Princess Rita Jenrette Boncompagni Ludovisi is thrown out of the famous Casino dell’Aurora, and has to take her four white poodles somewhere else. It is the result of a hard court settlement between the princess and her three sons-in-law, writes Reuters. – I am brutally thrown out of a home I have put my heart into taking care of for the past 20 years, the princess wrote on Twitter just before she left the villa. The reason is that the princess has not been able to maintain the architecturally historic villa. She is also said to have organized paid tours of it in violation of previous court rulings, says the decision from the Roman court. Villa Aurora houses several works of art worthy of preservation, but under the princess’ supervision, a brick wall has collapsed on the grounds. The police were on the scene to make sure that the eviction went smoothly. The locks on the doors were changed even before the princess had left the place. Princess Rita Jenrette leaves Villa Aurora with her four poodles. Photo: Andrew Medichini / AP The Prince of Piombino’s will Rita Jenrette (née Carpenter) married in 2009 the newly divorced Prince of Piombino, Nicolò Boncompagni Ludovisi, after a year-long affair. Prince Nicolò Boncompagni Ludovisi and Princess Rita Jenrette Boncompagni Ludovisi after their wedding in 2009. Photo: Marco Mancini / Wikimedia Commons The Boncompagni Ludovisi are one of the most important remaining noble families in Europe, and include the former Pope Gregory XV in their ranks. The prince died in 2018, and in his will gave his wife the right to live in Villa Aurora for the rest of her life. The prince’s sons, however, did not accept the document, and took the matter to court. There it was decided that the villa should be sold and the proceeds shared. With that, the Boncompagni Ludovisi family’s 400-year period as landlords in Villa Aurora now comes to an end. Caravaggio on the roof Casino dell’Aurora is one of the world’s most expensive private residences. In January 2022, the palace was put up for sale for a minimum price of 350 million euros. But no one wanted to buy the house, and in January 2023 the minimum price had dropped to 145 million euros. The house is located on the Pincio hill above Rome, right next to both Villa Borghese and Villa Medici. It is 2,800 square meters, landscaped garden and good location with a view. In addition, the villa is adorned with the Renaissance painter Caravaggio’s only wall painting: Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto. Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto by Caravaggio, painted in 1597, adorns the ceiling of one of Villa Aurora’s great halls. In this allegorical painting, the Roman gods Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto transform lead into gold. Photo: Wikimedia commons The painting is 2.75 meters wide, and its value is estimated at 310 million euros. It cannot be removed, just like the several other masterpieces in the villa. If you want to move into the palace, you will also have to pay 10 million euros in maintenance costs. That’s what architecture professor Alessandro Zuccari told The New York Times when the house was first put up for sale last year. Rita and then-husband John Jenrette in front of the parliament in Washington DC in 1976. Photo: AP The princess who had sex in parliament and starred in a horror movie Princess Rita was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1949. She began her career as a research director in the Republican Party in Texas in 1974. A year later, she went to Washington, DC, where she led the Republican Party’s efforts to find controversial relationships in its Democratic opponents, and wrote several reports. Shortly after, she met congressman John Jenrette from the Democrats, and the two married in 1976. Later, Rita Jenrette had a career both on the screen and on magazine covers. Among other things, she played in the horror film “Zombie Island Massacre” from 1984 and the TV series Fantasy Island. In April 1981, she was on the cover of Playboy Magazine. In the interview with the erotic magazine, the future princess admitted that she and her husband had had sex on the stairs inside the parliament building in Washington DC after closing time. In the 1990s, Rita Jenrette worked both as a journalist for Fox News and as a real estate agent in New York. In 2003, she was asked by a friend to work as a broker for Prince Boncompagni Ludovisi, and the two entered into a romantic relationship. Now the princess can use her brokering skills again.
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