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Berlusconi's marriage turns into real-life soap opera

(1 Feb 2007) SHOTLIST February 1, 2007 1. Various of newspaper articles and headlines 2. Close-up Veronica Lario's Letter, reads (Italian): "Silvio has injured my dignity. I ask for a public apology" 3. Close-up letter from Berlusconi 4. Tilt down letter signed: "A big kiss, your Silvio" 5. Photo of the two together 6. Headline: (Italian) "Silvio, you have to say you're sorry" - "Veronica, forgive me" 7. Headline: (Italian) "Berlusconi says he sorry" 8. Headline: (Italian) "Love, Italian-style (at least the Berlusconi version)" FILE - Vatican - April 24, 2005 9. Wide shot Vatican 10. Silvio and Veronica greeting bishop 11. Pope pass in pope mobile passing in front of dignitaries with Silvio and Veronica clapping FILE - 2003 12. Press conference of Berlusconi with Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen 13. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Silvio Berlusconi, former Italian Prime Minister: (English translation heard over Berlusconi) "And he is also the most handsome prime minister in Europe. Actually I think I should introduce him to my wife because he is much better looking than Cacciari (a reference to the former mayor of Venice, who, in 2003 was alleged to be romantically involved with Veronica), according to the rumours that you hear around." FILE - Villa Madama, Rome - June 5, 2004 14. US President George W. Bush with wife Laura arriving, being greeted by Silvio Berlusconi and Veronica Lario STORYLINE Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has made a written apology to his wife in front of the nation. In doing so he managed to dominate the national news - on Thursday newspapers were covered with the details of Berlusconi's flirtatious ways and news analysts devoted reams of copy and hours of air time to the subject. It was domestic drama at its best, the kind Italians love - a scorned wife airing her dirty laundry for the world to see. In this case it was Veronica Lario, the usually private wife of Berlusconi, who chose to make her anger over his flirtations public in an open letter in a daily newspaper on Wednesday. By day's end, the 70-year-old billionaire, Italy's richest man, was figuratively on his knees. "Dear Veronica, here's my apology," Berlusconi said in his letter, made public by the conservative leader's Forza Italia Party. "Forgive me, I beg you. And take this public show of my private pride giving in to your fury as an act of love. One of many." Lario, aged 50, had voiced her complaints on Wednesday in La Repubblica, saying her dignity had been offended by her husband's behaviour. Adding insult to injury, Lario chose a left-leaning newspaper that's a fierce Berlusconi critic. She was reacting to comments that Berlusconi reportedly made last week during a VIP party after a TV awards show broadcast by one of the media baron's Mediaset channels. "If I weren't married, I would marry you immediately," the 70-year-old Berlusconi told one woman, according to reports widely carried in the Italian press. "With you, I'd go anywhere," he reportedly told another. "I see these statements as damaging my dignity," Lario wrote. "To both my husband and the public man, I therefore demand a public apology, since I haven't received any privately." "I have faced the conflicts and painful moments of a long conjugal relationship with respect and discretion," she said. "Now I write to state my reaction," Lario said, calling her husband's comments "unacceptable" and saying they could not be written off as mere jokes. He likes to recall his success with women as a young man, and to show off what he says is his gallantry. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...