Sarah, Duchess of York, visited the Inca citadel of Machu
Picchu last weekend, as part of a private journey to Peru.
The former wife of Prince Andrew had arrived at Lima's Jorge
Chávez international airport last Tuesday, accompanied by three
Argentinean friends: a couple, and a young hotelier who simply
identified himself as Alán. The Duchess of York and her friends
travelled then to Cusco, from
where they directed in helicopter to the main objective of the
trip, the mining-camp Las Malvinas, next to the massive gas
deposit of Camisea.
The Duchess, whose romances have often kept her in the gossip
columns (including that with Count Gaddo della Gherardesca, a
Tuscan aristocrat), extended her stay in Peru to include Machu
Picchu. In the Inca citadel she looked joyful, visiting the
ruins arm-in-arm with Alán, as seen in the TV images broadcasted
last Saturday by Canal N, a Peruvian news network.
Wearing a casual dress and sneakers, and carrying an Inca hat
and handbag, the Duchess was cordial to the amazed reporters
that discovered her presence. She even smiled and posed next to
an Inca wall for an AP photographer.
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