Prince Lorenzo Borghese
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| Lorenzo Borghese | |
| Born | June 9, 1973 (age 33) Milan, Italy |
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| Occupation | cosmetics entrepreneur |
| Parents | Prince Franceso Borghese and Amanda Leigh |
Prince Lorenzo Borghese (born June 9, 1973 in Milan, Italy) is a descendant of an Italian noble family, a cosmetics entrepreneur and stars on the 9th season of ABC’s The Bachelor.
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[edit] Heritage
Prince Borghese was born into the Borghese Family, which includes a papal background of Camillo Borghese as Pope Paul V (1605-1621). Paul V and Cardinal Scipione Borghese both contributed greatly to finishing the artwork in St. Peter’s Basilica. He is the son of Prince Franceso Borghese and Amanda Leigh. His mother's stepfather was Douglas Leigh, the famed sign and lighting designer. His grandmother was Princess Marcella Borghese who founded a cosmetics line under the family name. Prince Lorenzo also has a brother, Scipione, and a sister, Ilaria.
[edit] Residence
Lorenzo lived in Rome and outside Paris. When he was five years old he moved to New Canaan, Connecticut but was raised for most of his life in the township of Millburn, New Jersey in the Short Hills section of Millburn Township. As of 1982, he has resided in Leesburg, Georgia, but has also lived in North Carolina and South Carolina. He currently lives in Manhattan since 1997.
[edit] Education
Prince Borghese atttended Millburn High School in New Jersey and the Pomfret School in Connecticut. He graduated from Rollins College in Florida in 1995. He later received his MBA from Fordham University in New York.
[edit] Career
Prince Lorenzo is a managing partner with his father, Prince Francesco in GT Partners. He is founder and president of Royal Treatment Pet Spa and executive vice president of Multimedia Exposures, Inc., an advertising agency for cosmetic products. He speaks English and is only nominally proficient in Italian.
[edit] Role as Bachelor
Prince Lorenzo is the 9th bachelor on ABC’s The Bachelor. Lorenzo was supposed to choose a potential wife from a total of 25 American women, but later in the first show two Italian women were brought in. The set for this season included the Villa Borghese and other famous sites in and around Rome, Italy. As he is the only member of his family who is not married, it was said to be especially important to him and his family that he find a suitable wife. Lorenzo chose Jen over Sadie during the season finale. He gave Jen a "family ring" his mother had created during the show. When Lorenzo gave Jen the ring he stated that at this time he would not ask her to marry him. He said he wanted them to spend time in the real world to verify his feelings. Jen accepted the ring and said she wanted to try to make it work with him and that she would move to New York to be with him.
Lorenzo confirmed during a speech at Rollins College that he and Jen broke up and Sadie moved to New York for her career but they are just friends and not dating. [1] [2]
Much of the publicity has stated Lorenzo is royalty. Lorenzo has stated that the Borghese are not royalty but nobility. This is probably due to the fact that Public Relations people do not know that the title prince can be held by nobility.
