Monday, April 26, 2010

Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia

I read about this guy, Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia also known as Dimitri Karageorgevich, in Vanity Fair (or was it Vogue?) the other say at the Salon. Now, I've caught him again in the NYT.
Mr. Karageorgevich, is the rarefied real thing: calculations vary widely, but Wikipedia puts him 1,375th in the line of succession to the British throne. He says he is related to each of the 11 reigning royal families in Europe — among his great-grandparents were Duchess Elizabeth of Bavaria, King Albert I of Belgium, Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia and Prince Nicholas of Greece. Lean and dignified, he could pass for an older brother of the white-suited, beauty-kissing princes of storybooks and Disney movies. He speaks French, Spanish and Italian — and English with a hybrid accent of the three. He is agile enough to chat graciously about books and charm paparazzi.

Surprisingly, this slideshow where he discusses his princely-ness (prince-itude?) is fascinating and not pompous as at. Not bad for someone with so much royal blood.

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