Letizia, Princess of Asturias

Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano ( born September 15, 1972 in Oviedo, Asturias, Doña Letizia married, Princess of Asturias ) is since 22 May 2004, the wife of the heir to the throne Spanish Felipe and Infanta Leonor and the mother of the Infanta Sofía.

Life

Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano is the oldest of three daughters ( Telma and Erika * 1973, 1975-2007 ) of the Spanish journalist Jesús Ortiz Álvarez and his wife Paloma Rocasolano Rodríguez, a nurse. Letizia grew up Catholic. With her ​​family, she lived in a village in the northern Spanish province of Asturias on the Biscay coast.

As a 11 -year-old, she hosted a children's program every Saturday the local radio where they were born Oviedo.

HM King Juan Carlos HM Queen Sophia

  • SE Don Felipe
  • Doña Victoria Federica IE
  • SE Don Juan Valentín
  • SE Don Pablo Nicolás
  • SE Don Miguel
  • IE Doña Irene

HRH Infanta María del Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz HRH Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria

Letizia Ortiz studied Communication Sciences at the Complutense University of Madrid. She then spent some time in Mexico, where she attended some graduate courses, but no dissertation written. During this time she worked at the newspaper Siglo XXI. Later worked Letizia Ortiz as a journalist for the newspaper La Nueva España ( in Oviedo) and ABC ( Madrid ), the Spanish news agency EFE and the TV stations, Bloomberg, CNN ( CNN offshoot within the PRISA Group) and TVE.

In August 2008, Letizia underwent surgical correction of the nose, chin and laugh lines. The Spanish court looked never forced to give an opinion on the private affairs of the royal family, in the case Letizia but he had to a communiqué to the cosmetic surgery wrest back the nose and intervention, were being called for engagement for health reasons.

The Palace denies so far (November 2011) always that Letizia was anorexic. Your extreme thinness is often commented on in the media and covered with photos.

Marriages

  • Letizia Ortiz married on 7 August 1998 in a civil ceremony in her first marriage Alonso Guerrero; the marriage lasted barely longer than a year. Since they are not married in church, the Catholic church a church wedding with Prince Felipe has agreed.
  • The wedding of Letizia Ortiz and Prince Felipe was announced on 1 November 2003; the day after their last newscast at TVE. The couple married on May 22, 2004 in the Almudena Cathedral in Madrid.

Children

From the marriage with Prince Felipe had two children:

  • Infanta Leonor of Spain de Borbón Ortiz ( born October 31, 2005 in Madrid)
  • Infanta Sofía de Borbón Ortiz ( born April 29, 2007 in Madrid)
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