Mussolini’s Grandson in Shanghai, 1933

In April 1930, when he was 27 years old, Galeazzo Ciano married Benito Mussolini’s daughter Edda. Soon after their marriage, Ciano left for Shanghai to serve as Italian consul where his partying, womanising and politics became notorious (and she was apparently no slouch either). The oldest of their three children, Fabrizio Benito Costanzo (“Ciccino”), was born in Shanghai on 1 October 1931 and is pictured here with Edda in the city a short while later….