Saturday, January 10, 2009

Olympic medalist Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg is in Australia

Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, who won an equestrian bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Games, is visiting Australia.

http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/danish-princess-visits-hunter/1401931.aspx

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Marlene,

I hope you can answer this question. The news article headline says "Danish Princess". Is she really a Danish princess? Doesn't her title come from her German father?

Marlene Eilers Koenig said...

Technically, Nathalie is not a princess because there are not titles in Germany, but she is recognized in denmark as HH Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg. She is not Princess of Denmark, but she is now a Danish national. She and her sister acquired Danish citizenship a few years ago, which is why she competes for Denmark. The headline is wrong.