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« on: September 05, 2010, 04:15:03 AM » |
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Making the rounds of the internet including the Royal Stalkers, a new book by Catalan investigative journalist Isidre Cunill is being released this week in Madrid on Letizia's past . The book cites rumours about sex, drugs, abortion in Letizia's life prior to Felipe. The book is entitled: Letizia: A Republican in the Court of Juan Carlos.
Among the alleged rumours include that she is agnostic, may not have been baptized and that is why she married her first husband in a civil ceremony. She supposedly went to New York and had an elective abortion as she could not get one in Mexico where she lived at the time. Also she supposedly has no relationship with the King.
I cannot believe that these charges are true as the Spanish Royal Family is very conservative and I don't think they would have allowed Felipe to marry her if they were even partially true. I also am amazed that this book is being published in Spain and the author not being sued for libel.
I am not a Letizia sugar gal, but this sounds farfetched (and libelous) to me . She is the future queen of Catholic Spain. Why are these rumours coming to the full light of day now?
Any news on this front from our Spanish posters?
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« on: September 05, 2010, 04:15:03 AM » |
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Michelle
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« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2010, 04:39:53 AM » |
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She supposedly went to New York and had an elective abortion as she could not get one in Mexico where she lived at the time.
Why would she go all the way to New York from Mexico if she wanted an abortion?  She could have popped on over to one of the border states like Texas, Arizona or New Mexico. This sounds a little far fetched to me. |
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esther angeline
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« Reply #2 on: September 05, 2010, 04:51:10 AM » |
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The journalist says he obtained from a hospital in Mexico where she had to go for complications of the procedure and the trip/etc to New York was cited. I don't know if abortion was legal in the border states in the 90s or not. One article on the web flatly asks who is behind this attack on her. If Juan Carlos is as frail as people are saying he is, this does not bode well for the future of the Throne in Spain. There have always been rumours about Lety but to come right out and publish them takes a bold soul.  |
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« Reply #3 on: September 05, 2010, 05:15:18 AM » |
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She was single so I guess most Spaniards(apart from enjoying gossip) wouldn't care.
She married(we all know this as does Felipe) some guy when she was young, she travelled. The abortion...hmmm not sure.
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If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and military consequences of the lie.The truth is the greatest enemy of the State"
J Goebbels
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Michelle
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« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2010, 05:19:45 AM » |
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The journalist says he obtained from a hospital in Mexico where she had to go for complications of the procedure and the trip/etc to New York was cited. I don't know if abortion was legal in the border states in the 90s or not. One article on the web flatly asks who is behind this attack on her. If Juan Carlos is as frail as people are saying he is, this does not bode well for the future of the Throne in Spain. There have always been rumours about Lety but to come right out and publish them takes a bold soul. Abortion has been legal in the states since the 70's. I just find it strange this author claims she had to go all the way to New York when big cities like Phoenix, Santa Fe, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio could have served well. Is this guy a tabloid writer along the line of Jaime Penafiel? If he is a serious and respected writer, then maybe I could take his claims a little more seriously but until then, I'm just going to take it with a grain of salt. BTW, there is nothing wrong with being agnostic. IF she is or was or whatever. I'm a catholic, my whole family is catholic but I haven't been to church in years. Except for the funerals of my grandfather and both of my grandmothers. Religion shouldn't have to define who you are. I've always considered myself to be more spiritual than religious and maybe that's how Letizia felt. |
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esther angeline
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« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2010, 05:25:45 AM » |
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He is supposedly a big deal investigative journalist who is well published. The court is saying nothing right now and that is probably the best course. AFAIAC, her life before Felipe was private and legal. She is certainly no more controversial than M-M or Snake Girl. For some reason the "knives are out" for her right now in a bigger than usual way.  |
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« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2010, 06:20:03 AM » |
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He is supposedly a big deal investigative journalist who is well published. The court is saying nothing right now and that is probably the best course. AFAIAC, her life before Felipe was private and legal. She is certainly no more controversial than M-M or Snake Girl. For some reason the "knives are out" for her right now in a bigger than usual way. I agree with everything you've said, esther. I've always had the impression that the "knives are out" for her. At the end of the day, she was Felipe's choice - and he seems happy enough. |
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« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2010, 06:44:45 AM » |
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She supposedly went to New York and had an elective abortion as she could not get one in Mexico where she lived at the time.
Why would she go all the way to New York from Mexico if she wanted an abortion? She could have popped on over to one of the border states like Texas, Arizona or New Mexico. This sounds a little far fetched to me. I agree with Michelle. It would have been easy for her to have one much closer to Mexico. |
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« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2010, 08:04:36 AM » |
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He is supposedly a big deal investigative journalist who is well published. The court is saying nothing right now and that is probably the best course. AFAIAC, her life before Felipe was private and legal. She is certainly no more controversial than M-M or Snake Girl. For some reason the "knives are out" for her right now in a bigger than usual way. Not true. He is a Catalan journalist, little known. According to the article form El Mundo, he got the info from a CNI report on Letizia made for Zarzuela (How is the author possible to have the CNI report ? Does he have a real one or a fake one ? ). She was studying at Guadalajara on the Spanish government's scholarship, her family had little money, where did she get the money to be treated in a very expensive private hospital in Mexico City, then to New York ? |
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« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2010, 08:12:46 AM » |
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A picture of Letizia at her first communion, she had to be baptized before the first communion. She was not comfirmed (that's known in the media), she received her comfirmation a week before the wedding, Felipe was her sponsor (godfather). This author didn't seem to get the basic right.  |
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« Reply #10 on: September 05, 2010, 08:26:47 AM » |
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Elmundo has an article on 'A fake report of CNI in a shady operation against the Princess'. I wonder if this guy is a Catalan separatist, or was used by some Catalan separatists. http://estaticos.elmundo....os/2010/09/04/portada.pdf |
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Jane
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« Reply #11 on: September 05, 2010, 08:38:23 AM » |
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Is it a book or an article? If it is a book, is it a reputable publisher? and what is the book filled up with as the abortion episode ( whether it is true or significant or not) would hardly fill a book.
I hate to see a woman being attacked on the grounds of having an abortion when she was a private citizen.
Felipe was her sponsor (godfather).
That I do find a bit creepy.
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« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2010, 08:46:06 AM » |
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Is it a book or an article? If it is a book, is it a reputable publisher? and what is the book filled up with as the abortion episode ( whether it is true or significant or not) would hardly fill a book.
I hate to see a woman being attacked on the grounds of having an abortion when she was a private citizen.
It's a very small Catalan publisher, not a reputable one. Felipe was her sponsor (godfather).
That I do find a bit creepy.
Why ? She became more religious because of him, that happened a lot in real life because of the influence of the spouse. |
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Jane
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« Reply #13 on: September 05, 2010, 09:10:00 AM » |
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I guess I am used to a godparent being someone of an older generation who is in a parental relationship with you.
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« Reply #13 on: September 05, 2010, 09:10:00 AM » |
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Clara
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« Reply #14 on: September 05, 2010, 09:52:08 AM » |
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Jane, maybe you are refering to your godfather and godmother in the baptism? Many people don't have a confirmation anymore here, but in order to get married in a catholic church you are supposed to be, so the priests confirms the person some days(or weeks) before the wedding. Anyone can be a godparent, it's usual for the other spouse as those confirmations are done after some meetings of the couple with the priest.
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