Princess Gloria of Thurn and Taxis is one of the wealthiest women in Germany. She is also a devout Catholic and traditional Catholic, who is close to Pope Benedict XVI, to Cardinals Benedict and Cardinal Burke, and defies the false characterization of traditional Catholics. She loves the poor and cares for them like few others do.
00:00:00.760Welcome to this episode of the John Henry Weston Show. I'm your host John Henry Weston and pleased to bring you today our interview with Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis.
00:00:10.280Princess Gloria is one of the wealthiest women in Germany. She's also one of the most fascinating women in the world today.
00:00:17.200Born of German nobility in 1960, at 20 years old she married Johannes, the 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, who was quite a bit older.
00:00:26.120She became a storybook princess of the 80s, living the Jetstead lifestyle with friends including Mick Jagger and Andy Warhol.
00:00:35.040Her luxurious lifestyle and at times wild fashion led her to be dubbed the Punk Princess and Princess TNT.
00:00:43.400Warhol's artwork of the crucifixion graces the princess's palatial Rome apartment where we met to tape our show in her private chapel.
00:00:52.060Princess Gloria is described by Wikipedia as a German socialite, a businesswoman, philanthropist, Catholic activist and artist.
00:01:00.580But her faith blossomed after her husband's death, which left her with three little children and hundreds of millions in debt.
00:01:08.600She had to sell off property, jewelry, cars and much more and reorganize the family finances to preserve the family fortune.
00:01:16.260A devout Catholic and traditional Catholic, who is close to Pope Benedict XVI, to Cardinals Müller and Cardinal Burke,
00:01:25.860she defies the false characterization of traditional Catholics.
00:01:30.100She loves the poor and cares for them like few others do.
00:01:33.780In fact, Gloria's family serves 300 hot meals to the poor every day,
00:01:38.560a tradition which has carried on for 100 years now at the family's 500-room castle in Germany.
00:01:46.460At the same time, Gloria is a personal friend of Hillary Clinton, whose birthday Gloria attended,
00:01:53.000and in March, Clinton attended the funeral of Gloria's sister Maya.
00:01:57.600Without further ado, here is our interview with Princess Gloria.
00:02:02.720Welcome to this special edition of the John Henry Weston Show.
00:02:05.640Coming to you from Rome, where we're very pleased to be with Princess Gloria Turnantaxis.