Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi near a portrait of his wife Veronica Lario during the recording of Porta a Porta, a programme of Italian channel Rai 1, last year. Mr Berlusconi has reached a divorce settlement under which his second wife will receive €300,000 a month, less than a tenth of the sum she sought, press reports said yesterday. Veronica, 20 years Mr Berlusconi's junior at age 53, will also enjoy the use of a large villa outside Milan - where she already resides - in the deal to end the couple's 19-year marriage.

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