Pictured: Prince Giacomo Bonanno di Linguaglossa and Tanya YashenkoAn Italian prince has launched a legal battle against his younger Belarusian girlfriend whom he claims milked him for gifts worth hundreds of thousands of euros. Prince Giacomo Bonanno di Linguaglossa, 51, met Tanya Yashenko, 35, in 2019 at a dinner party and the pair struck up a romance. The Italian aristocrat claims he then took her on glamourous trips around the world to destinations including Monte Carlo, Dubai and the Maldives. Ms Yashenko filed a lawsuit against the prince last March after growing increasingly unhappy with the relationship, Italian media reported, and had accused the prince of stalking her. It was also reported that it claimed Ms Yashenko sent texts to the prince calling him 'dishonest, false, traitorous, deprived of empathy, mediocre [and] a liar'.

Source: The Times January 10, 2022 18:06 UTC