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The last days of Rome?

IF Patrizia D’Addario – the sultry Italian escort who made love to Silvio Berlusconi on a sumptuous bed given to the Italian premier as a gift from Russia’s Vladimir Putin – is to be believed, the atmosphere around the Roman leader is that of a harem.

Everything revolves around the sultan’s whims. Berlusconi’s silent security guards even looked on as Berlusconi pawed and groped D’Addario as they sat on a sofa together – as discreet as court eunuchs in ancient Constantinople.