Monday, May 5, 2008

Red Duchess a rebel to the last as she snubs family and leaves all to wife

By Elizabeth Nash in Madrid
The Independent UK

But the Red Duchess – a "title" she never accepted – threw down her most defiant challenge in her final hours. As she lay dying in her palace in Sanlucar de Barrameda, aged 71, Luisa Isabel married in articulo mortis her secretary and companion, Liliana Maria Dahlmann, and left her everything. Her discreet sexual preferences were known to her family, but the secret lesbian marriage has shaken Spain's proud and ancient aristocracy and is likely to unleash a legal battle over a sumptuous inheritance.

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2 comments:

Mrs. Chili said...

See, I don't get this. If Leona Helmsley can leave everything to her dogs, why, WHY, would there be any question about someone leaving everything to a partner? I mean, I recognize that people can fight wills, but what grounds would any ethical judge have to overturn one that's executed legally?

tom said...

You hit the nail on the head.



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