A fake German prince who has rubbed shoulders with Prince Charles has been slammed for using a legal loophole to gain access to high society.
His Serene Highness Dr Donatus, Prince of Hohenzollern, has spent the better part of two decades schmoozing with Britain's elite.
But Donatus, who is really a 64-year-old music teacher called Markus Hänsel, was only able to do this after paying to be adopted by a minor German royal in the House of Hohenzollern at the age of 42.
The real Prince of Hohenzollern, Karl Friedrich, the head of the House of Hohenzollern, has hit out at Donatus for using his family's name.
He told The Sun: 'It makes me angry and frustrated, it leaves a very bitter taste in my mouth.
