Michael and James pose in the living room, which boasts a lacquered screen (right) that once belonged to Coco Chanel. The entrance hall (above right) features two stunning late 18th-century portraits by Francisco Goya of King Charles IV of Spain and his wife Maria Luisa
‘In California, I was surrounded by the Spanish missions’ architecture, so Spain has always felt familiar to me, like an echo of my childhood’
It’s over ten years since President Barack Obama appointed James Costos, then vice-president of TV network HBO, as US ambassador to Spain.