Editor Blasted For Posting ‘Tasteless’ And ‘Cruel’ Picture On Instagram

christiana

March 9, 2015 12:50 PM

Elizabeth posted the picture on Saturday during Paris Fashion Week with the caption “Paris is full of surprises…and @vogue magazine readers even in unexpected corners!”.

Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis, Vogue style editor posted a picture of a homeless woman in Paris supposedly reading the magazine and she has received negative comments from people calling her ‘tasteless’ and ‘cruel’.

The 32-year-old heiress and German princess (known as Princess TNT), whose charity work has included organising pilgrimages to Lourdes for the elderly and disabled, immediately came under fire after the post.

Some asked whether she’d offered any food to the woman and others suggested it was stunt.

Elisabeth also responded to the comments asking, ‘Why cruel? The person to me is as dignified as anyone else!’

On Sunday, the Vogue editor however apologized on Instagram with a shot of the Seine with the caption: ‘I wanted to extend my sincerest apologies for the offence my post has caused. Yours truly Elisabeth.’

christiana