Katherine Karađorđević

She is one of the two daughters of Robert Batis (1916–2011) and Anna Dosti (1922–2010). Her sister is Betty Roumeliotis (née Batis). Katherine was educated in Athens and in Lausanne, Switzerland. She studied business at the University of Denver and the University of Dallas. She worked in business for several years in the United States.

On 25 November 1962, Katherine married Jack Walter Andrews (1933–2013),[1][2] the son of Walter Andrews and Elizabeth Pifer.[3] They divorced in 1984. Katherine has traveled extensively and has lived in Australia, Africa and the United States.

Her Royal Highness was previously married and has two children David and Alison. David has a son, Alexander and Alison has four children: Amanda, Stephanie, Nicolas and Michael and they live in United States. Crown Princess Katherine has travelled extensively and has lived in Australia, Africa and the United States.

Her son David and her grandson Alexander are godchildren of former President of Greece, Prokopis Pavlopoulos.[4] She met her second husband in Washington DC in 1984, and they were married in London, civilly on 20 September 1985 and religiously the next day at the St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church, Notting Hill. Their best man was Constantine II of Greece, and the witness was Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia, Crown Prince Alexander's uncle.[5]

She has dedicated much of her time to charitable activities since the conflict in the former Yugoslavia. She works in humanitarian relief, and is the patron of various humanitarian organizations including Lifeline Humanitarian Organization. In 2001 she established The HRH Crown Princess Katherine Foundation in Belgrade, in order to expand her charitable works.[6]

On 17 July 2001, after the democratic revolution in Serbia, the Crown Prince and Crown Princess took up residence in the Royal Palace in Belgrade.

Crown Princess Katherine speaks Greek, English, French. She enjoys music, reading, cooking, theater and cross-country skiing.

In 2019, Katherine celebrated 25 years of Lifeline Humanitarian Organisation in London. The event was held at the Claridge's hotel in Mayfair, the birthplace of her husband. The event was organised by board member Lazar Vukovic. Crown Princess Katherine was presented with an award for 25 years of patronage amongst distinguished guests.[7][8]

Arms of Katharine as crown princess of Serbia.

Universal arms of wife of crown prince of Serbia and thus derived from crown princes's arms. The red losange the white double-headed eagle in flight, both heads crowned with heraldic crown Serbia, beak, tongue and feet of gold on the chest eagle red shield with a cross to the edge between which are the coat working surfaces facing the vertical shaft baptism all white in bottom shield two golden lily. The shield is crowned with a crown of HRH King Peter I with a lily blue in the center.

• Official biography of HRH The Crown Princess
• Royal Mausoleum Oplenac Archived 2017-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
• Lifeline Humanitarian Organization
• Lifeline Humanitarian Organization Chicago
• Royal Family
• "HRH Crown Princess Katherine". royalfamily.org. Retrieved 2022-06-14.