In the last years of her life, the name of the noblewoman, Cayetana, Duchess of Alba, appeared in mass media on a regular basis. Some publications literally mocked her: an 85-year-old woman married a man who was 24 years younger! Everyone completely forgot that this woman wasn’t just a scandalous person, she was also Queen Elizabeth’s close friend, a flamenco dancer who managed to restore one of the most beautiful palaces in Madrid, and a woman who’d fallen in love and renounced all treasures for the sake of her own happiness.
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