Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis (journalist)
Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis , completely Elisabeth Margarete Maria Anna Beatriz Princess von Thurn und Taxis (born March 24, 1982 in Regensburg ), is a German journalist and author .
Life
Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis is the daughter of Johannes von Thurn und Taxis from the German aristocratic family Thurn und Taxis and Gloria von Thurn und Taxis , b. Countess of Schönburg-Glauchau . She has an older sister Maria Theresia and a younger brother Albert . She first went to school in Regensburg and then moved to Sevenoaks in Kent . She then studied media and communication science at the American University of Paris and Madrid . Today she lives and works as a freelance journalist in North West London .
Among other things, she writes the column The Princess Diaries for Finch's Quarterly Review magazine . She wrote a column for the Vatican magazine in Rome under the heading pious. She has also been writing a column for the newspaper Bild am Sonntag since February 2010.
In her childhood Von Thurn und Taxis and her siblings were regular guests at Michael Jackson's , which she mentioned in her blog after his death, where she also defended his reputation: “I couldn't imagine Michael hurting a fly, let alone a friend. "
She was a regular feature in society columns and appeared in Vanity Fair 's Fortune's Children column in June 2009 as the "Heiress" with a photo of Bruce Weber . In a conversation about a book about art collectors, which she wrote together with Alex Flick , she said: “I think it's a huge privilege to be able to use the access that we have in an interesting way.” On November 7th, 2009 she had a television appearance as a betting godmother on the game show Wetten, dass ..?
Von Thurn und Taxis is a staunch Catholic and has written for the British Catholic Herald on the revival of traditional religious communities in France. In 2008, she participated in a petition to the Bishops of England and Wales aimed at increasing the number of Latin masses in the Tridentine Rite , which Pope Benedict XVI. 2007 allowed again. In June 2009 she was accepted into the Order of Knights of Malta together with her mother and sister . As a nun, she has repeatedly accompanied groups of the disabled and the elderly on pilgrimages to Lourdes .
In her first book, pious! it essentially promotes the revival of popular religious practices such as praying the rosary , folding hands, communion on the mouth and veneration of saints . Thurn und Taxis explains complicated aspects of the Catholic faith in simple terms: “In many ways, purgatory is not such a bad place. It's more like a waiting room with a shower. "Or:" Like the breakfast egg, confession is actually a pleasure that you can consume more often. "
Publications
- religious! An invitation to experience the Catholic again with all your senses. With a foreword by Georg Ratzinger and an afterword by Wilhelm Imkamp . Fe-Medienverlag, Kißlegg 2009, ISBN 978-3-939684-61-9
- Diary of a princess. Marion von Schröder, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3547711783 ; Ullstein, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-548-37473-4
Web links
- Literature by and about Elisabeth von Thurn and Taxis in the catalog of the German National Library
- Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis: Catholic for Beginners , article by Jochen Brenner in Spiegel Online , 23 September 2011
- Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Footnotes
- ^ Thurn and Taxis: The Princely Family Thurn and Taxis
- ↑ A princess' diary . In: kath.net . October 9, 2009
- ↑ Josef Karg: Author Princess Elisabeth: I am not a saint! . In: Augsburger Allgemeine . October 29, 2009
- ^ Paul Badde : Elisabeth von Thurn and Taxis: The Pope, the Model and Piety . In: The world . November 8, 2009
- ↑ Beate Krämer: A princess for picture on Sunday . In: Bild am Sonntag . January 31, 2010
- ^ Elisabeth von Thurn and Taxis: Never Neverland Again! ( Memento of July 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). In: Finch's Quarterly Review. July 7, 2009
- ↑ Bob Colacello: Fortune's Children . In: Vanity Fair . June 2009
- ↑ Wetten, dass ..?: Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis ( Memento from February 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). November 7, 2009
- ^ Elisabeth von Thurn and Taxis: The return of the tonsure, wimple and soutane . In: The Catholic Herald. November 23, 2007
- ^ Damian Thompson: Leading Catholics petition for Latin Mass . In: The Daily Telegraph . July 24, 2008
- ↑ Diocese of Passau : Bishop Schraml calls for service to the poor and the sick - General Assembly of the Knights of Malta in Passau - Admission of 29 new members - Including Gloria von Thurn and Taxis and her two daughters ( Memento of October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), 20. June 2009
- ^ Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis: pious! P. 101
- ↑ ' Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis presents her first book: Holy water becomes “turbo protection” ( Memento from November 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). In: Rheinische Post . October 10, 2009
- ^ Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis: pious! P. 165
- ^ Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis: pious! P. 16
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thurn and Taxis, Elisabeth von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thurn and Taxis, Elisabeth Margarete Maria Anna Beatriz Princess of (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | regensburg |