It took Letizia ortiz years to conquer the hearts of the Spanish people. It must be said that the profile of the queen of spain is not that expected within royalty. Former journalist for national television, she divorces her first husband Alonso guerreo, professor of literature, in 1999 after a year of marriage. When her love affair with Felipe VI is revealed in broad daylight, Letizia barely find a place.
The people reproaches him for his coldness, esteem distant. By wanting to stay in the background, Letizia an image of an inaccessible queen is forged. “Letizia has always behaved in a very discreet manner, always staying in the background. It is possible that this took away some of her spontaneity and kept her away from the population “, estimated in 2014 from AFP Jose Miguel de Elias, director of the Sigma Dos polling institute.
An image that sticks to her skin
And if since the birth of her two daughters, Leonor and Sofa, and her tears at her sister’s funeral which moved the country, she knew how to make a place for herself in the hearts of the Spaniards, it still happens to her to surprise a few. In the pages of the magazine Point of view, we learn that Letizia is a queen with a big heart and very attentive … against all expectations.
Director of the NGO Apram which works for the rights of victims of sexual exploitation, Roco Mora recounts his meeting with the queen during an operation. “I was skeptical before I met her. I imagined her distant and haughty. I was wrong. She knows each case, memorizes the names of the women she has met through our association. (…) The queen works with us, far from the cameras. “
A natural investment. In the most total discretion, Letizia undo the clichés, one one …
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