Kleio
Aristocracy
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I think it has to do with the fact that Inaki was kind of serving Spain in his own right by being part of the Olympic team, a famous and successful handballer (as famous as handballers can get) who got his position through his achievements and hard work (nobody can become a team member through connections at this level). It takes some discipline, talent and effort to get where Inaki got in his sports career, therefore he had a bonus from the start. Plus he is handsome, from Catalonia, he ticked all the likable boxes.
Both Jaime and Letizia were seen as social climbers (more so than Inaki), with Jaime being an akward person and lots of rumours surrounding Letizia, including that she only made it as TVE anchor because of Felipe's interference (6 weeks prior to the engagement the aim was to make her face familiar to the Spanish public and to enhance her CV).
Inaki never came across as social climber, ambitious or calculating since he reached the pinnacle of his career - a career of hard physical work - without the help of the royal house.
Duke, I agree with you that Iñaki's achievements during his sport career were great and due to personal effort and discipline. He was a great sportman and no one denies that. Iñaki was not born in Catalonia, although he was living in Barcelona during his childhood and I think he came back when he was around seventeen years old...
About Letizia, I have no idea if he was conducting the news just because they wanted her to become familiar to the Spaniards. I had never heard about that.
And Jaime, well, his father was a count, his grandfather I think he was a marquis. He comes from aristocrats, he had a wealthy auntie who made him her heir... I wouldn't define Jaime as a social climber...