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Lorenzo Borghese - The Bachelor Prince, the Cosmetics Entrepreneur

Monday October 23, 2006
Lorenzo Borghese, the star of ABC's The Bachelor, has been touted as an Italian prince and a cosmetics entrepreneur.

Well, Italian royalty titles are just that - titles. And by his own admission, Borghese only speaks "menu Italian" -- he's lived in the northeast U.S. since he was five. So it begs the question, "Just how much of an entrepreneur is he?"

Surprisingly, this may be the most real thing about the image ABC has painted of Borghese. While he is the grandson of famed cosmetics entrepreneur Princess Marcella Borghese, and he does have a part-time role in the family business, he is also the founder of a very successful line of luxury pet products and by all accounts, quite the entrepreneur.

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November 28, 2006 at 5:19 pm
(1) Marilyn Bolger says:

Lorenzo, you picked the wrong girl. you picked a giggling bimbo over an intelligent, sophisticated beautiful girl. what are you thinking?????????????

January 27, 2007 at 11:03 pm
(2) anoldlady says:

Prince Lorenzo had stated more than once that the Borghese are not royalty but nobility.He stated recently at Rollins College that when he was younger, he started developing a stutter and doctors told his parents to onl speak English to him. He took Italian in high school but found it was difficult.

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