1926-
Man Accused of Murder

A Privileged Life.

Claus von Bulow began life as Claus Cecil Borberg in Copenhagen, Denmark. His father was a playwright, and his mother was a descendant of a prominent and wealthy Ger-man family, the von Bulows. His parents were divorced when he was four, and Claus was raised by his mother. Claus, who took his mother's name as his surname, entered Cambridge University at the age of sixteen and graduated after World War II with a degree in law. Von Bulow apprenticed with British barrister (an English attorney) Quintin Hogg. He later worked for billionaire J. Paul Getty, rising to become one of Getty's chief assistants. In 1966 he married Sunny von Auersperg after her divorce from Prince Alfred Eduard Friedrich Vincenz Martin Maria von Auersperg. In 1967 they had a daughter, Cosima, who was their only child. This idyllic existence continued...