Not everyone knows that the Palazzo Borromeo on Isola Bella is to this day the family home of the Borromeo family, and that they live there much of the time. But they do, and if you're like me, you probably wonder what their life there is like. We can all get a glimpse now, in the January issue of W magazine, which includes a feature article on Principe and Principessa Borromeo. It's a great article, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the members of the Borromeo family who live in the palace on Isola Bella today. The interviewer met with Principessa Bona Borromeo, her husband Principe Gilberto VIII, their son Count Vitaliano XI, daughter-in-law Marina, her sister Lucrezia, and various grandchildren, on a clear morning last summer.

Take a look at the entire article, entitled Fantasy Island, here... now you'll know a little bit of what they are doing behind those private walls, in the parts of the palace that we don't get to see, while we're wandering around their public gardens frolicking with the white peacocks.