Journalist Jaime Peñafiel – author of the book Letizia y yo is causing Spanish public opinion to “stir up”
A love triangle gone wrong?
On November 21, journalist Jaime Peñafiel (91 years old) released the book Letizia y yo (roughly translated: Letizia and I) gives a lot of information surrounding Spain’s Queen Letizia. The most shocking content in the book is probably the romantic relationship between her and businessman Jaime del Burgo (53 years old) – the queen’s longtime friend and ex-husband of Telma Ortiz (her sister).
In the above interview El Cierre Digital Posted on December 3, Jaime Peñafiel said that Jaime del Burgo is the great love of Queen Letizia. Through this businessman’s revelations, the journalist learned more about the Queen of Spain. “Jaime del Burgo was my advisor while writing this book and he told me many things that I only revealed 1% of,” the author said.
This journalist also admitted that he was surprised about the above relationship. “That’s why I decided to write the book. Jaime is a very suggestive man, in fact, the book should have been called ‘Letizia y Jaime’ (rough translation: Letizia and Jaime), created by both Jaime Peñafiel and Jaime del Burgo… As I said, what I am silent about is more valuable than what I speak up,” he added.
Queen Letizia used to work at a television station. She is said to have dated Jaime del Burgo before marrying King Felipe VI
According to Daily Mail, before meeting King Felipe VI (then still a prince), Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano was a famous journalist, presenter and experienced a failed marriage. Jaime Peñafiel revealed that Letizia was Jaime del Burgo’s girlfriend at that time. This male businessman revealed to the journalist that he met Letizia before 2000 and that their relationship began during a romantic trip to Venice (Italy), many years before the beauty met King Felipe. Their relationship was so serious that Jaime del Burgo prepared a ring and planned to propose to his girlfriend on a date in 2002. However, Letizia Ortiz then revealed that she was dating someone else. – “a person forced her to quit her job”.
This leads Jaime del Burgo to speculate that Letizia’s secret lover is the heir to the throne. After deciding to just be friends, Jaime del Burgo is said to have advised Letizia not to rush to announce their relationship but to wait until the wedding. After Letizia and the future king’s engagement was announced in 2003, the beauty reportedly asked Jaime del Burgo to attend her wedding.
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia on their wedding day in Madrid in May 2004
Not stopping there, Jaime del Burgo also revealed that he helped Queen Letizia handle the prenuptial agreement and helped cover the cost of her family’s wedding outfit because the king at that time, Juan Carlos, was from Spain. refused to pay even half the cost. The businessman also said that the royal bride asked to meet him at a restaurant in Madrid the night before the wedding. Jaime del Burgo’s shocking statement: “When we met, she held my hand and asked me why I never asked her to marry me. Obviously I didn’t answer. I encouraged her. The last thing she said to me before we said goodbye in the restaurant was a request: Don’t ever leave me.”
In the book that stirred up public opinion, the above-mentioned businessman also had a close relationship with King Felipe VI, describing him as a “kind man” and the two maintained a great friendship. . “I told him my problems and he told me his problems,” Jaime del Burgo said. This person also said that King Felipe considers himself a good man because sometimes he feels unable to appease Queen Letizia.
The relationship has been ambiguous for many years
Jaime del Burgo next to Telma Ortiz (sister of Queen Letizia)
Jaime del Burgo affirmed that he and Queen Letizia still maintained a romantic relationship even after the beauty held a royal wedding in 2004. He emphasized that he kept the photos, videos, cell phones and message as proof. This businessman compares the queen to “a fox in a chicken coop” because she is “smarter than any of them”. Jaime del Burgo revealed that the queen nicknamed him “yoga friend”. The fire of love between the two is still smoldering.
This person even claimed that they secretly dated at Letizia’s house after the queen gave birth to her first daughter – Princess Leonor, in 2005. “Lying in the same hammock, under the pool terrace, facing each other , Letizia said to me: ‘I love you’ and I also replied: ‘I love you'”, Jaime del Burgo revealed in the book. This man is then said to have written a play La Hamaca (roughly translated: The hammock) to preserve memories but never released. Jaime even said the couple had “taken steps with the goal of being free” as they sought legal advice and considered assets in the US. One of the most shocking information that Jaime del Burgo gave was that Queen Letizia proposed that they have a child together through surrogacy in Los Angeles (USA).
