Crown Prince Felipe and Crown Princess Letizia of Spain

The first mystery couple is the future queen and king of Spain.  Letizia, Princess of Asturias (born Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano on 15 September 1972), is the wife of Felipe, Prince of Asturias, the heir apparent to the Spanish throne. Before her marriage to the prince, she was a journalist. She was listed among CEOWORLD magazine's Hottest Royal Women.

Letizia attended La Gesta School in Oviedo, before her family moved to Madrid, where she attended high school at the Ramiro de Maeztu High School.   She completed a Bachelor's Degree and aLicentiate's Degree in Sciences of the Information, in the branch of Journalism, at the Complutense University of Madrid, as well as a Master's Degree in Audiovisual Journalism at the Institute for Studies in Audiovisual Journalism.

Letizia is the eldest daughter of Jesús José Ortiz Álvarez (born in Oviedo on 24 December 1949), a journalist, and first wife María de la Paloma Rocasolano Rodríguez, (born in Madrid on 15 April 1952) a registered nurse and also a hospital union representative.

She has two sisters, one now deceased.

Her parents divorced in 1999 and her father remarried on 1 September 2000 or in Madrid on 18 March 2004 to fellow journalist Ana Togores N, born ca. 1955.

It has been said, to much popular acclaim, that Letizia had no noble blood, but although she comes from a working class family, on her paternal grandfather's side she is an untitled descendant of the families that were for centuries Constables of Castile and other Royal high office holders.

During her studies, Letizia worked for the Asturian daily newspaper La Nueva España and later for the newspaper ABC and the news agency EFE.   After completing her studies, she spent some time in Guadalajara, Mexico, working at the newspaper Siglo XXI. After returning to Spain, she worked for the Spanish version of the economic channel Bloomberg before moving to the news network CNN.

In 2000, she moved to TVE, where she started working for the news channel 24 Horas. In 2002, she anchored the weekly news report program Informe Semanal and later the daily morning news program Telediario Matinal on TVE 1   In August 2003, a few months before her engagement to Felipe, Letizia was promoted to anchor of the TVE daily evening news program Telediario 2, the most viewed newscast in Spain.

In 2000 Letizia reported from Washington, D.C. on the presidential elections. In September 2001 she broadcast live from Ground Zero following the 9/11 attacks in New York and in 2003 she filed reports from Iraq following the war. In 2002 she sent several reports from Galicia in northern Spain following the ecological disaster when the oil tanker Prestige sank.

First marriage with schoolteacher

Letizia married Alonso Guerrero Pérez, born in Mérida in 1962, son of Juan Francisco Guerrero N and wife María de los Dolores Pérez N, a Licentiate inPhilosophy from the University of Extremadura, a writer and a high-school literature teacher, on 6/7 August 1998, in a simple civil ceremony at Almendralejo, in Badajoz, after a 10-year courtship.^[9] The marriage was dissolved by divorce in 1999. They had no children. 

Engagement and second marriage

On 1 November 2003 to the surprise of many, the Royal Household announced Letizia's engagement to the Prince of Asturias.^[8] Afterwards, she moved to live in a wing of Zarzuela Palace until the day of her wedding.^[10]

The wedding took place on 22 May 2004 in the Cathedral Santa María la Real de la Almudena in Madrid. It was the first royal wedding in this cathedral, which was consecrated by Pope John Paul II in 1993. It had been nearly a century since the capital celebrated a royal wedding, as the present king and queen married in Athens, and the prince's sisters, Infanta Elena and Infanta Cristina, married in Sevilla and Barcelona respectively.

As Letizia's previous marriage involved only a civil ceremony, the Roman Catholic Church does not consider it valid and therefore did not require an annulment before her Catholic marriage to the Prince of Asturias.

Felipe, Prince of Asturias (baptised as Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos (et omnes sancti) de Borbón y de Grecia; born 30 January 1968), is the third child and only son of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía of Spain. As the Prince of Asturias he is the heir apparent to the Spanish throne.

Felipe was a member of the Olympic sailing team at the Barcelona Games in 1992, which recalled his mother's and uncle's position on the Greek sailing team in 1960. He also took part in the opening ceremony as theSpanish team's flag bearer. He finished in sixth position in the sailing class and obtained an Olympic Diploma.

[edit]Marriage and children

The bachelorhood of Felipe was an issue in the Spanish press for several years. His name was linked with several eligible women, but only two with any conviction: Spanish noblewoman Isabel Sartorius, who was not viewed favorably by the Royal Family due to her being three years older than he was and having divorced parents; and Norwegian model Eva Sannum, who had modeled underwear, something not favored by either the Spanish people or the Royal Family.

When Felipe finally began a serious relationship, nothing was suspected before the official announcement. On 1 November 2003 the Prince's engagement to Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano, an award-winning television journalist formerly with CNN, was proclaimed. Despite the fact she had been civilly married and then divorced, the public generally approved of Letizia since she represented the modern woman—independent, cultured, and accomplished in her profession.

The couple now have two children, Infanta Leonor and Infanta Sofia.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felipe,_Prince_of_Asturias