02 March 2024 , 16:26
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An aristocrat who posed in a racy photoshoot for Playboy in a world fist has revealed she had a long wait to grace the cover - but it was her idea.
Princess Xenia of Saxony became the first-ever person of royal lineage to pose for the magazine last month in the German edition. The 37-year-old heiress wore nothing but a white sheet over her body, covering only half of it while leaving the rest bare. Other photos showed her wearing just a sheer skirt or a flimsy bodysuit.
In a chat with The Morning Show she revealed she was first asked to do the cheeky shoot a decade ago - and told them to wait. She said: “I thought about that like ten years ago when I was in my 20s they asked me to do it but I was not ready and just like last year I was like 'yes, now is the right time'. I feel it and I feel myself and I feel every centimetre of my body and so I said 'let's do this' and I asked them to shoot me."
During the shoot the German princess told Playboy she believes her ancestors, including her great-great-great-grandfather, Frederick Augustus III, the last king of Saxony, "would have definitely approved" of the move. She added she wanted to show the world "every woman is beautiful the way she is”.
The aristocrat is the first to pose in the magazine (@princess_xenia_of_saxony/instagram)She said: “You don't have to conform to trends or have surgery on your body just to please someone. I have stretch marks, and I'm proud to show them.
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“I like my body best when it works and I'm pain-free. I've never determined how well I like myself based on my appearance."
Princess Xenia previously wrote an autobiography, which translated is titled "Xenia: The Life of a Princess in the 21st Century." That book was disputed, as were her claims of noble lineage, by Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen, back in 2012, who told The Independent: "She is a nothing, she can't have a biography. This thing is a dreadful faux pas, a misfortune for the 1,000-year-old House of Wettin!"