If the Draghi government is able to take shape, we will have one «First lady» emblazoned: Serena Cappello, noble by birth since descendant of Bianca Cappello, the beautiful bride of the Grand Duke of Tuscany Francesco de ‘Medici.
Born in Padua on July 28th 1947, expert in English literature, Maria Serena Cappello, Serenella for friends, she met her future husband Mario Draghi when they were both 19 years old. The two were introduced by mutual friends in Stra, on the Brenta Riviera, during the summer of 1966.
They have not left since then. There couple, married since 1973, he has two sons: Federica Draghi, graduated in biology, manager of a multinational biotechnology company, mother of two girls; Giacomo Draghi, Bocconi graduate, married since 2011 to the nutritional therapist Valentina Orneli, manager in a London company that deals with investment management.
Those who know them closely say that Draghi and Cappello are a couple made more solid day after day by the life spent together. There are many features in common. Like the passion for simple things. In Umbria the two were spotted on a Panda among vineyards and saffron fields near Città della Pieve where they bought one villa about ten years ago and where his son Giacomo celebrated his wedding.
Another essential trait of the couple is discretion. Despite the important roles held by her husband throughout her career, Serena Cappello is always stayed out of the spotlight. Before now, she had made headlines very few times. The first, in 2015, for one photo gone viral: a paparazzo caught her and her husband who did they exchanged tenderness on the shelves of a pet store sull’Anagnina, while they bought croquettes for their dog, a Hungarian hound.
Then in 2018, at the exit of the polling station in the Parioli area, a memorable one was staged curtain. Journalists were trying to find out what Draghi’s aspirations were after the ECB, but he remained silent. She replied: “He won’t make a government, he’s not a politician”. And Draghi turned and ordered an unpredictable: “Come on, shut up”. The lady took the stab with aristocratic ease. But the following year her spouse granted her public “damages”. During the farewell ceremony from the European Central Bank, in the presence of the Gotha of international politics and economics, to the journalists who questioned him on the possible participation in the race for the next presidency of the Republic, in 2022, Draghi replied: “Ask my wife, she knows more than I do».
To date, very little is known about Serena. Apart from the passion for English literature and for dogs, no one knows more. But now SuperMario is in the process of becoming the thirtieth president of the Italian Council. And the noble “first lady” will have to relinquish, despite himself, the bubble of confidentiality in which he has always lived.
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