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Berlusconi buys Napoleon's bed

Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi has reportedly bought a bed once owned by Corsican emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. Local newspaper Il Giornale reported that the bed, replete with canopy and bronze eagles, was for Berlusconi's new house, Villa Gernetto, in Lesmo, near Milan. Antique dealer Annamaria Quattrini was, however, shocked when asked to enlarge the bed to modern specifications. In 2006, Berlusconi was quoted as saying: "Only Napoleon did more than me, but at least I am taller than him."

http://www.ilgiornale.it/interni/il_giallo_e_palazzo_chigi_smenti_lacquisto_letto_napoleone/25-02-2010/articolo-id=424755