Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia
Prince Nikola of Yugoslavia, also known in Britain as Prince Nicholas and in Serbia as Nikola Karađorđević, was the younger son of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia by his wife Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark.
Born in London, he died in a road accident in the UK.
Biography
Prince Nikola was born into the House of Karađorđević, the dynasty that ruled Serbia and later the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Known as "Nicky", he was educated in England at Oxford University and was a frequent social escort to Princess Margaret, sister of Queen Elizabeth II. The press often linked them romantically and speculated on a possible marriage between them.Prince Nikola died unmarried in 1954, survived by his parents, Prince Paul and Princess Olga of Yugoslavia; older brother Prince Alexander and younger sister, Princess Elizabeth; also his maternal grandmother, Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia and his maternal aunts, Princess Elizabeth, Countess of Toerring-Jettenbach, and Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent.
Death
Nikola died in a road accident at Datchet, now in Berkshire, England, some five miles from the home of his aunt, the Duchess of Kent. He wasdriving himself alone towards London, on his way to a meeting with Princess Margaret the same evening, to attend a full-dress rehearsal of a play being performed by a group of young socialites. His car was found overturned in a ditch by the side of the road, and he was injured but alive. He was taken to a hospital in Slough, but his life could not be saved.
He was buried at the Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery, Lausanne, Switzerland. On 28 September 2012, his remains were exhumed from the cemetery in Lausanne and transferred to Serbia. Together with his parents, he was reburied in the Karađorđević family mausoleum in Oplenac, near Topola, on 6 October 2012.