BARCELONA - Christoph von Hohenlohe, a member of one of Europe's most aristocratic families, was buried yesterday in Marbella after dying in mysterious circumstances in a Bangkok jail.
"Kiko" Von Hohenlohe, 49, was a prince and member of the Agnelli family, the powerful Italian industrial dynasty. But he died on
August 6 at the hospital unit of the notoriously squalid Klongprem Central Prison in Thailand.
His mother, Princess Ira von Furstenburg, is demanding an autopsy and investigation. The Thai authorities have so far declined to open an inquiry.
Hospital sources are said to have suggested the playboy aristocrat died from a possible blood infection or insulin deprivation.
Von Hohenlohe was buried next to his father Prince Alfonso von Hohenlohe, who was famous for turning the former fishing village of Marbella into a fashionable resort for a jet set of Hollywood actors and European aristocrats during the 1960s and 1970s.
Von Hohenlohe was arrested and jailed in Bangkok in July 31 for falsifying documents.
The prince was due to return home to Hawaii, but was delayed by three days after failing to get on a flight.
As his exit visa had run out, he changed the date in pen so as to avoid more paperwork, but it was spotted by officials.
- INDEPENDENT
