Audrey Hepburn's son sues Alhambra Palace for 'illegal wedding' claims
Friday, July 3, 2015 @ 1:17 PM
ACTRESS Audrey Hepburn's son Sean has filed an arbitration order against the manager of Granada's iconic Alhambra Palace for 'accusing' him of celebrating an 'illegal wedding' at the Mediaeval tourist hotspot.
The union took place at the Carlos V Palace within the Alhambra complex and mayor of Granada, José Torres Hurtado (PP) attended.
But the heritage trust manager María del Mar Villafranca admitted it was 'not a legal wedding', which Sean Hepburn Ferrer says is 'damaging to his international reputation', both as son of the legendary silver-screen star and as UNICEF ambassador.
He says he has been 'accused' of 'using the monument illegally' for his wedding in August, and the opposition socialist party in Granada city council has called for explanations from Torres Hurtado.
The mayor says the 'wedding' was actually a concert which Hepburn had wanted to throw on for his friends, and that the Alhambra management board had declined his request in May for his actual exchanging of vows to take place there because the law did not allow a 'proper' nuptial ceremony to be held on the site.
Although the bride appears in a white wedding dress, Hurtado says the couple had actually married in Gibraltar before they were taken, and that they were merely celebrating a concert as a belated wedding reception at the Alhambra afterwards.
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