Queen Letizia’s ex brother-in-law seems to double down on claims
Queen Letizia’s ex brother-in-law appeared to double down on sensational claims that he had a relationship with the royal, 51, earlier than and after her marriage to King Felipe.
Businessman Jaime Del Burgo – who went on to marry Letizia’s sister, Telma Ortiz, who he’s now separated from – in a latest social media publish cryptically insisted that ‘the reality will come out’.
Writing on X, he additionally remarked that ‘Spaniards have the fitting to know who represents us by inheritance or election, what’s behind the highlight, the staging and the efficiency’.
In his elusive message, Del Burgo additionally referenced the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution – which prevents a President from being elected greater than twice – and painter Francisco de Goya, who is thought for his works depicting the late 18th and early nineteenth centuries in Spain, and particularly the Peninsular War.
Del Burgo inspired individuals to ‘firmly restrict the scope of the expansive and suffocating energy’ – in any other case he warned we’ll ‘proceed to be slaves, and most of us with out understanding it’, tagging each the Royal Family and Spanish president Pedro Sánchez within the publish.
Queen Letizia’s ex brother-in-law appeared to double down on sensational claims that he had a relationship with the royal, 51, earlier than and after her marriage to King Felipe. Letizia and Felipe pictured collectively final month
He concluded that individuals will probably be ‘sheep’ being ‘entertained’ – till they ‘get up’.
The publish, from December 16, additionally included a photograph of a e-book titled ‘El valor de la verdad’ – that means ‘The Value of Truth’ – by María José Frápolli and Juan A. Nicolás.
The Spanish Royal Family have been rocked by the stunning accusations of an affair. The Spanish courtroom has repeatedly refused to touch upon the allegations.
Meanwhile, final week, the former King of Spain was accused of taking part in an element in ‘stirring up’ rumours in regards to the alleged affair between Queen Letizia and her former brother-in-law.
A veteran Spanish journalist accused supporters of Juan Carlos, who has been all-but frozen out of the royal household, of whipping up a ‘marketing campaign’ towards his son Felipe.
Referring to the claims, fashionable radio host Federico Jiménez Losantos mentioned: ‘It’s the ‘nth’ marketing campaign orchestrated towards Felipe VI,’ earlier than including: ‘It is Juan Carlos’s circles who’re stirring it up.’
Juan Carlos reigned as King of Spain from 1975 to 2014 when he abdicated in favour of his son.
The official purpose was given as his age however a string of controversies ensued and there have been ideas that he was pressured to surrender the throne to guard the establishment.
Jaime Del Burgo and his ex-wife Telma Ortiz seen in 2012 earlier than their wedding ceremony. The couple cut up in 2014
The corruption scandals he has been caught up in since he handed over to King Felipe VI, whose spouse Letizia is a former journalist, have left his status in tatters.
He now lives in Abu Dhabi and Spanish retailers have quoted sources near the previous monarch saying he’s upset at being solid out by his household.
Now the most recent rumours have plunged the Spanish monarchy into yet one more scandal.
Del Burgo, 53, at the moment based mostly within the UK, lately contributed to a tell-all e-book in regards to the 51-year-old Spanish royal, Letizia y Yo (Letizia and I).
In it, he claims he and Letizia have been relationship when she met Felipe and have been nonetheless romantically concerned after her 2004 wedding ceremony to the Spanish King.
Following the bombshell claims, the entrepreneur shared a selfie the Queen took in a mirror throughout one in all her pregnancies as ‘proof’ of their relationship.
In the selfie, the royal could be seen sporting a black pashmina – which Del Burgo claims belonged to him – and he additionally typed out a message in his social media publish, supposedly despatched to him by Letizia.
Queen Letizia and King Felipe VI of Spain, pictured attending a charity assembly on December 13
A veteran Spanish journalist has accused supporters of the previous king, Juan Carlos I (pictured) of whipping up the damaging allegations
It learn: ‘Love. I put on your pashmina. It’s like feeling you by my aspect. It takes care of me. It protects me. I depend 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 he printed them, that pointed to them having a secret affair after Letizia married Felipe.
After sharing the selfie, different X customers questioned the validity of Del Burgo’s claims – given there is no such thing as 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 e-book by veteran journalist and writer Jaime Penafiel known as ‘Letizia y Yo’ – Spanish 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 e-book that 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 advised him she had fallen in love with the long run King of Spain.
He alleged he grew to become mates 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 unimaginable declare that the Queen requested to see him the night time 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 mentioned in quotes Jaime Penafiel mentioned he had obtained by way of 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 mentioned to me earlier than we mentioned goodbye to one another in that restaurant was a request: “Never leave 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 12 months 2000.
He additionally recalled a second he says occurred following Princess Leonor’s start after they have been mendacity collectively in a hammock by a pool, saying within the e-book which was launched final month: ‘Letizia advised me “I love you” and I responded “I love you”.’
