Today, this Wednesday August 13, 2008 at 11:00am, on the same day of the burial in Paris of Her Royal Highness Princess France of Montenegro, consort of H.R.H. Crown Prince Nicolas Petrovitch Njegosh, the Hall “Ivan Crnojević” of the Vladin Dom, the former House of the Royal Government in Cetinje, Montenegro, hosted upon initiative of Montenegrin close friends to the Royal Family — Mr. Đuro Vučinić, Mr. Stevo Vučinić, Mrs. Gordana Stevović and Dr. Bato Šuković, a public souvenir ceremony in memory to the late Princess, which was the occasion for people present to share together, in full communion with the Royal Family in Paris, their sadness after last week painful announcement of the Princess’ death, who passed away peacefully in France on last Wednesday August 6 at the Hôpital des Diaconesses in Paris XIIth, after losing a hard-fought battle against pancreatic cancer.

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In memoriam

Her Royal Highness
PRINCESS FRANCE OF MONTENEGRO
born Francine Navarro

January 27, 1950 — August 6, 2008

Remember her.
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Several speakers, long-time Montenegrin friends of the Royal Family, successively delivered beautiful and very moving testimonies, remembering ones after the others how the heart’s warmth and the kindness of the late Princess touched them all, as well as their first encounter with her in 1989 end, at the time of the ceremonies for the return of the mortal remains of Their late Majesties King Nikola I (º1841, †1921) and Queen Milena (º1847, †192"), with their two daughters, Princesses Vjera (º1887, †1927) and Ksenija (º1881, †1960).

Among the anonymous people who attended the souvenir ceremony at Cetinje — open to all without consideration of faiths or positions, according to the wishes of the Crown Prince that public homages to his departed wife “be potent symbols of the unity of all the citizens of Montenegro” — there were notably by alphabetic order: Mr. Milovan Janković (Cetinje), Mr. Renaud de Marin de Carranrais (Podgorica-France), His Beatitude Mihailo (Cetinje), Dr. Božo Nikolić (Cetinje), Mr. Vojislav Rašovic (Canada), Mrs. Gordana Stevović (Cetinje), Dr. Bato Šuković (Podgorica), Mr. Stevo Vučinić (Podgorica) and Mr. Branko Vujović (Podgorica).