The president of the Provincial Council of Lugo, José Tomé Roca (l) and the Duke of Alba, Carlos Fitz-James Stuart y Martínez de Irujo (c), during the extraordinary plenary session in which he is named adopted son of Monforte de Lemos, on June 29, 2024, in Monforte de Lemos, Lugo, Galicia (Spain). On September 27, 2023, on the occasion of an event at the Palacio de Liria in Madrid, during a conversation with the Duke of Alba, the Mayor of Monforte made him a verbal invitation to visit the City Hall of Monforte, where he is also Count of Lemos. On December 12, 2023, the Duke sent a letter to the mayor in which he accepted the invitation, saying that "he was very excited", because of the link between the House of Alba and Monforte. 29 JUNE 2024 Carlos Castro / Europa Press 06/29/2024 (Europa Press via AP)