Queen Letizia ex brother-in-law ‘obtained demise threats after affair declare’

The ex-husband of Queen Letizia‘s sister has stated he has acquired demise threats over his astonishing declare that he had an affair with the royal whereas she was married to the King of Spain.

Jaime del Burgo, 53, who’s at the moment primarily based within the UK, contributed to a tell-all ebook final month known as Letizia and I, by which he stated he and the Queen have been companions earlier than he married her youthful sibling Telma Ortiz. 

He even goes as far as to say that he was nonetheless romantically concerned with the royal after Letizia’s 2004 wedding ceremony to King Felipe, allegations which have sparked fury throughout a lot of Spanish society.

Many have questioned his motives for publishing the allegations, with critics on-line labelling him ‘shameful’ and accusing him of ‘machismo’ or misogyny. 

The businessman has complained of backlash with out clarifying who made demise threats in opposition to him or his causes for making the stunning claims.

A spokesperson for the Spanish Royal Family instructed FEMAIL: ‘We haven’t any remark to make about this.’ 

In his first tweet because the scandal broke, del Burgo, who claims he was courting Letizia, 51, when she met Felipe, insisted: ‘I do not change a comma of my deleted posts. 

‘I recognize the messages from those that have understood that I might have my causes. I maintain no grudge in opposition to those that have threatened to kill me. I do not really feel proud. But the reality is what it’s. 

‘I acknowledge just one King in Heaven and his title is Jesus of Nazareth. He will decide me.’

The message, posted in Spanish and English, was the one one on his X, previously often called Twitter, account immediately – however over the weekend, the entrepreneur shared an undated selfie Letizia took in a rest room mirror throughout one among her pregnancies as ‘proof’ of their relationship.

In the selfie, the royal will be seen carrying a black pashmina – which Jaime claims belonged to him – and he additionally typed out a message in his social media publish, supposedly despatched to him by the Spanish Queen. 

It learn: ‘Love. I put on your pashmina. It’s like feeling you by my facet. It takes care of me. It protects me. I rely the hours till we see one another once more. Love you. Get out of right here. Yours,’ 

Spanish media have reported different messages he supposedly posted on X, which the entrepreneur is known to have eliminated shortly after publishing them, pointed to them having a secret affair after Letizia married Felipe. 

After sharing the selfie, different X customers questioned the validity of Jaime’s claims – given there isn’t a proof that Letizia despatched him the picture or accompanying message.

Del Burgo’s tweet, and the others alluded to by some Spanish media, adopted the publication of a bombshell ebook by veteran journalist and creator Jaime Penafiel known as ‘Letizia y Yo’, English for ‘Letizia and I’.

Father-of-two Del Burgo, who divorced Telma Ortiz by mutual consent in 2016 4 years after they married and two years after they cut up up, claimed within the ebook he was carrying an engagement ring in his pocket throughout a gathering at Madrid’s Ritz Hotel along with his ‘then-girlfriend’ Letizia in 2002 when she instructed him she had fallen in love with the longer term King of Spain.

He alleged he turned pals with Felipe after they met and was requested by Letizia to be a witness at their May 22 2004 wedding ceremony.

Jaime additionally makes the unbelievable declare that the Queen requested to see him the evening earlier than the marriage on the unique El Latigazo restaurant in Madrid – the place she requested him to ‘by no means go away’ her.

He stated in quotes Jaime Penafiel stated he had obtained through emails and telephone calls with del Burgo: ‘When we met, she took maintain of my hand and requested me why I had by no means requested her to marry me. Obviously I did not reply. 

‘I inspired her as greatest I might. The very last thing she stated to me earlier than we stated goodbye to one another in that restaurant was a request: ‘Never go away me.”’

The businessman – who’s the son of the previous politician Jaime Ignacio del Burgo – claimed their romantic relationship was solid in Venice and pre-dated the yr 2000.

He additionally recalled a second he says occurred following Princess Leonor’s beginning after they have been mendacity collectively in a hammock by a pool, saying within the ebook which was launched final month: ‘Letizia instructed me ‘I really like you’ and I responded ‘I really like you’.’

Telma is now with Irish lawyer Gavin Bonnar and the couple welcomed their first youngster collectively in October 2021. Gavin shares two kids along with his first spouse musician Sharon Corr.

In her current album The Fool & The Scorpion, Sharon wrote lyrics which included ‘the queen’s twisted sister’ – which followers speculated have been impressed by her kids’s new step-mother.

Speaking to El Cierre Digitial, the Letizia and I creator, 91, stated Letizia was del Burgo’s ‘nice love’ and the pair’s relationship became a ‘nice friendship’ after she turned romantically concerned with Felipe.

What’s extra, the royal’s ex-brother-in-law additionally made the far-fetched declare that he ‘dealt’ with Letizia’s pre-nuptial settlement and helped to entrance the price of the Queen’s household’s wedding ceremony outfits.

