carmen polo

Franco’s wife, María del Carmen Polo y Martínez-Valdés, 1st Lady of Meirás, ​The Most Excellent, Grandee of Spain, b. 1900, d. 1988, age 87

Photographer Vicente Martin 1926-2016; title “Visita de Francisco Franco y su esposa, Carmen Polo, en un acto religioso en la iglesia de Santa María”; date 1941; black and white negative, dry plate, Nitrocellulose film
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​“In her final years, Polo rarely left her house, hearing Mass at home. She isolated herself completely, ignoring (and being ignored by) the press and refusing to read anything about politics or about her husband. She explained, ‘It is necessary to have much Christian resignation, in light of the turmoils of my life.’”
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