There’s no scarcity of drama in the Spanish royal family members.
Journalist Jaime Peñafiel, 91, launched a new e book, titled “Letizia’s Silences,” about Queen Letizia’s alleged infidelity with her ex-brother-in-legislation, Jaime del Burgo.
In accordance to Peñafiel, Letizia, 51, and King Felipe, 56, experienced a rocky relationship in the years ahead of the alleged affair began.
When they started out dating in the early 2000s, Letizia would “test” her husband’s inner thoughts for her by regularly traveling, Peñafiel wrote in his ebook, for every the Each day Mail.
The writer claimed that Letizia flew to Santo Domingo in 2002 for the Ibero-American Summit to set the king’s intentions “to the take a look at.”
Letizia allegedly went to Costa Rica just weeks later to equally get a rise out of Felipe.
“It was a method, since that absence was a true torment for the incredibly a lot in appreciate Felipe, who conceived length as the worst of evils, coming to have an understanding of [Spanish poet] Lope de Vega when he said that ‘the commencing of absence is like the stop of lifestyle,’ ” Peñafiel wrote.
At some point, Letizia understood Felipe had “total love” for her and she returned to Spain “bossy and manipulative,” per the ebook.
Letizia and Felipe married in 2004.
They have two daughters, Princess Leonor, 18, and Princess Sofia, 17.
In his ebook, Peñafiel claimed that Felipe knew about Letizia’s alleged affair with del Burgo “in real time” mainly because of her bodyguards. According to the author, Felipe was “crushed and destroyed” by Letizia’s alleged “betrayal,” and was “plunged into hell.”
Letizia, 51, reportedly dated del Burgo just before assembly King Felipe in 2002.
They allegedly experienced their affair for decades immediately after the royal wedding.
The entrepreneur, who is the son of previous politician Jaime Ignacio del Burgo, was married to Letizia’s sister, Telma Ortiz, from 2012 to 2014.
Peñafiel previously alleged that Letizia was embroiled in an affair with del Burgo in his 1st ebook, titled “Letizia & I,” which came out in January. That identical month, Peñafiel was permit go from the Spanish newspaper El Mundo right after 20 a long time owing to his allegations.
Del Burgo backed up Peñafiel’s statements about the affair in the guide.
He claimed that Letizia arrived to see him the night in advance of her wedding ceremony to Felipe and allegedly requested del Burgo to “never leave” her.
“When we achieved, she took hold of my hand and asked me why I had in no way requested her to marry me,” del Burgo alleged. “Obviously I didn’t reply. I inspired her as very best I could. The very last detail she reported to me ahead of we mentioned goodbye to every other in that cafe was a request: ‘Never depart me.’ “
In accordance to del Burgo, their romance ongoing for many years and he allegedly has photos, films and text messages to prove it.
Even with the alleged scandal, Felipe and Letizia — who was previously married to literature teacher Alonso Guerrero Perez from 1998 to 1999 — have stored a united front. They celebrated their 20th anniversary past week.
The Put up has achieved out to the Spanish royal family’s business office for remark.
