This month's W magazine profiles the 18th Duchess of Alba of Spain who divides her time among six different palaces, including a 15th c. "Moorish extravaganza" with 11 courtyards. The Duchess has 47 titles, including one that proclaims her the only person allowed to " ride into the immense Seville Cathedral on horseback." Also, she "does not have to kneel before the Pope." The article continues:
In addition to her two marriages, the Duchess... has supposedly enjoyed numerous affairs with a succession of bullfighters, flamenco dancers and other handsome men...She caused a near scandal in 1978 by marrying Jesus Aguirre, a handsome former Jesuit priest eight years her junior.
Image: Palacio de las Duenas
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