July 19

 

Boot boys

Athletic pursuits

 

Weekend date:

So your date last weekend expected to be treated like a prince – fancy restaurant, box seats, a limo. Even boasted that his ancestors were Habsburgs(!).

Suspicious? Well, here’s a way to get to the truth. Ask him:

    Does his house have a throne room?

    Is he shown in photos dressed in gold braid, rows of medals, a sash and a sword?

    Did his parents ride in a gilded horse-drawn carriage on their wedding day?

    Does his mother keep her jewels in the vaults at the state treasury?

    Does his household staff dress in livery?

    Does he have a dozen names on his birth certificate? Are half of them German?

    When you mention “bourbon”, does he think of his Spanish great uncle Alfonso -- or a Kentucky whiskey?

    Does his Daimler sedan have a decal on the door displaying his coat-of-arms?

    Does the family property have a gatehouse and a hunting lodge?

Sorry, but a score below 80% disqualifies him. I’m afraid your so-called Karl Friedrich Maria Theodor Josef Anton Johann Georg von und zu Wolfenbüttel (a.k.a. “Freddie”) might be an imposter – nothing more than just pretentious common stock.

But for reference, here’s the real thing:

Prince Karl Philip of Sweden