but yes, it looks like it's annus horribilis for felipe and letizia: the government formation issue, the noos case implications and now this...
For the RF of Spain the term "annus horribilis" doesn't make much sense anymore. Pretty much every year since 2010 has been annus horribilis for them. It's more like horribilis decade
Okay, I don't know how to start with all this. Yes, they both have been unbelievably naive. Don't ever write anything that can be used against you, even I do know that and I'm not a public person. And Felipe is perfectly conscious about it as is showed in the same chat (sorry but I laughed so hard with the "this is a difficult country" part, that's so spot on and probably not a thing to say in public or with outsiders, but who can blame him for saying it in private, even if it's not the most politically correct comment). So why Leti is not? It is a big faux pas from every point of view.
But being a big mistake and meaning a considerable damage to F&L's public image, everything has been ridiculously over blown (as everything tends to be esp with Letizia). As much as I was surprised and amused by her way of texting, it was a private talking with a close friend, what's the big deal? OMG she swears. Unbelievable. Ouch, she dislikes the newspaper that has been throwing s*** to her and her family for 12 years. Astounding, I'd never have guessed.
Seriously, you can't expect royals to be royals 24/365, and you surely can't expect them not to vent out their anger if they feel it. As long as they do it privately (as she was doing), and probably as long as they don't leave it written (and I think we all will agree that publishing private phone chats, even if it must be expected to happen, is not the most morally correct thing to do).
All this talk about a queen never ceasing to be queen makes no sense to me. Wasn't Letizia's father in law, a king in his own right, celebrated as spontaneous and human, oh-so-down-to-earth, across all the country for telling Chavez to shut up IN PUBLIC, during an official diplomatic summit? And now Letizia is supposed to be quiet and smile all the way even in her private conversations with friends? Please, that is absolutely not fair, what means the so overused "being a queen all the time" concept means, being the stupid little girl that just bow the head, smile and expects the next attack?
Last but not least. Such a big mountain from a grain of salt that we forget what was the main point, the fact tht their former friend is accused of corruption and they were openly sending him "hugs" and support. It's really bad, true, but as said before, who can't say he would not send support to a long time friend on a similar case? It's a fact that their relationship ended afterwards and even if I'm not confortable with the fact that they are friends with this kind of people, but reality is that to pretend that they have no relationship with anybody messed up in a corruption scandal is as naive as sending those text messages. Corruption is everywhere among the economical and political powers in Spain, you don't really go a long way through the elites without finding somebody tainted. It's actually shameful.
That's the part they have to respond for. I don't see the great scandal people is trying to make out of it. It's troubling, it's a huge faux pas, they should have known better and hopefully they will learn about it. I'm confident (maybe too much) that it will pass on with little more than some stains on F&L's public image. And life will go on. While yesterday, people I talked to about were annoyed, today most of them were like "this is too much, can't they have friends?", and the letter of LOC was seen by some as welcomed publicity for them, so not as bad as I thought it would be.
Oh yeah! Felipe and Letizia know that this section of the media will be gunning for them even more now! 
