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Remember those nineteen assassination attempts? They weren’t on Lorenz. They were on his father-in-law, King Baudouin, whom Lorenz served as a personal aide. In the 1970s and ’80s, Belgium had a terrorist group called the “Cellules Communistes Combattantes” who really didn’t like the royal family. Lorenz’s job was essentially to be a human shield. He once said, “Every time the King’s car started, I checked my pulse first.”
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But here’s the hilarious twist: Lorenz didn’t just survive the attempts; he kept a diary of them. It’s a secret family heirloom, probably titled “That Time I Didn’t Die (Again).” Imagine the entries: “Monday: Bomb in mailbox. Tuesday: Sniper at lunch. Wednesday: Finally got a quiet coffee. Thursday: Coffee poisoned. Friday: I hate coffee now.”
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What truly made Lorenz the man behind the royal love story wasn’t the danger or the diplomacy. It was his utter normality. He loved gardening. When reporters asked him about his hobbies, he said, “I enjoy weeding the rose garden and fixing my car.” A prince who fixes his own car. Meanwhile, his wife was attending galas in diamond tiaras, and he was under the hood of a Volvo.
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He also had a legendary sense of humor. At their 30th wedding anniversary, a journalist asked him how he kept the romance alive. He replied, “I buy her a lottery ticket every week. If she wins, I retire early.” Astrid laughed so hard she almost choked on her champagne. Again.