Thursday, January 19th, 2012
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The Casa de Alba - whose head, the redoubtable Cayetana, 18th Duquesa de Alba, recently wed for the third ...
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Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
As this is my last proper blog post of 2011 - I will be wishing you a happy new year next week, but other than that I get a (well-earned) break between Christmas and New Year - I thought it would be a good chance to take a look back ...
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Thursday, October 27th, 2011
Yesterday was the official launch day for the Duquesa de Alba's much-anticipated autobiography, Yo, Cayetana.
Sadly, the event had to be cancelled when the Duchess had an unfortunate accident. She fell at her home, Palacio de las Dueñas in Seville, and suffered a hairline fracture to her pelvis.
At 85 years, the ...
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Thursday, October 6th, 2011
Click here to see a video of the Duquesa de Alba greeting the public who massed outside her palace for her wedding, as well as her flamenco performance.
She may not be royal, but the Duquesa de Alba's blood runs blue through her veins. Descended from King James II of England ...
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Monday, March 14th, 2011
If you've been reading this blog for a while, you'll know that I am fascinated by the Duquesa de Alba. Just over a year ago, I interviewed the famously free-spirited, very-titled Spanish aristocrat for another Andalucian publication, and she was utterly charming - speaks fluent English, too. Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart ...
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Monday, November 1st, 2010
OK, I admit it. I love TV movies about famous people. Even better if they're royalty or aristos, and we get a glimpse inside their everyday lives - the king eating his breakfast in a grey chandal (tracksuit), Prince Felipe glued to the telly. The mini-series about the Duquesa de ...
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