Biography of the Queen of Spain

She knows how to look expensive in things from the mass market, but at the same time does not neglect the clothes of luxury fashion houses. Her wedding with Prince Felipe Asturia became one of the most luxurious in the world, and the cost of a designer wedding dress was eight million dollars. At the same time, the queen’s closet is full of skeletons: scandals with a mother -in -law, a picture in which it is depicted naked, and numerous novels.

About the lifestyle of the Spanish Cinderella, as she is called in his homeland, in the new material “Ribbon. All of them carefully monitored the luxurious ceremony in the Madrid Cathedral of Santa-Maria-La-Ro-de-la-almuden. The bride Leticia looked excited, a huge crowd was looking forward to her entrance. Accompanied by her father and two friends, she, holding a bouquet of white lilies in her hands, went to the altar.

A cream -colored wedding outfit, made of silk with golden interspersed, caused special admiration. It was created by the Spanish couturier Manuel Perthegas. A special detail of the outfit was a high collar, trimmed with white embroidery with the image of ears and lilies - parts of the coat of arms of Prince Felipa Asturia, her future spouse. The wedding dress of Leticia is considered one of the most expensive royal outfits in history, it is estimated at almost eight million dollars a four -meter train, as well as diamond tiara worth more than thousands of dollars.

The Spaniards already saw her in the year when Queen Sofia, the future mother -in -law of Letia, put her on a wedding with King Huan Carlos. While the clergyman spent the mass, future spouses exchanged loving glances.

The audience, who followed every step, was delighted. After the ceremony, the newlyweds sat in Rolls-Royce to ride the streets of Madrid and greet their fans. When Letizia and Felipe went to the balcony, everyone with bated breath awaited the traditional kiss of the newlyweds in public. However, this time the couple disappointed them - the husband and the wife did not kiss everyone in front of everyone.

After that, a festive banquet to which one and a half thousand people invited. Among the guests were royal persons from around the world. More than a thousand bottles of expensive champagne, high kitchen dishes and a two -meter festive cake were waiting for them. The wedding cost $ 25 million. During the triumph, all those present were especially touched by the words of the young spouse: "I am happy because I realized my cherished dream - I married a woman I love." In October, Leticia and Felipa had the first daughter - infanta Leonor, and a year and a half the second - infanta Sofia.

She was born in the small town of Ovedo, located in the north-west of Spain, in the family of a journalist and nurse. In childhood, Leticia was fond of ballet and music. At 16, she married Herrero Perez, a literature teacher from the University of Estremadura Alonso. They parted after ten years of marriage. From one of them, she became pregnant in the year and had an abortion, while in Spain the procedure was considered illegal.

This story surfaced ten years later - it was told by the cousin of Queen David Rokasolano. The scandal erupted, but the royal family made every effort to be furious. But David did not stop there and published a cousin's biography called "Goodbye, Princess." In the book, he revealed all the secrets of the cousin and, in particular, reported that at adolescence she tried drugs. In addition, he complained about the difficult character of a relative: "She speaks too much and commands, so it seems that she is the main thing in the family." The Spaniards themselves were convinced of this a little later.

Already on the day of engagement, Leticia violated the royal protocol. She interrupted the groom who communicated with journalists, with the words: "Let me say." A naked model of mass dissatisfaction caused another scandal that occurred after Easter service in April. Leaving the Cathedral of Santa Maria in Palma de Majorca, the mother-in-law of Letia, Queen Sofia, decided to pose for photographers with her granddaughters.

But the mother of the girls prevented the shooting. Having blocked the camera with her back, she said something mother-in-law and took her daughters. At the same time, one of them - Princess Leonor - casually pushed her grandmother's hand. Rumors crawled on the network that Sofia and Letizia did not get along. According to her, with the advent of Leticia, the family began to fall apart.

During one of the private visits to Greece, Queen Sofia allegedly complained that now she had no place in La Sarsuel. She also stated that she sees her granddaughter only at official events, since Letizia does not allow them to meet in an informal setting. But the mother of the daughter -in -law settled in the palace and constantly spends time with the children.

Unpleasant stories from the last queen surfaced periodically. It turned out that while studying in Mexico, she met the young artist Valdo Saadra. Letizia became a model for a man in love with her, and in one of the paintings he portrayed her with naked breasts.In his hands, Letica held a paper aircraft that the canvas was so liked by the Acapulco restaurant so that he bought it and hung it in the dining room of his restaurant.

This portrait was seen by the musician of the local rock band and transferred it to the poster of the new album, but the future king of Spain Felipe did not attach importance to these facts. The prince said that the spark between him and Leticia flashed even when meeting. Lovers began to meet secretly, because he was afraid of the conviction of his parents.

A few months later, the leading TV channel TVE quit, and the couple announced the engagement in the Royal Palace of El-Pardo. Three hundred journalists present at the ceremony for a long time discussed the luxurious gifts that the lovers presented to each other in honor of the future wedding: Letizia received a white gold ring with almost a million dollars, and her fiancé - sapphire cufflinks.

The next two months, Leticia spent the future mother -in -law in society. Queen Sofia taught her palace etiquette: how to smile, eat, sit, walk, wear clothes and much more. Many considered her a cold ambitious careerist, obsessed with her thinness, outfits and plastic surgery. Having become Princess of Asturia, Letica rushed to “improve” her appearance.

At first, she suffered rhinoplasty, then “softened” the line of the chin and jaw. The media are sure that after the birth of two daughters, Leticia also made mammoplasty. Due to the change in the appearance of the Spanish queen, the museum Madame Tussaus had to melt its wax doll several times. The people themselves were popularly nicknamed the “queen plastics”. There were rumors that she was sick with anorexia.

However, the queen herself refutes this information. According to her, she trains a lot, is engaged in zumbo, yoga, and also observes a diet that is popular among Hollywood stars: mainly consumes salmon, green vegetables and forest berries. The first thing that Leticia did was to move to the Royal Palace was ordered to install sunny batteries everywhere, replace all bulbs in the house on LED, forbade to buy alcohol, sugar and fast food, as well as treat lawns and gardens with pesticides.

In the printers, she asked to refuel the processed paper. They do not hesitate to hold hands, exchange kisses, go to evening sessions to their favorite cinema Cine Ideal. Their daughters are invited home of classmates, they are worn by Zara or SFERA dresses worth 15 euros. Sometimes in line for the cashier in Mango or Massimo Dutti stores you can also find the Letica itself along with its personal stylist.

The assistant appeared with the queen six years ago. Thanks to her work, in addition to Spanish designers, Victoria Beckham, Temperley London, Maje, appeared in the Wardrobe of Letica. In June, Leticia was in the spotlight, appearing in public in old clothes from the mass market. The media found out that a year ago Leticia already put on this dress - during a working trip with her husband to Asturia.

Supporters of reasonable consumption support Leticia. For training the eldest daughter, Princess Leonor, in Wales, the family paid 76.5 thousand euros from personal funds. Leticia and her spouse are called one of the happiest royal couples. At the same time, in the event of a divorce, the queen is also protected - she will receive large monetary compensation and the right to live in the summer and winter royal residences.

However, the right to custody of her daughters will be taken away from her. Now the Spaniards admit that Letizia conquered them with its simplicity, strong character and a sense of style. For this, she, however, had to change a lot: both externally and internally.