Like a King!

via Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia (sorry, I searched for an English source but couldn’t find any so far), a photo of the tomb that Silvio Berlusconi commissioned and had built. It was designed by artist Pietro Cascella and consists of 100 tons of marble. Here’s the kick: he told the artist he wanted something inspired in Egyptian Pharaohs and to make sure that the tomb could accommodate 32 of his closest friends. One of the friends who had a place assigned by Berlusconi declined the honor and considered it creepy.

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