croatia with her husband Prince Charles, Camilla highlights sexual violence during the war in the former Yugoslavia.
This is the eighth official visit of Prince Charles, heir to the British crown, in this geographical area, this is the first time that he is accompanied by his wife Camilla Duchess of Cornwall.  Engaged since 2009 in sensitizing public opinion to the problems of victims of sexual violence, so it did not fail to include this issue in her agenda.
The Prince of Wales and his wife the Duchess of Cornwall began this Monday, March 14th in Zagreb, capital of Croatia, a six-day visit to the Balkans focus on peace, reconciliation, youth empowerment and restoration after the war that tore apart the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s.


 This Tuesday 15 March, Osijek, a town in eastern Croatia that was on the demarcation line between Serb and Croat forces, the daughter of Queen Elizabeth II attended a meeting with an NGO that support victims of sexual assault that occurred during the conflict. Welcoming their work, she said militants of the group, according to the National Croatian news agency Hina: "You have done well, you have encouraged women to break the silence, asking for help and legal assistance."

Charles, who work for many years to promote interfaith dialogue and understanding of different religions, meanwhile attended a meeting organized by the Centre for Peace and Non-violence Osijek, supported by the British Embassy Zagreb.

Related remarks, AFP notes that the number of victims of sexual violence during the Balkan wars, long neglected, is estimated 20 000 to 50 000 people, mostly Muslim Bosnian. The Croatian Parliament adopted last May a law providing for compensation to victims of sexual abuse 20 years after the end of the war, recognizing the civil status of victim of the conflict some 2 500 people hitherto ignored.

The two days the couple have spent in Croatia has seen a succession of various other meetings and visits with the official welcome and the State dinner hosted by the President of the Republic of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović. And Camilla, passionate equine gente, notably had the pleasure to discover the solo Dakovo National Stud, one of the oldest in Europe since it was founded in the early sixteenth century.