Conrad Black, a member of the British House of Lords, married the beautiful journalist and socialite Barbara Amiel and they lived a lavish international lifestyle.

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It also lifts the lid on the extraordinarily lavish lifestyle he and his wife, Barbara Amiel Black, enjoyed - paid for, Hollinger alleges, by the company itself.

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However, his marriage in 1992 to a journalist and fellow Canadian, Barbara Amiel, 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.

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