Anna and Mathilda, the daughters of Karl-Theodor and Stephanie zu Guttenberg, have now grown up.
What they are doing now:
A family photo of the zu Guttenbergs made the rounds for the 2009 federal election - today, Karl-Theodor and Stephanie zu Guttenberg are likely to have mixed feelings.
Only two years later, chaos broke out over her and her daughters when the then Federal Defense Minister was stripped of his doctorate in the plagiarism affair and a little later resigned from his office.
The family then moved to the USA - away from the hustle and bustle of the media around the stumbled politician.
The decision was probably also good for Anna and Mathilda, the two daughters of the zu Guttenberg couple.
Neither of them are little girls anymore.
Instead, the pretty young women have long been successful in life themselves.
Karl-Theodor and Stephanie zu Guttenberg: Their daughters Mathilda and Anna are so beautiful and successful today
Anna is now 20, Mathilda will be 19 at the end of the year. They both inherited the radiant smiles from Mama Stephanie.
But the sisters don't just have a lot in common in terms of looks.
They also share their passion for horses.
father | Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg |
mother | Stephanie zu Guttenberg |
children | Anna (20) and Mathilda (18) |
However - and that is the big difference - Anna and Mathilda now live almost 10,000 kilometers apart as the crow flies.
Because while Anna, like Papa Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg and Mama Stephanie, decided to return to their German homeland, Mathilda is still in the USA.
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg: His daughters share a passion
The younger of the two sisters is active there as a dressage rider.
She is also successful in competitions with her horse Fly Rio.
In this she is in no way inferior to Anna.
Even if her older sister decided to go show jumping.
Anna is a great person and very talented in the saddle.
Simone Blum, German show jumper
As the former show jumping world champion Simone Blum announced on her Facebook page last year, Anna has four horses that she has in the stable of the competitive athlete.
"Anna is a great person and very talented in the saddle, so we are all the happier that Anna and her horses have found their way to us," wrote Blum at the time.
Anna wanted to "gain a foothold in equestrian sport" parallel to her studies in Munich.
Both seem to work.
As Anna herself stated on the LinkedIn platform, she is now studying a Bachelor of Science.
Anna and Mathilda: The zu Guttenberg children are now that big
According to the information provided there, Mathilda is also completing a degree.
And even in their scientific interests, the sisters are apparently similar.
Because Mathilda is also aiming for a Bachelor of Science - albeit at the University of California in Los Angeles.
In addition to their studies, the horses seem to play a very large role in the lives of the two daughters of the zu Guttenbergs.
Both regularly inspire their followers on Instagram with tournament photos and impressions from their everyday sporting activities.
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg: Daughters only show equestrian sport in public
Her life as a nobility offspring or the daughter of a politician does not matter there, however.
Anna even renounces her title of nobility on the social network.
Otherwise, the young women keep their private life out of the public eye.
Mathilda, for example, still has a private Instagram account.
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg himself made another doctorate after the plagiarism scandal.
Since 2011 he has also been working as a consultant for the EU Commission.
Wife Stephanie is involved in the field of digital education.