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This is Madame D's last willand testament. It consists of a general tontine drawn up before the eventof her husband's death 46 years ago, in combination with 635 amendments, notations, corrections,and letters of wishes executed during the subsequent decades. The ultimate legality of this accumulationrequires further analysis, but in the opinion of this office,it was Madame D's intention that controlof the vast bulk of her estate should be transferred, forthwith,to her son, Dmitri, with special allowances for his sisters,Marguerite, Laetizia and Carolina, and minor gifts for various membersof the extended family as shown in the List of Recipients,which I will elucidate in due course. However
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This is Madame D's last will and testament
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It consists of a general tontine
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drawn up before the event of her husband's death 46 years ago
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in combination with 635 amendments
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notations corrections and letters of wishes
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executed during the subsequent decades
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The ultimate legality of this accumulation requires further analysis
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but in the opinion of this office it was Madame D's intention
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that control of the vast bulk of her estate
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should be transferred forthwith to her son Dmitri
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with special allowances for his sisters Marguerite Laetizia and Carolina
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and minor gifts for various members of the extended family
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as shown in the List of Recipients which I will elucidate in due course
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However
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The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.
