This past November 20, the children (some) of the duchess of Alba They gathered at a Seville mass to remember their mother 10 years after her death. Just as we previewed days before, and contrary to what many thought, we saw together with Cayetano Martínez de Irujo and Carlos, his brother Carlos, current Duke of Alba, presiding over the funeral, a scene that would undoubtedly have made his mother very happy.
Of course, the duchess, who was very intelligent and knew perfectly well that those two children had a terrible relationship for many years before, would not have given much credit to that apparent harmony, motivated rather by the good manners with which she had raised her children. It is also true that the priest who officiated the ceremony was Ignacio Sánchez-Dalp, old friend of the House of Alba. He was the one who married Cayetano y Genoveva Casanova and who officiated the duchess’s marriage to Alfonso Díez in 2011.
The priest managed to get Carlos Fitz James-Stuart and his brothers, Cayetano and Fernando Martínez de Irujo, to go up to the altar of the church of Cristo de los Gitanos and sing together the Rociera Mass, which their mother liked so much. The atmosphere exuded family harmony, even Cayetano, Duke of Arjona, invited his older brother to dinner, but the duke of alba (76 years old) declined the invitation and he retired to the Las Dueñas palace, claiming that “he was old and tired”, while Fernando, the other Alba present, ran to the airport to catch the last flight from Seville to Madrid.
One week before Christmas, the Albas are once again as dispersed as in recent years
The point is that after those scenes of a certain peace in Seville, and 10 years after the death of the Duchess, a week before Christmas, the Albas are once again as dispersed as in recent years. At the Christmas Eve dinner at the Liria Palace, where the Duchess gathered all his children and grandchildren, there will be many empty chairs again. Shortly after the aristocrat died, his eldest son warned Cayetano that his ex-wife Genoveva Casanova was not among the guests at the palace. They were divorced and he was no longer part of the family. The Duke of Arjona’s reaction was to refuse to sit alone with his two children at that table. Finally, he celebrated the night of December 24 with them and his ex-wife at the Mexican woman’s house, near the Los Jerónimos church, the same apartment where, according to various media outlets, it seems that the then prince spent the night. Joachim of Denmarkan extreme never admitted by Genevieve, triggering an earthquake in the Danish Court. Later came the resignation of Queen Margarita from the throne and the proclamation of her son as king, putting an end to her alleged infidelities. Cayetano will not be at his mother’s palace at Christmas, he has not been invited. His brothers Fernando and Jacobo may not attend the dinner either. If his mother raised her head…
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