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Rich Spanish Duchess Weds for Third Time at Age 85
SEVILLE, Spain - Shrugging off her children's qualms and opposition from Spain's royal family, a wealthy, 85-year-old Spanish duchess considered the world's most title-laden noble married a civil servant 25 years her junior on Wednesday, and celebrated by kicking off her shoes and dancing a bit of flamenco.
Waving fans against the hot Andalusian sun, a crowd of several hundred clapped and roared its approval as the Duchess of Alba waved and dance on a red carpet after her wedding to Alfonso Diez at Palacio de las Duenas, her 15th-century residence in the cobblestoned old quarter of Seville.
Known for her cloud of frizzy white hair, squeaky voice and wildly colorful clothes, the duchess is among Spain's most famous people and a mainstay of the nation's gossip magazines. Only a few dozen family members and close friends were invited to the ceremony.
The twice-widowed duchess, a fan of bull-fighting and flamenco, wore a pale pink knee-length dress with a moss-green sash by Spanish designers Victorio and Lucchino. After the ceremony she ventured outside the palace to throw her bouquet of flowers into the crowd and dance in front of a forest of TV cameras.
Her full name - take a deep breath - is Maria del Rosario Cayetana Alfonsa Victoria Eugenia Francisca Fitz-James Stuart y de Silva. She goes by simply Cayetana, and is a distant relative of Queen Elizabeth and Winston Churchill.
She and Diez, a social security administration employee, are old acquaintances through her second husband, who was a former priest, and Diez's brother. They bumped into each other about three years ago outside a movie theater in Madrid and eventually started dating.
The duchess's six children had been openly opposed to the marriage with 61-year-old Alfonso Diez, with whom she started to step out in 2008, but have softened to the idea following the matriach's move to divide her fortune between them in July.
The wedding plans even met with disapproval from Spain's royal family, although King Juan Carlos has since given his blessing to the couple, the duchess said in a recent interview with news agency EFE.
The duchess's fortune includes ancient palaces throughout Spain, paintings by Spanish masters Velazquez and Goya, and huge stretches of land. Estimates of he wealth range from $800 million to $4.7 billion.
The third woman to hold the title of Duchess of Alba in her own right, the duchess married her first husband in 1947. They were married for 25 years until he died of leukemia.
She walked up the aisle with her second husband, a former Jesuit priest, in 1978. He died after 23 years of marriage. "I am a practicing Roman Catholic; that's why I'm marrying for a third time. Unfortunately my two previous husbands died," she has said.
Alfonso Diez will leave his civil service job following the wedding to live in a 16th century palace in Seville alongside his new wife.
Two of the children did not attend the wedding. The duchess's only daughter, Eugenia, was reported to be hospitalized in Madrid with chicken pox, while one of her sons, named Jacobo and reportedly unhappy with his slice of the family fortune, was said to be traveling outside Spain.
AMBER ROSE & WIZ KHALIFA ALLEGEDLY TIE THE KNOT
Hip-hop couple Amber Rose and Wiz Khalifa are once again appearing in the gossip columns as a new photo suggests they may have gotten married over the weekend.
While neither entertainer has come foward, a perceived Las Vegas wedding photo has hit the Internet.
Maybe so. The touchy-feely pair were snapped in the midst of what looks to be a newlyweds first dance.
With Amber's non-stop wife-talk and Wiz's spontaneity we really wouldn't be too surprised if these crazy kids really did walk down a Vegas aisle. Time (and tweets) will tell. (VIBE)
Last month, Rose said although marriage is imminent, they are both focused on their careers right now.
"We discuss it all the time; like he said, we're very much in love," Rose told MTV News while standing next to her "Black and Yellow" rapper beau on the VMA Pre-Show black carpet.
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"But, ya know, we're just going to take our time and just enjoy each other right now. We're both really busy and we work really hard and when the time comes, it's gonna come." (MTV)
Around mid-August, Rose revealed plans to marry Wiz in the future.
"We're definitely going to get married and have babies. Not right now because we're still busy and we still want to enjoy each other first.
We want to go on vacation, travel and just enjoy each other company, but he's definitely the one. We're definitely going to lay it down and get it done." (Global Grind)
In April, the video vixen talked about what she loves about Khalifa.
"He's really funny, really charming," Rose told hip-hop personalitySway during an interview. "He's really charming, really funny. I didn't know much about his music at first and obviously he became a good friend. I started listening to his music and we became really close. He's awesome, he's talented, he's amazing."
TERRY G WEDS SECRETLY
The singer-producer-performer is so many different things to different people: mad man, beat jacker, song stealer, swagger king, akpako master, or restless hitmaker. Now, he’s soon going to be a husband to someone – and he’s kicked off the process already.
Terry G, whose real names are Gabriel Amanyi and his long time partner Mimi are taking their relationship further, after years of dating.
Terry we’re told, has already overhauled his Lagos home (a three-bedroom apartment in Iju), putting everything in place for the comfort of his wife-to-be. And last month, the pair traveled to Benin with few friends and family members, for a traditional marriage ceremony that caught Terry’s friends by surprise. ’I was shocked when I heard‘ one very close friend tells us. Says another ‘I heard from a mutual friend and I later visited him to find out. I’m happy for both of them‘.
Terry’s bride Mimi is a Lagos-based ‘big girl’ (exact words of those who know her) whose mom lives in Benin. We’re told her father is late. She’s the couple’s only child and, according to our findings, the main beneficiary of their wealth.
Although Terry’s background is different- having not being born into privilege- he’s by no means a gold-digger. The 25 year-old has worked his way to where he’s at; and he’s earned enough to belong to the millionaires’ club. He told friends last year he prefers his partner even after a couple of on-and-offs. One key advantage: she doesn’t play in the entertainment field and is away from all the ‘magic and the madness’ that come with her hubby’s job.
‘She’s a great girl. She was there with him and for him when he had that accident. I believe they’ll make a great couple. I think she’s the stability that Gabriel needs‘, a source, who claims the pair already have both parents’ blessings, tells us.
Speaking with Don T a director at Now Muzik, Terry’s management company, he confirmed that the singer indeed has a fiancée. ‘Yes, his fiancées name is Mimi and we are hoping they get married soon‘, Don T told our reporter in a telephone conversation. But he (Don T) played down the news of Terry’s traditional marriage saying that the singer only travelled to Benin to shoot two videos.
And speaking on his house in Iju, he explained ‘Terry has almost finished his house in Iju, it’s still developing but will be completed soon‘, Don T added. No word yet on a proper wedding date.
He recently released his third album ‘Terry Gzuz‘ under his TGP Entertainment label.
PRINCESS MERCY JOHNSON GOES AHEAD WITH TRADITIONAL WEDDING
Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson and fiance Prince Odianosen Okojie have finally tied the knot as they exchanged vows at the traditional wedding ceremony held today Friday, August 26, 2011 at the Nollywood actress’ family home in Oke Odan, Gospel Village, Iyano Isashi, Okoko, Lagos State.
Mercy who hails from Kogi State was dressed in traditional beads and george wrappers which is symbolic of the Edo traditional attire for a woman getting married to an Edo Prince.
Mercy will now adopt the title ‘Princess’ to her name having completed the traditional wedding to an Edo Prince.
A Christian solemnization is expected to take place tomorrow morning at 11am before a wedding reception follows at 10 Degrees Event Centre, Billingsway, Oregun, Ikeja.
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