Conrad Black, a member of the British House of Lords, married the beautiful journalist and socialite BarbaraAmiel and they lived a lavish international lifestyle.
It also lifts the lid on the extraordinarily lavish lifestyle he and his wife, BarbaraAmiel Black, enjoyed - paid for, Hollinger alleges, by the company itself.
However, his marriage in 1992 to a journalist and fellow Canadian, BarbaraAmiel, and his own outrageous sense of entitlement were more than the finances of either the Telegraph or the rest of his shaky empire could bear.