An Empty Anniversary
May 22, 2004 marked a milestone for the Spanish monarchy with the first royal wedding in a century, that of Kings Felipe and Letizia when they were still princes. However, twenty years later, Casa Real’s official agenda is completely empty, apparently with nothing to celebrate. The kings have not shown any gesture of complicity on such an important day, and remain apart, attentive to their mobile devices, perhaps waiting for a tweet from the feared Jaime del Burgo. This round anniversary comes at a time of unfavorable image for the monarchs, with the crisis unleashed by Del Burgo’s revelations about Letizia’s infidelity to Felipe. These revelations have awakened the conviction that Felipe and Letizia’s marriage is a farce, similar to that of Juan Carlos and Sofía.
A Naked Royal Wedding
The related press dedicates the day to exalt the royal wedding, but only one guest has stripped the ceremony: the bride’s cousin, David Rocasolano. This missing relative of the queen left the interiors of the royal family captured in her masterpiece, ‘Goodbye Princess’, in memory of her cousin Erika. Rocasolano, one of the guests at the wedding, reveals family conflicts in his book, including a fight between the bride’s father and both grandparents. This story, censored for decades, offers a raw vision of Letizia’s true face and her private life, which seems to follow autonomous paths.
A Day Without Celebration
On this May 22, 2024, not a single image of Felipe and Letizia is shown. There seems to be nothing to celebrate, at least from a royal perspective.
