The last Spanish party of Ira de Fürstenberg: in Liria and with Jaime de Marichalar and Infanta Elena

The Italian aristocrat died this Monday in Rome at the age of 83. Who was one of the most popular and important personalities of the Marbella jet-set in the 80s and 90s, she was very loved in Spain, where she had great friends. With them she celebrated her 80th birthday at the Liria Palace, in Madrid. Among the 60 guests, Infanta Elena and Jaime de Marichalar.

The princess, with an Austrian father and Italian mother from the Agnelli family, owners of Fiat, wanted to have a party in 2020 at the Liria Palace in Madrid to celebrate such an important age, but the pandemic and the long period Later restrictions prevented him from doing so. She didn't give up on him, she just put him off. The one who was the wife of Alfonso de Hohenlohecreator of the splendor of Marbella in the 60s, 70s and 80s, offered a dinner in an imposing tent with open curtains and views of the French garden, mariachi and salsa music, and beautiful floral decorations distributed by Ira herself and by Beatrice de Orleans. And an exquisite menu, according to the guests, based on lobster gazpacho; hake with lemon zest and Khalix eggs; roast beef with sweet potato muslin and garden vegetables. And for dessert, a varied buffet from Casa de Alba. All of this washed down with wines from the Marqués de Riscal, Marqués de Vargas and French champagne.

The princess's friends, beautiful and elegant in a caftan-type tunic, arrived on time for the appointment, set for 9 p.m. Coming from India, Holland, the Arab Emirates, where Ira often traveled to exhibit her “precious objects”, the Philippines, Turkey, French aristocrats and naturally, her Italian intimates. Ira lived most of the time in her house in Rome and there he received as only the great lords of a lifetime know how to do.

Your son Hubertus de Hohenlohe and his wife Simona Gandolfi They also did not miss this last exceptional celebration. Among his Spanish friends, Isabel Preyslerwithout Mario Vargas Llosa, Miriam Lapiquewidow of Alfonso Cortina, Elena Cué y Alberto Cortina, Thomas Terry, Alfonso Díez, Borja Prado Eulate y Carmen Martínez Bordiú, alone, without her Australian boyfriend. She was there too, but not until the end of dinner, Elena de Borbón. It drew attention that the infanta and her ex-husband Jaime de Marichalaranother of the guests, did not even greet each other.

The party ended at 1 in the morning and the next day, Friday, Ira de Fürstenberg gave a smaller cocktail party in his mansion in Madrid de los Austrias, for another group of friends.