Telma is now with Irish lawyer Gavin Bonnar and the couple welcomed their first youngster collectively in October 2021. Gavin shares two youngsters along with his first spouse – musician Sharon Corr.
In her latest album, The Fool & The Scorpion, Sharon wrote lyrics which included the phrase ‘the queen’s twisted sister’ – which followers speculated have been impressed by her youngsters’s new step-mother.
Meanwhile, Del Burgo married Swedish lawyer Lucía Díaz Liljestrom.
His X bio additionally says he’s father to ‘Ulla and Liv’.
Speaking to El Cierre Digitial, Letizia and I writer Jaime Penafiel mentioned Letizia was del Burgo’s ‘nice love’ and the pair’s relationship become a ‘nice friendship’ after she grew to become 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 realize, 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 buddy 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 e-book, 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 advised the writer: ‘I advised him my issues and he advised [me] his.’
King Felipe and Queen Letizia on their wedding ceremony day in Madrid in May 2004. Jaime Del Burgo claims he was going to suggest to the newsreader till she introduced she had met King Felipe
The businessman even claims that Felipe ‘makes use of [him] as a great 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 saved ‘images, movies, cellphones’ and textual content messages as proof.
The businessman claimed that ‘love was at all times there’ of their relationship since they travelled to Venice collectively. The selfie Del Burgo shared on Twitter was taken throughout one in all Letizia’s pregnancies between 2005-2007.
Following this, Jaime alleges they ‘took steps ahead with the purpose of being free’ – which concerned looking for authorized recommendation and properties within the US.
One of essentially the most damaging claims Del Burgo reportedly makes is that Queen Letizia steered they’ve a baby collectively utilizing a surrogate in Los Angeles.
Around this time, Del Burgo claims that he confronted Letizia after photographs of her kissing Felipe appeared on the covers of Spanish magazines. He claims the Queen advised him: ‘I needed to do it to guard us.’
Jaime Penafiel goes on to write down that when Sofia was born, Jaime del Burgo grew to become uncle to each of the women.
It then quotes him as saying: ‘It was a wonderful interval. I did not have youngsters, and people women made me so pleased. 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 provide me a phone Letizia and I spoke to one another day-after-day on [the phone].
‘During my visits to Madrid I’d usually go to the cinema with Felipe, Letizia and a few mates. Letizia and I’d at all times sit collectively, holding palms. They have been moments of happiness.’
Telma Ortiz is seen leaving the EDP Gran Via Theater after attending the ‘We Choose Earth Tour’ on June 22, 2023 in Madrid
However in August 2011, Jaime alleges Letizia abruptly ended their relationship when she known as him and mentioned: ‘We cannot proceed seeing one another.’
Following this, Del Burgo alleges {that a} feminine buddy advised him to get in contact with Telma – who he had met when he first began relationship Letizia.
The following 12 months, the pair bought engaged after simply two months of relationship. 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 12 months 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 outdated and left behind her six-year-old daughter Carla.
At the time, the Spanish royal was six months pregnant together 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 preferred 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 task on native paper, Siglo 21.
Back in Spain a 12 months later, she labored for the Spanish model of Bloomberg, a information channel and company specialising in economics, earlier than transferring to CNN+.
Queen Letizia throughout her time as a newsreader for Television Espanola earlier than her wedding ceremony to King Felipe
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 long run Spanish queen was simply 16.
They tied the knot in a civil ceremony within the city of Almendralejo, Badajoz, however divorced the next 12 months.
By the time she met her husband-to-be, Felipe, in 2002, Letizia was working for fashionable 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.
Last week, the King and Queen made their first public look collectively since Letizia’s ex-brother-in-law claimed he’d had an affair with the royal
She met Prince Felipe the next 12 months – on the web site of an oil spillage in Northern Spain. The 12 months after first assembly Felipe, Letizia stop 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 fashionable. She and Felipe had two daughters, Leonor in 2005 and Sofia in 2007.
Yesterday the pair appeared liked up as ever as they arrived for Infanta Elena’s sixtieth party in Madrid
The couple dismissed the scandalous allegations and beamed as they arrived at a gathering with officers from the Princesa de Girona Foundation on the royal palace in Madrid.
Dressed in a scarlet pink prime and a black skirt with floral detailing, paired with knee size suede boots, mother-of-two Letizia seemed up at her husband and smiled as they strolled into the room.
Meanwhile Felipe, wanting sharp as at all times in a tailor-made go well with, beamed again at his spouse as they appeared deep in dialog.
Letizia seemed reduce a chic determine for her sister-in-law’s celebrations as she arrived on the unique Pabú restaurant with Felipe within the nation’s capital.
Meanwhile the King seemed equally dapper in a darkish gray go well with.
The royal paired his go well with with a lightweight blue shirt, pink patterned tie and maroon patent footwear.
The couple have been seen fortunately talking to employees as they arrived, earlier than later peering their heads across the door to wave to royal followers.
Referring to the scandal earlier this month, a spokesperson for the Spanish Royal Family advised FEMAIL: ‘We haven’t any remark to make about this.’
