Delfina Blaquier: The Argentine Socialite with Controversial Family History

When last weekend, in Florida, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex appeared again smiling and happy at a charity polo tournament, together with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle There were two of the closest people to the couple. This is the marriage created by Nacho Figueras and Delfina Blaquier. For Harry, Figueras has been a great support for years, but the relationship between their wives has become closer over time, to the extent that some photographers were able to capture photos in which Meghan Markle went and see Delfina Blaquier in a scene in Palm Beach. A few pictures that have focused on the Argentine, whose family, in the past, was surrounded by controversies.

He was born in November 1980, Delfina Blaquier He is one of the most famous faces in Argentina’s high society, but he is also a prominent figure internationally, due to his connections with the world of fashion and sports, among other things. Blaquier is the daughter of Argentine pilot Delfina Frers and Eduardo Blaquier, a member of a distinguished family. His paternal grandfather, Juan José Silvestre Blaquier, was a polo player, and his maternal grandfather is the naval architect Germán Frers. In addition, she is the first cousin of journalist Nieves Zuberbühler, married to Julio Mario Santo Domingo, brother-in-law Andrew Casiraghi.

Model – she has been the image of Ralph Lauren-, businessman, photographer and also an athlete. As a youth athlete in the 1990s, Blaquier competed internationally in the women’s high jump. He won a gold medal at the 1996 South American Under-18 Athletics Championships, a silver medal at the 1997 South American Athletics Championships and a two-time gold medalist at the South American Under-20 Athletics Championships in 1997 and 1998, among other recognitions. .

Delfina Blaquier, with her husband and Prince Harry and Meghan. (Photo: social networks)

Delfina met Blaquier Nacho Figueras in 1997, just because of the connection between the two of them with the world of polo. The couple married years later, in 2004, and have four children: Hilario, Aurora, Artemio and Alba.

Faults of the Blaquier family

Although Delfina Blaquier has become one of the most beautiful and famous women on the international scene, her family is not free from controversies. Over the years, the Blaquier family has been one of the most influential in Argentina.

Delfina had grandparents Magdalena Nelson de Blaquier and Juan José Silvestre Blaquier. Known as ‘Malena’, Magdalena has gone down in history for being a rebellious aristocrat who challenged the norms of the Argentine upper class. After the death of her husband, in a tragic plane crash, when she was just 43 years old and had nine children, she had to take the family back. Some relationships that were considered inappropriate were given to him, among them, with the man of the family Queen IsabellaPrince Philip.

Delfina Blaquier, with her husband and Prince Harry. (Photo: Gtres)

The rumors started when the then Duke of Edinburgh traveled to Argentina in 1962 on an alleged business trip. At that time, an official dinner was arranged to welcome him, although it was interrupted by the commanders of the Armed Forces, who warned the president of an impending armed uprising. Two days before the coup in 1962, Felipe of Edinburgh stayed at the ranch La Concepción, which originally belonged to him. Juan José Silvestre Blaquier. A trip that led to romance speculation, although Malena Blaquier never confirmed or denied it, although she did talk about the trip. However, it is at least strange that Delfina has now become his close friend Dukes of Sussex.

Delfina Blaquier, with her husband. (Photo: Gtres)

In addition to illicit relationships, the Blaquier family was also marred by scandals related to the drug world. Dolores Blaquier, daughter of Malena and mother of Concepción, three months in prison in Argentina for drug trafficking. According to what was noted at the time, Dolores would have been an intermediary between drug traffickers and customers, who belonged to high Argentine society. In the end, Dolores was released from prison when the charges were changed and she was only charged with the crime of drug possession.

However, Dolores is not the only Blaquier who had to appear in court. Carlos Pedro Blaquier, from another branch of the Blaquier family, was also called by the prosecution to give evidence in 2012 about the so-called ‘night of the blackout’. In the week between June 20 to 27, 1976, in the middle of the military dictatorship, the Government created a series of electricity cuts at night in which 400 people were kidnapped in Jujuy, at the company Ledesma. Carlos Pedro Blaquier, at that time, was the president of Ledesma, the factory where most of the people disappeared. At first, he was considered an accomplice, for lending vans to transport those who disappeared to a hidden base, but, in the end, the Reception Chamber believed that there was no evidence be there to condemn them.