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The Iron Butterfly

When Imelda Romualdez was born in July 1929, her father told himself, ‘This child will be important.’ Many proud parents think that, of course, but Vincente Romualdez was right. The child grew into a woman of both great beauty and total ruthlessness.

Contrary to a myth – one of many – that was spun about Imelda, her family was not poor. It

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