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je ga je navelo na „osećanje nesigur- nosti u rođenoj sobi, pod rođenim kro- vom“. Suočen s pritiscima, Đorđe je 27. marta 1909. godine abdicirao u korist
printed a political brochure with a series of points of information that cast an unfa- vourable light on the dynasty, and it was this move that determined his fate for the next 16 years of his life. The nal decision was that, due to his mental disposition, the prince should be con ned to the Belje castle, only later to be transferred to a psy- chiatric hospital in Gornja Toponica near Niš. It is obvious from today’s perspective that medical reports about his mental in- competence were contrived to show that George was su ering from schizophrenia. Following the end of World War II, George was the only member of the Karađorđević family left in Belgrade, and the new government even granted him a pension. Belgraders remember him for his powerful, striking appearance, and they encountered him often on the market, in the trams, or while he was driving in his car with his wife, Radmila. Life also brought George consolation in a mature love and marriage with a woman two decades his junior, Radmila Radonjić, whom he mar- ried in his later years. Prince George Karađorđević passed away in 1972 and is buried at the Church of St. George in Oplenac near Topola.
mlađeg brata Aleksandra. SKLONJEN U BOLNICU
Izbijanje Balkanskog rata 1912. i Pr- vog svetskog rata 1914. pokazali su još jednu crtu kraljevića Đorđa – a to je lu- da hrabrost, koju je teško opisati dru- gačije osim kao „za strah nije znao“. Posle Prvog svetskog rata i smrti kra- lja Petra 1921. Đorđe je stvarao politič- ku tenziju zahtevajući da njegova apa- naža i status na dvoru budu regulisani. Aleksandar ga je ignorisao, a obostra- na netrpeljivost bila je gotovo opiplji- va. Đorđe je štampao političku brošuru s nizom informacija koje su bacale ne- povoljno svetlo na dinastiju, a taj potez odredio je narednih 16 godina njego- vog života. Konačna odluka bila je da usled duševnog rastrojstva princ bude poslat u dvorac Belje, da bi kasnije bio prebačen u psihijatrijsku bolnicu u Gor- njoj Toponici kod Niša. Danas je očito da su tadašnji lekarski izveštaji o nje-
govoj neuračunljivosti bili montirani. Nakon Drugog svetskog rata Đor- đe je bio jedini Karađorđević u Beogra- du, a nova vlast mu je dodelila i penzi- ju. Beograđani ga pamte kao snažnu, markantnu pojavu i često su ga sretali na pijaci, u tramvaju ili dok se automo- bilom vozio sa suprugom Radmilom Radonjić, kojom se oženio u poznim godinama. Preminuo je 1972. godine i sahranjen je u Crkvi Svetog Đorđa na Oplencu kod Topole.
O prvom sinu kralja Petra javnost ponovo bruji zahvaljujući serijama Kralj Petar Prvi i Senke nad Balkanom Talk of the firstborn son of King Peter has been revived among the public thanks to the TV serials “King Peter I” and “Shadow over the Balkans”
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