Peter is the first son and the oldest child of the last Crown Prince of the former
Kingdom of Yugoslavia,
Alexander, and Princess Maria da Gloria
of Orléans-Braganza. He was born at
Prentice Women's Hospital in
Chicago and lived there until the end of 1981, when he moved with his parents to
Virginia. In 1983, he first attended morning pre-school in
Tysons Corner, Virginia, and in 1984, he went to day school. His godfather was
Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, a son of
Prince Paul of Yugoslavia. His godmother is
Anne, Princess Royal. Peter has two younger brothers, twins
Philip and
Alexander (born 1982). Peter's parents divorced in 1985. After the divorce, his father married
Katherine Clairy Batis later that year, while his mother married
Ignacio, Duke of Segorbe later that year also. Through his mother, Peter has two younger
half-sisters, Sol María de la Blanca Medina y Orléans-Braganza,
Countess of Ampurias (b. 1986) and Ana Luna Medina y Orléans-Braganza, Countess of Ricla (b. 1988). In 1991, Peter with his father and brothers briefly visited
Belgrade, Yugoslavia. In February 2001, the
Parliament of FR Yugoslavia passed legislation conferring
citizenship on members of the Karađorđević family, making Peter eligible for a Yugoslav citizenship. In July 2001, his father and step-mother moved to Belgrade,
Serbia,
FR Yugoslavia. In June 1998, Peter graduated from
The King's School, Canterbury, in
England, having obtained three
A-levels in Art, Spanish, and French, and ten
GCSEs. In 1999, he completed in
London an art foundation course at
Camberwell College of Arts (London Institute). He spent the 1999–2000 year at the
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). In May 2000, he concluded a series of art programs on the European continent mainly in
Barcelona and
Seville, Spain. == Public life ==