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Prince Paul greeted by Hitler
In 1939, Prince Paul, as acting head of state, accepted an official invitation from Adolf Hitler and spent nine days in Berlin. Paul was greeted by Hitler at the train station in Berlin, was made the guest of honor at a reception and dinner at the Reich Chancellery, visited the Potsdam military base, saw a gala performance of Wagner at the Berlin opera, and reviewed two major military parades meant to impress upon him the power of the Reich.
Alexander-I was the prince regent of the Kingdom of Serbia from 1914 and later the King of Yugoslavia from 1921 to 1934 (prior to 1929 the state was known as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes). He was assassinated by Bulgarian of the Macedonian Revolutionary Organization, during a 1934 state visit to France. Since at the time of the assassination his son and successor Petar Karadjordjevic was only 11 years old, Alexander's cousin Fabla Karadjordjevic was appointed regent.
Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, was prince regent of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia during the minority of King Peter II. Paul was a first cousin of Peter's father, Alexander I.
Prince Paul took the regency, as Alexander had stipulated in his Will that on his death a council of regents chaired by Paul should govern until Alexander's son Peter II came of age.
the royal will whose terms stated that Paul was to serve as the regent until the new king Peter II came of age in September 1941. When World War II broke out, Yugoslavia declared its neutrality. On March 25, 1941, the Yugoslav government signed the Tripartite Pact with significant reservations as it received three notes. The first note obliged the Axis powers to respect territorial integrity and sovereignty of Yugoslavia. In the second note the Axis promised not to ask Yugoslavia for any military assistance. In the third note they promised not to ask Yugoslavia for permission to move military forces across its territory during the war.
For the remainder of the war, Prince Paul was kept, with his family, under house arrest by the British in Kenya.