Spain's Duchess of Alba gives up her fortune for . . . love.

Started by Syt, August 10, 2011, 12:30:02 AM

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Syt

August 10, 2011, 12:30:02 AM
BBC: Spain's Duchess of Alba 'gives up fortune to marry'

QuoteOne of Spain's richest women, the Duchess of Alba, is reportedly giving away her personal fortune in order to marry a civil servant.


Duchess of Alba

The 85-year-old's personal wealth is estimated to be between 600m and 3.5bn euros (£524m and £3bn).

The duchess's six children have until now opposed her plans to wed Alfonso Diez, who is 24 years her junior.

Local media reports say she plans to get round her children by giving them their inheritance early.

''Alfonso doesn't want anything. All he wants is me,'' the duchess was quoted as saying earlier this year.

Mr Diez is a civil servant in the department of social security and also runs a PR business. The pair have been close friends for several years.

Rumours of a wedding were quashed in 2008, when a statement by the House of Alba said that the relationship ''was based on a long friendship and there are no plans to marry''.

According to the Spanish newspaper El Pais, her eldest son Carlos will inherit the Liria Palace in Madrid and the Monterrey Palace in Salamanca.

Her other palaces and thousands of hectares of land will be divided between her children and eight grandchildren, the report said.

Much of the patrimony is managed by a foundation and cannot be sold.
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The Brain

#1
August 10, 2011, 02:35:43 AM
She's Ron Perlman?
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

Razgovory

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August 10, 2011, 02:43:25 AM


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Reminds me of her.
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HVC

#3
August 10, 2011, 05:28:29 AM
what the hell kind of estimate is that? :lol:
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

The Larch

#4
August 10, 2011, 05:54:34 AM
The House of Alba has really fallen down over the centuries. From being the terror of the Netherlands to being the laughingstock of the gossip magazines.

I mean, if your ancestor looked like this:



How can you end up like this?:

Solmyr

#5
August 10, 2011, 06:10:07 AM
Too much breeding with Habsburgs?

Richard Hakluyt

#7
August 10, 2011, 06:12:45 AM
How much inbreeding has there been?

Syt

#8
August 10, 2011, 06:15:04 AM
She's old. She used to look like this:

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Josephus

#9
August 10, 2011, 07:26:29 AM
Civis Romanus Sum<br /><br />"My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world." Jack Layton 1950-2011

Josquius

#10
August 10, 2011, 07:42:26 AM
Damn, kill it with fire!
She mustn't be that rich if she had to go to a dodgy back alley Thai plastic surgeon,
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Eddie Teach

#11
August 10, 2011, 08:05:12 AM
Quote from: Syt on August 10, 2011, 06:15:04 AM
She's old. She used to look like this:



Looks better than the one Goya fooled around with.

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August 10, 2011, 08:34:16 AM
Quote from: The Larch on August 10, 2011, 05:54:34 AM
How can you end up like this?:

Too much plastic surgery.   :contract:
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HVC

#13
August 10, 2011, 08:42:44 AM
Being lazy is bad; unless you still get what you want, then it's called "patience".
Hubris must be punished. Severely.

The Larch

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August 10, 2011, 09:54:01 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on August 10, 2011, 08:05:12 AM
Quote from: Syt on August 10, 2011, 06:15:04 AM
She's old. She used to look like this:



Looks better than the one Goya fooled around with.



This other painting is better. :perv:

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