He is quoted as saying: ‘When the marriage with Felipe got here spherical, I handled the pre-nuptial settlement as you already know, amongst different issues.

‘I additionally needed to pay Letizia’s household’s bills as a result of [former King] Juan Carlos refused to pay and even go halves with me. So with the assistance of my pal Felipe Varela, I dressed her mum, grandmother and her sisters. And with the assistance of Jaime Jason, her father, grandparents and a cousin.’ 

In the ebook, Letizia’s alleged ex-lover describes Felipe as a ‘kind-hearted man’ and even goes on to say that he had a ‘nice friendship’ with the royal.  He instructed the creator: ‘I instructed him my issues and he instructed [me] his.’

The businessman even claims that Felipe ‘makes use of [him] as an excellent man as a result of he felt incapable of calming [Letizia] down’ on events.  

Following the marriage, Del Burgo described how Letizia was like a ‘fox in a rooster coop’ as she was ‘cleverer than any of them’. 

Del Burgo- who says the Queen nicknamed him her ‘yogi pal’ – claims he nonetheless had a romantic relationship with Letizia even after the marriage in 2004. He additionally claims he has stored ‘images, movies, cellphones’ and textual content messages as proof.

The businessman claimed that ‘love was all the time there’ of their relationship since they travelled to Venice collectively. The selfie Del Burgo shared on Twitter was taken throughout one among Letizia’s pregnancies between 2005-2007. 

Following this, Jaime alleges they ‘took steps ahead with the purpose of being free’ – which concerned searching for authorized recommendation and taking a look at properties within the US. 

One of probably the most damaging claims Del Burgo reportedly makes is that Queen Letizia advised they’ve a baby collectively utilizing a surrogate in Los Angeles.

Around this time, Del Burgo claims that he confronted Letizia after pictures of her kissing Felipe appeared on the covers of Spanish magazines. He claims the Queen instructed him: ‘I needed to do it to guard us.’ 

Jaime Penafiel goes on to write down that when Sofia was born, Jaime del Burgo turned uncle to each of the women.

It then quotes him as saying: ‘It was a ravishing interval. I did not have kids, and people ladies made me so completely satisfied. I used to be working in Brazil and suffered a pulmonary embolism.

‘I used to be in intensive look after a fortnight. I managed to get the Albert Einstein Hospital to present me a phone Letizia and I spoke to one another day by day on [the phone].

‘During my visits to Madrid I might typically go to the cinema with Felipe, Letizia and a few pals. Letizia and I might all the time sit collectively, holding palms. They have been moments of happiness.’

However in August 2011, Jaime alleges Letizia abruptly ended their relationship when she known as him and stated: ‘We cannot proceed seeing one another.’

Following this, Del Burgo alleges {that a} feminine pal instructed him to get in contact with Telma – who he had met when he first began courting Letizia.

The following yr, the pair obtained engaged after simply two months of courting. The Queen’s sister already had her daughter Amanda from her relationship with ex-partner Enrique Martin Llop. 

In 2012, the pair relocated to New York to start out their married life – however Telma returned to Barcelona the identical yr earlier than asserting their everlasting separation.

Letizia and Telma tragically misplaced their youthful sister Erika in February 2007 when she handed away following a deliberate drug overdose.  Queen Letizia’s youthful sister was solely 31 years previous and left behind her six-year-old daughter Carla. 

At the time, the Spanish royal was six months pregnant along with her second daughter – Princess Sofia. 

Letizia studied her Masters in broadcast journalism and after a stint at Asturian every day paper, La Nueva España, she went on to work for ABC, a well-liked nationwide newspaper that enjoys the third largest circulation in Spain. 

Next got here a stint at Spanish information company EFE earlier than a transfer to Guadalajara in Mexico noticed her tackle a job on native paper, Siglo 21.

Back in Spain a yr later, she labored for the Spanish model of Bloomberg, a information channel and company specialising in economics, earlier than transferring to CNN+.

Before she met Felipe of Spain, Letizia was married to highschool literature trainer Alonso Guerrero Perez, who was 9 years her senior.

The couple wed in 1998 following a ten-year romance, with the pair assembly when the longer term Spanish queen was simply 16.

They tied the knot in a civil ceremony within the city of Almendralejo, Badajoz, however divorced the next yr.

By the time she met her husband-to-be, Felipe, in 2002, Letizia was working for in style TV channel 24 Horas, the place together with anchoring the favored Telediario 2 night information bulletin she reported on a variety of breaking information occasion.

As a information anchor, she reported reside from Ground Zero after the 9/11 assaults in 2001.

She met Prince Felipe the next yr – on the website of an oil spillage in Northern Spain. The yr after first assembly Felipe, Letizia give up her job and some days later their engagement was introduced.

Letizia and Felipe’s marriage in Madrid in 2004 prompted an upswing in assist for the royal household, and her behavior of championing High Street manufacturers like Zara proved in style. She and Felipe had two daughters, Leonor in 2005 and Sofia in 2007.