The Jamaican bobsled team got plenty of attention going into the Sochi Olympics as the return of the ultimate underdog team. But Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg — the one-man team for Mexico’s downhill skiing competition — puts them to shame when it comes to great Olympic underdog stories.
Nicknamed “The Royal Disaster,” Prince Hubertus is a legitimate Prince of what was formerly a principality of Germany. The son of Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Princess Ira of Fürstenberg, he was born in Mexico, where he still retains citizenship — though he only lived there full-time until he was about four. After that Hubertus’s family moved to Austria and he grew up mostly in Vienna, where he learned to ski. Read more…
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