Even for veterans of Italy's political circus, it has been an extraordinary few weeks. Silvio Berlusconi, who next month will host the G8 summit in the mountain town of L'Aquila, is at the centre of a tangle of scandal that would have made the Borgias blush.
Bikini-clad girls, lingerie models, naked middle-aged men, sun-drenched pool parties – the revelations about the premier's private life read like the script of a Carry On film, with Mr Berlusconi in the role traditionally reserved for Sid James.
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