The sole survivor
No, this isn’t an Italian duchess or a member of another European royal family. She is, after all, an Italian with a knighthood, so you weren’t that far off. Of course, it’s Sophia Loren.
She was the world’s biggest film actress in her heyday, and today – at 85 years old – is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Loren is still working because youth comes and goes – and talent lasts forever.