Zsa Zsa Gabor’s ninth husband, Prince Frédéric von Anhalt, met her at an A-list bash that he crashed.
The “prince,” who bought his title, met Gabor in ’82 at writer Sidney Sheldon’s mansion, reports the Hollywood Reporter. Von Anhalt (formerly sauna owner Hans Georg Robert Lichtenberg) rented a Rolls-Royce at Budget and paid two UCLA students $100 to pose as his driver and bodyguard.
But when he arrived at the Holmby Hills, Calif., house in faux royal garb, the “prince” noticed Sheldon’s wife was at the door. Although they’d never met, she greeted him with, “Your royal highness.”
Sheldon even bowed.