Vogue 's style editor-at-large Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis came under fire on Saturday after posting a photo on Instagram of what appears to be a homeless woman in Paris reading the famed magazine . 'Paris is full of surprises ... .and @ voguemagazine readers even in unexpected corners ! ' the caption of the German princess 's photo , which has since been deleted , read . Von Thurn und Taxis , who has been with the magazine since 2012 , received a slew of criticism from followers claiming the photo was 'cruel ' and 'tasteless ' . Scroll down for video . Vogue 's style editor-at-large Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis posted this photo on Instagram , with the caption , 'Paris is full of surprises ... .and @ vouguemagazine readers even in unexpected corners ! ' Many commenters criticized von Thurn und Taxis for posting the picture . Some claimed the photo was 'cruel ' and 'tasteless ' The editor , who was in Paris for fashion week , responded to the commenters , asking 'Why cruel ? The person to me is as dignified as anyone else ! ' Style website Fashionista claimed the photo , like von Thurn und Taxis 's other content , was 'out of touch ' . 'The things she writes , both in Vogue and on social media , often straddle the line between entertaining/aspirational and disturbingly out of touch . On Saturday she crossed that line , ' the website wrote . Some commenters supported the 32-year-old editor , but the post disappeared from her feed about five hours after it was posted , according to CNN . The German princess is the daughter of Countess Gloria von Schönburg-Glauchau , known as 'Princess TNT , the dynamite socialite' and Johannes , 11th Prince of Thurn and Taxis . Her brother Albert , 31 , who succeeded their father in 1990 as Albert II , Prince of Thurn and Taxis , has a net worth of more than £1billion and races in a German auto-racing league . The princess was educated at Sevenoaks in Kent and has a bachelor 's degree from the American University of Paris . Von Thurn und Taxis was in Paris for Fashion week when she posted the photo . On the left she can be seen at the Christian Dior show with Noor Fares and Olympia Scarry . On the right she is pictured at the Christian Dior - Party At les Bains Douches on Thursday . Her blog 'The Princess Diaries ' , which appeared in Finch 's Quarterly Review , contrasted the difficulties faced by royalty with more 'normal issues ' . The family 's wealth originated from their postal system empire which can be traced back to around 1290 when two early ancestors operated courier services in the Italian city-states . But the family 's important postal activities began with Franz von Taxis , who served as postmaster to the Holy Roman emperor Maximilian I from 1489 and to Philip I of Spain from 1504 . The Prussian empire originally bought out the Thurn and Taxis monopoly in 1867 and used it as the basis for a new German national post . A member of the family is believed to have invented the taximeter , which is why taxicabs came to bear his name . The House of Thurn and Taxis held the rank of royalty in the German Empire until 1918 .
Style editor Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis posted the photo on Saturday . Commenters said it was taken 'in poor taste ' and was 'cruel ' Von Thurn und Taxis commented , 'Why Cruel ? The person to me is as dignified as anyone else ! ' The 32-year-old deleted the photo within five hours of posting it .