Queen Letizia is said to still be secretly dating Jaime del Burgo after becoming the daughter-in-law of the Spanish Royal Family
Jaime del Burgo said during that time, the two became tense after photos of Letizia kissing King Felipe appeared on the cover of a Spanish magazine. The queen later explained that she did this to protect their relationship. This businessman also has a good relationship with Queen Letizia’s two daughters and is called uncle by them. “It was a beautiful time. I didn’t have children and those children made me very happy,” Jaime revealed.
When Jaime del Burgo worked in Brazil, suffered a pulmonary embolism, and was in intensive care for 2 weeks, he still kept in touch with the royal bride. “I tried to convince the Albert Einstein Hospital to give me a phone, and Letizia and I talked every day through it. During my visits to Madrid, I often went to the movies with Felipe, Letizia and some other people.” friend. Letizia and I always sat together, holding hands. Those were happy moments,” this person recounted. However, their relationship is said to have suddenly ended in August 2011 when Queen Letizia called her “lover” and said: “We cannot continue to see each other.”
Photo taken of Jaime Del Burgo and Telma Oritz when they were preparing for their wedding in 2012
After the breakup, Jaime del Burgo was suggested by a friend to contact Telma Oritz (the queen’s younger sister) – the two had known each other since Jaime first started dating Letizia. In 2012, the couple got engaged after only 2 months of dating. Jaime affirmed that at this time he was still close to Letizia and Felipe as well as close to his fiancée when the four of them went to see a movie together in Madrid. “When Jaime del Burgo was preparing to marry Telma, it was Felipe who advised him on the marital arrangements and over the years they maintained a wonderful friendship,” writes author Jaime Peñafiel.
After tying the knot in an intimate ceremony, Jaime del Burgo and Telma Oritz held a larger reception in Italy. Jaime del Burgo’s words are quoted in the book: “The guests congratulated us. Letizia in turn kissed my cheek and whispered in my ear: We will be together again”. After the wedding in 2012, the newlyweds moved to New York (USA) to start married life, but Telma quickly returned to Barcelona (Spain) the same year before announcing their separation in 2014.
Leaving behind an ambiguous past, Jaime del Burgo remarried Swedish lawyer Lucía Díaz Liljestrom and the couple shares daughter Ulla. Meanwhile, Telma is happy with Irish lawyer Gavin Bonnar, they just welcomed their first child in October 2021.
The Spanish Royal Family’s reaction amid the ‘storm’ of public opinion
Jaime del Burgo posted a photo that was said to be proof that the two were in a relationship. Based on the time the queen gave birth to the two princesses, people speculate that this photo was taken in 2005 or before 2007.
Daily Mail Revealed that over the weekend, Jaime del Burgo continued to make shocking moves on X (Twitter) after the shocking revelations in the book. Letizia y yo. Specifically, this male businessman posted a photo of Queen Letizia taken in front of the bathroom mirror as proof of their relationship. In the photo, the queen is wearing a black pashmina scarf, one hand on her pregnant belly, the other hand holding a phone to take pictures. Attached to the photo is a text message said to be from the queen to Jaime del Burgo: “I wear your pashmina. It’s like the feeling of having you by my side. It cares for me. It protects me. I count.” every hour until we meet again. Love you. Get out of here. Belongs to me.”
The King and Queen of Spain appeared together at a recent event
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia appeared with two princesses: Leonor (left) and Sofia (right) at the end of October 2023
After Jaime del Burgo shared the image, X users questioned the authenticity of the information because there was no evidence that Queen Letizia sent him the photo or accompanying message. The businessman later deleted his X account. According to Telegraph Many people have publicly voiced their support for Queen Letizia on social networks. Meanwhile, Carolina Alonso, a spokeswoman for the left-wing group, said Jaime del Burgo’s statements were a sexist attack on the queen’s right to privacy.
In response to Jaime del Burgo’s move, a spokesman for the Spanish Royal Family told Femail: “We have no comment to make on this.” Despite shocking statements from her former brother-in-law, Queen Letizia still maintains a calm attitude when appearing at recent public events. On December 4, the king and queen attended the Annual Conference of the Cervantes Institute in Madrid. They appeared together in a quite happy mood, with a calm attitude as if nothing had happened and comfortably met and chatted with many other guests.
