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| Prince Leka II |
In an interview to the Albanian newspaper Dielli (Sun), the Prince Leka II says he thinks that the best solution for Kosovo and Albania would be the unification under a restored Albanian monarchy.
The Crown Prince emphasized that since the royal family returned from their exile, their job was to remove barriers between Albanians and promote the unification of Albanian groups in the Balkans. In addition, the new union that the Crown Prince proposes must be a monarchy. The Crown Prince says that a Greater Albania, set as a constitutional monarchy, will provide greater political stability than the current political system.The Crown Prince uses the United Kingdom and other Western European monarchies as examples of what Albania can achieve in the future as a Western-oriented constitutional monarchy.
Asked whether Crown Prince Leka is ready to become king of a united Kosovo and Albania, Crown Prince responded: "The royal family will always respect the will of the people. Being a prince or a king is a life. Being able to serve my country is not seen by me as a job but is the greatest honor."
The unification of Albania and Kosovo is a political idea revived since Kosovo declared its independence in 2008. This idea is brought about the irredentist concept of Greater Albania, because about 90% of Kosovans are ethnic Albanians.
Kosovo is mainly Albanian and with the Republic of Albania, shares some common administrative sectors, such as education, policing and foreign policy. Culture, heritage and commerce are also largely united, both of which also have an open boundary.
On November 30, 2011, he succeeded as head of the House of Zog, the king of the Albanians after the death of his father. Prince Leka was an official at the Ministry of Interior of Albania and in the past served as an advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Albanian Presidency.
The Prince holds titles like King Leka II since the death of his father, referred to as Leka I. In May 2010, the Prince was engaged to the Albanian actress Elia Zaharia and married her on October 8, 2016 in Tirana. (source)