Meet Hong Kong’s heiress ‘princess’ Alexandra von Furstenberg: how the daughter of duty free billionaire Robert Warren Miller married Diane von Furstenberg’s royal son Prince Alexander

Mar 7 , 2022

How Hong Kong-born Alexandra von Furstenberg married into a life of royalty. Photo: Getty

The billionaire DFS heiress was born in Hong Kong, and enjoyed a lavish childhood with socialite sisters Pia Getty and Marie-Chantal – who also married an actual prince

She was married to iconic fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg’s son Prince Alexander for seven years and has two royal children: Princess Talita Natasha and Prince Tassilo

Many of Hong Kong’s A-listers enjoy the perks, privileges and luxuries of being bona fide celebrity royalty, but did you know the city has also seen one of its own become an actual, fully recognised royal?

Alexandra von Furstenberg with billionaire businessman dad Robert Warren Miller. Photo: @avfhome/Instagram

Meet 49-year-old Alexandra von Furstenberg, the heiress of a Hong Kong-based billionaire businessman, who leveraged her lofty position and later went on to marry into a fascinating life of both fashion royalty … and actual royalty.

Alexandra von Furstenberg was born and raised in Hong Kong. Photo: @avfhome/Instagram

Here’s everything you need to know about Hong Kong’s royal export, Alexandra von Furstenberg.

This billionaire heiress was born and bred in Hong Kong

The Miller sisters. Photo: @avfhome/Instagram

Glamorous Alexandra von Furstenberg is the daughter of Hong Kong based billionaire Robert Warren Miller, an entrepreneur and co-founder of DFS (Duty Free Shops), and his Ecuadorean wife Maria Clara Pesantes Becerra.

Robert Warren Miller, entrepreneur and co-founder of DFS (Duty Free Shops). Photo: Jonathan Wong

Unlike her two older sisters, Marie-Chantal Claire and Pia Getty, von Furstenberg was born in Hong Kong in 1972.