THE COVER

THE BURIAL

H.E. Generalisimo Francisco Franco Bahamonde of Spain Re-Burial (2019)

THE COVER

THE JEWEL

Carmen Franco y Polo, Duchess of Franco, Necklace

THE PALACE

Pazo de Meirás, La Coruña, of The Counts of Pardo Bazán and The Dukes of Franco

THE GUESTS

Carmen Franco Polo, Marchiones of Villaverde, later Duchess of Franco; and Cristóbal Martínez Bordíu, Marquess of Villaverde

THE PALACE

Palacio de Cornide, Coruña, of The Cornide Family and The Dukes of Franco

THE MOTHER

Javier Ardid y Martinez-Bordiu and Mariola Martinez-Bordiu y Franco, Mrs. Rafael Ardid Villoslada, of The Marquesses of Villaverde

THE BRIDE

Carmen Franco y Polo, Marchioness of Villaverde, later Duchess of Franco (1926-2017)

THE VISIT

H.M. King Hussein I of Jordan and H.E. Generalisimo Francisco Franco Bahamonde of Spain

THE KISS

H.R.H. Princess Beatrice d'Orleans, Countess of Evreux; and Cynthia Rossi y Martinez-Bordiu 

THE HOUSE

Francisco Franco y Martínez-Bordiú, Marquess of Villaverde, of The Dukes of Franco

THE MARQUESSES

Carmen Franco y Polo, Marchioness of Villaverde, later Duchess of Franco; and Cristóbal Martínez Bordiú, Marquess of Villaverde

THE ANIMAL

Francisco Franco y Martínez-Bórdiú, Marquess of Villaverde

THE FUNERAL

T.M. Queen Sofia and King Juan Carlos I of Spain with H.E. Carmen Polo y Martínez-Valdés, formerly First Lady of Spain, later Lady of Meirás (H.E. Generalisimo Francisco Franco Bahamonde of Spain Funeral 1975)

THE WEDDING

Jaime Ardid y Martínez-Bordiu and Fernanda Estevez Hinojosa Wedding (2019)

THE ART

H.E. Generalisimo Francisco Franco Bahamonde of Spain and Salvador Dali i Domenech, later Marquess of Dali de Pubol

THE VISIT

H.R.H. Princess Sofia of Spain, later Queen of Spain; H.E. First Lady Carmen Polo y Martínez-Valdés of Spain, later Lady of Meirás; H.E. Generalisimo Francisco Franco Bahamonde of Spain and H.R.H. Prince Juan Carlos of Spain, later King of Spain

THE BOOK

THE DUCHESS

Carmen Franco Polo, Duchess of Franco (1926-2017)