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ROME, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- An Italian antiques dealer said she argued with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi about his plans to widen a bed once belonging to Napoleon Bonaparte.
Annamaria Quattrini said she sold the "priceless" bed to Berlusconi, 73, for an undisclosed price and the Italian leader insisted on widening the antique, which was created for the French emperor Berlusconi has often cited as a personal hero, the Daily Mail of Britain reported Thursday.
"It had a large canopy, bronze fittings and eagles on the four corners -- it's beautiful and I hope he has sweet dreams on it but it caused us our first argument because he wanted it widened," Quattrini said. "When the bed was delivered as he requested he was delighted and he gave me a kiss and said it was beautiful."
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