King Peter I of Serbia watching the retreat of his defeated army mb-code WA5489779 Interior view of the Mansion

Interior view of the Mansion House

looking east along the nave

tells the King

Arch Bishop Boniface denouncing the anathema in Westminster Hall

King Peter I of Serbia watching the retreat of his defeated army mb-code WA5489779 Interior view of the MansionKing Peter I of Serbia watching the retreat of his defeated army, 1914. Suffering from worsening ill health and with the outbreak of the First World War only a month away, Peter (1844 1921) handed over executive control of Serbia's government to his second son, Alexander, in June 1914. In late 1915 Peter was forced to flee into exile as Serbia was defeated by the combined forces of Germany, Austria and Bulgaria.