The prince was visiting the French professor, diplomat and former adviser to the Chinese government - where he was dubbed at the Red Baron - at his home in Apethorpe Palace, Northamptonshire. Police and ambulance crews were called to the scene after receiving a call at around at 8. He was later pronounced dead. Prince Georg-Constantin of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, pictured on his wedding day, died after he was thrown from a horse during a race on Saturday.
Olivia, who married the prince in , posted this picture on Facebook to pay tribute to her husband. A friend of both, Alexander Fiske-Harrison, revealed the prince died in the grounds of the palace, which where he proposed to his English wife, Princess Olivia. He said 'From what I have been told from friends is that Con Prince Georg-Constantin was visiting Jean Christophe and they went out for a hack horse ride. He was wearing a helmet and was riding in the grounds.
The couple were married in a registry office in in civil ceremony in Wiemar which was attended by Prince Michael of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
Princess Olivia, a former model, was not with her husband at the time of the tragic accident. I understand his wife was not there at the time. Prince Georg-Constantin was successor to the House of Wettin and his family is linked to many of Europe's Royal houses. The Prince's uncle Michael is in the succession line to the British throne as he is the great-great-great-great-great-grandson of King George's II's daughter Princess Augusta.
A tribute was posted by the Prince's friend and fellow conservationist Alexander Fiske-Harrison on Facebook. According to German media, Prince Georg-Constantin would also have been next in line as successor to the throne in Germany if the Kingdom of Saxony had still existed. His wife Olivia Rachelle Page was born in London and is a former model. The wedding in took place in Weimar, Germany, and according to a local paper at the time the ceremony was delayed by 15 minutes because the bride was late.
