Silvio Berlusconi, 85, holds 'symbolic wedding' to his 32-year-old bride
Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has celebrated a 'symbolic wedding' to a woman 53 years his junior, Daily Mail reports.
Footage has emerged of Berlusconi, 85, enjoying a lavish 'festival of love' with 32-year-old Marta Fascina, an MP in his Forza Italia party, at a historic property called Villa Gernetto in the town of Lesmo, north of Milan.
It represents the latest declaration of love between Berlusconi and Fascina, after the former prime minister released photos of the pair gazing longingly at each other amid Fascina's birthday celebrations in January.
The ceremony looked very much like a wedding, but the couple were not officially married because of an inheritance row between the families.
Berlusconi’s five adult children were believed to be outraged at their father's intention to marry Fascina, which would have given her a claim to the 85-year-old's fortune of over £5 billion.
Fascina is Berlusconi's latest romantic conquest after he broke off his previous relationship with Francesca Pascale in 2020, who at the ripe age of 34 was simply too old for him.