I chased down Berlusconi, says 28-year-old lover

The 28-year-old girlfriend of Silvio Berlusconi, Francesca Pascale, wants to marry the four-times Italian prime minister, who she says first caught her eye when she was a teenager.

Berlusconi, who turns 77 on Sunday, is divorcing his second wife Veronica Lario, whom he married in 1990. The couple had three children together.

Lario filed for divorce in 2009, accusing Berlusconi of having an affair with a 17-year-old girl, which he denied. He is disputing a settlement with Lario that would cost him about €100,000 per day if confirmed by a court.