I read in the papers this week of the wedding of Dona Maria del Rosario...etc., etc.,the Duchess of Alba and the most Royal woman in the world. She is now 85 years old and growing old disgracefully....that is she is doing exactly as she wishes, as she always has done and as anyone worth more than £3 billion in her own right is entitled to. When I lived in Spain she was a sprightly young 70ish and would commit the most serious of crimes like wearing colours which other people thought did not match or in their opinion did not suit her - or worse should not be seen on an important Royal Duchess and was she worried? - not a jot. She is, I think the aunt of Don Juan Carlos, King of Spain and he is obviously very fond of her as are most of his subjects. This latest escapade is the announcement that she is to marry for the third time (she has been widowed twice in the past 60+ years) this time to a man 24 years her junior. This has caused the press and her children to have many sleepless nights and to say many inappropriate things which she has allowed to go on without comment. I love the fact that she has now made a statement to the Spanish press in which she told them that she has divided all her fortune equally amongst her children and that her future husband has signed away any rights to her assets, having enough of his own; and at that she said, smiling sweetly into the camera "my children's objections simply melted away, but I am not dead yet and until then everything is still in my hands." Still pressing her for more she was asked what if there was still no support from the Royal family, her friends and her countrymen?
"I wouldn't care, I'd get married anyway." Good luck on Wednesday Dona Maria. I'm sure she will look lovely whatever she chooses to wear and for Spain THIS is the Royal wedding of the year. For me and I'm sure for the rest of the old ladies of Europe she is a great inspiration.
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