It is not certain that D. Maria Pia even ordered 20 dresses in Paris for the same ceremony, and rumors about a queen who, accustomed to the luxury of the Italian court, changed clothes three times at the same party, an eccentric monarch who left cigarette butts on the floor, while he walked around the palace, smoking cigars, and a servant was nearby for fear that the carpets and sofas in Paso da Ajuda would catch fire.
But on the day the eldest son got married, “the limits were exceeded,” the book describes. Lovers of the Kings of PortugalAna Cristina Pereira and Paula Lourenço, “down to (…) setting the right time when the sun shines on the stained glass window in the church of São Domingos, so that her dress looks even more radiant and the colors are accentuated.” Whoever wants queens pays for them, said Maria Pia de Savoia.
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Author: SATURDAY
Source: CM Jornal
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