In fact, Peter II fell victim to the duplicity of Winston Churchill and the British government which, while giving the illusion of support and reassurance about the prospects of regaining his throne after the war, were counting the same time on Tito favored and, from behind, his rise in Yugoslavia.
Despite her English ancestry, or perhaps because of them, his mother Queen Marie, who lived in London in 1948, had well guessed these maneuvers unspoken and provided what was coming. She was concerned with the officers of the Royal Guards, urging them to save her son. For some time, it left her no see Peter and she worried especially since she knew how much her son was weak and easily influenced.
- The King must remain with his mother, he should not listen to Mr. Churchill, she still had entrusted to the officers.
But Peter was not to be concerned about his mother who died three years later.
And indeed, as Queen Marie could watch over him, he remained dignified. The day, preparing a fate that only served their interests, some British leaders parted the young King from his family, he fell into a total deprivation.
