Zsa Zsa Gabor’s widower prince adopting grown man to inherit title
nypost.com, he needs an heir to inherit his estate and care for him as he slides into dotage. Plus his royal lineage, which, he maintains, traces back some 1,000 years, would cease to exist without an heir.
So von Anhalt, the widower of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, did something rash. He sought to adopt an adult son.Having been married to a woman he describes as a prototype Kardashian — “She wasn’t famous for her movies; she was famous for the [nine] men she married,” he told The Post — it made sense that he would carry out his quest as publicly as possible.On “Adults Adopting Adults,” a docu-series which premieres Monday, Jan.
31, on A&E, he is seen scouring social media and concocting plans that include trying to find a son in the Beverly Hills outpost of Gucci. “I did it on television because I wanted to show lonely people that they do not need to be alone,” von Anhalt said. “You can adopt a grown-up and have somebody who helps you from day one.
You don’t have to raise a child.”Von Anhalt is no stranger to the mechanisms of adoption. In fact, that is precisely how he, a policeman’s son from a working-class family in Wallhausen, Germany, came to be Prince Frederic.
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