Re: Braganza jewels � 1995 Pre-wedding Gala Archived Message
Posted by Henri M on January 29, 2014, 6:45 am, in reply to "Re: Braganza jewels � 1995 Pre-wedding Gala"
I have seen a documentary a while ago about a portuguese noblewoman trying to live up to her status but by lack of financial means sinking deeper and deeper in miserability. What struck me, I remember, was the total lack of initiative to get out of the situation and the continue blaming towards her elderly mother for the financial mess she 'inherited'. Of course I can not take this example for the situation of the whole Portugese noblity. I can imagine that some families, like Álvares Pereira de Mello (Dukes of Cadaval), still have some fortune.
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