The aristocracy made it to the cover of the magazine play boy. Xenia Florence Gabriella Sophie Iris is a scion of the Saxon royal family and stars in the March issue of the German edition of the famous men's magazine. The goal, he emphasized in the interview, is “to show that all women are beautiful as they are.”
In the cover photo, Xenia is completely naked, sitting on the bed, covering only part of her body. Within the post are photos of him poolside, wearing a bathing suit that was pulled up to his waist to reveal his chest. topless. The photos, taken by Portuguese photographer Ana Dias, spread on the Internet with the nipples covered, to avoid censorship on social media.
In a statement sent to PÚBLICO, Ana Dias stated that she captured “the beauty, elegance and impudence of the princess”, in a photo shoot that took place in villa In Tenerife, Spain, where Xenia was “depicted naked, wrapped only in white sheets, in a light that highlights her royal heritage.”
Xenia believes that her family would not look favorably on this photographic production and admits that she “would be surprised” if anyone in her family bought a copy of this work. play boy Germanica, on newsstands since Thursday, To support her. He hopes they will “at least tolerate that.” He jokes that the person who would “definitely approve of the cover” is his great-grandfather, King Frederick Augustus III of Saxony, son of Portuguese infant Maria Anna – daughter of Dr. Maria II and Fernando de Saxe-Coburgo. -I have got. “He is described as being very good-natured.”
More than just breaking down barriers about what a monarchy should look like – although Germany has not had a monarchy since 1918, being one of the defeated countries in World War I – Xenia wants to convey a feminist message. “We don't have to conform to trends or perform surgeries on our bodies just to please someone. I have stretch marks and I'm proud to show them,” he said in the interview, quoted by Page six.
Xenia is known for her participation in many reality programs, such as Undercover Princesses which aired on the BBC in 2010. She remembers feeling pressured to have plastic surgery after participating in this type of television format for the first time. “In some reality programsI was the only one that didn't do anything for my body. Other women, some of whom had made a lot of changes, said I didn't compete with them because I wasn't curvy and I wasn't feminine.“
Despite promoting herself as royalty and publishing her autobiography Princess life in the 21st centuryIn fact, little is known about the “Princess's” family origins. Maria Emanuel, Marchioness of Meissen, sent a statement to the German newspaper Bild In which Xenia was accused of lying. “She's nothing, she can't get a resume. This thing is terrible.” SlipShame on the house of Watin, which is a thousand years old.”
The House of Wettin has already rejected his title, even though he is a direct descendant of Frederick Augustus Third From the state of Saxony. Xenia is the daughter of Iris of Saxony, a hairdresser, and the daughter of Prince Timo. The princess reveals in her book that her father did not immediately approve of her, after he demanded a paternity test, according to the newspaper Folha de San Paulo.
Controversies aside, Xenia, 37, believes she would make a good queen in an idyllic setting. “I'm a person who likes to give. So, if that was on the table, I think I'd be a good queen too. I'm very fair and correct.”
The story was updated at 3:09 p.m.: Added information about photographer Anna Dias, who produced the film play boy.
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