The man who
confessed to Diana of Wales two decades ago (“Diana, Her True Story”) now
dissects the ladies of another monarchy that is now living his particular
"annus horribilis", the Spanish monarchy, which is facing its biggest
crisis since it was restored in 1975.
Andrew
Morton (*) has been recently to Madrid
introducing his latest book, "Ladies of Spain. Sofia, Elena, Cristina and
Letizia. Between duty and love", which analyzes the current situation of
the Reina Sofia, the Princesses Elena and Cristina and Princess of Asturias,
Letizia.
In his book,
Morton addresses without taboos the “separated” marriage of the King Juan Carlos and Queen
Sofia, the marriages with love of their
children and the personalities of their spouses commoners, and even surprising
anecdotes, like the Princess Elena is a great fan of teleshopping.
To write
this book and to defend himself against accusations by some people of
plagiarism and unoriginal, he says he has worked in it during three years and he
has spoken to many people very close to the Spanish court.
The author
also discussed the current situation of the Spanish monarchy, cornered by
financial scandals because of Iñaki Urdangarin’s dirty business and kings’s sex
scandals, recognizing that the world is now more interested in the Spanish
monarchy that in the Windsors. Even the New York Times and the Wall Street
Journal regularly write about it.
According to
Morton the monarchy in Spain
is like a coat you wear and take off, depending of the different historical situations,
while in England,
for example, the monarchy is like the rain, it's always there.
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| According to Morton, Letizia is the mirror Catherine of Wales should look at |
Asked about
which of the four ladies he is most interested. he said he preferred Cristina
and Letizia. Cristina, because of the situation she is living at the moment,
halfway between her love for Iñaki Urdangarin and her love for her father and her
duty to the monarchy. And Letizia, because she is a woman of extremes, who has
had a rich and varied love life and from whom he tells she is bossy,
perfectionist and very intelligent.
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Sofia, the author says she has got a full loyalty in her DNA and that when she got married
to the king she did it for duty. And also he explains that she is not a victim but, on the
contrary, she deserves the utmost respect.
Regarding to the King Juan Carlos he tells in his controversial book that
he has been with 1500 women throughout his life (he even explains that during
the honeymoon of Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles in Palma de Mallorca,
the Spanish king made a pass at her, although unsuccessfully).
And his last advice for the King is as simple as: Keep calm and carry on........
And finally, the author is already threatening to write his next book about the German
Princess Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, the last "very close
friendship" of the king, as she acknowledged in a recent interview with a
Spanish newspaper. Thus, the story does not end here, but it will be continued .....
(*) Andrew
Morton's controversial author of other books like:
Diana: Her
story brings in her own words (1992)
Monica's
Story (1999)
Posh & Becks (2000)
Madonna
(2001)
Tom Cruise:
An Unauthorized Biography (2010)
Angelina:
An Unauthorized Biography (2010)
William
& Catherine: Their Story (2011)
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