Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia, Current Events Part 5: February - May 2005

[Elsa M.]

From Seeger-Press:

 

[monamona]

Is it just me or does CP Letizia reminds you alot of Queen Rania?

Just you....

While Rania is pretty, Letizia is naturally beautiful. See Rania's old and current pics and you will see the effects of plastic surgeries.

 

[Cissan]

http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=117132

Perfect make-up, as always.

I don't agree. I think she wears too much blush and her lipliner looks too strong in comparison with the rest of the lips. You are not supposed to see the lipliner. http://cache.gettyimages.com/comp/52489902.jpg?x=x&dasite=MS_GINS&ef=2&ev=1&dareq=E2399169AC85D6DE9A21091711E5AD1EB82167FD8003EA377757C85AE85A779B
It also looks like she has missed her lip contour when she applied the lipliner.

Other than that I think she looks good. It's no easy to look good on such closeups...

 

[Anna_R]

From Wireimage

 

[Anna_R]

The remaining 4

 

[marezdote]

from casareal.es

 

[Hannelore]

Letizia always wears the same boring outfit, just in a different color every time...very disappointing.

 

[Elsa M.]

from casareal.es

TRH the Princes of Asturias have presided over the ceremony of the Prizes Bartolomé de las Casas 2004; a ceremony celebrated in the House of America. This fourteenth edition of the awards was given ex-aequo to the association Aporte para la Descentralización Cultural (ADESCA), from Guatemala, and to Luis Manuel Ticio Escobar, director of the Indigenous Art Museum of Paraguay. Don Felipe, in his speech, remembered that this award tries to call attention over the problems of those communities which are trying to maintain alive the conscience on their own identity, as well as their traditions, rites and legends, including the ecological balance of their environmental surroundings. He also emphasized the merits of the awarded institutions, concluding that their work constitutes a valuable contribution to the coexistence, social cohesion and communion of that great project which the Comunidad Iberoamericana de Naciones represents.

 

[Elsa M.]

Photos from Cover:

 

[Elsa M.]

Still from Cover:

 

[marezdote]

Leti's Grandfather Dies...

According to hola.com her paternal grandfather has died. I don't belong to Hola so I couldn't read the whole article. Her paternal grandfather is the one her and Felipe often visit in Asturias.

 

[marezdote]

article about her grandfather's death from elmundo.es


Muere el abuelo paterno de Letizia Ortiz por una dolencia pulmonar


José Luis Ortiz Velasco, de 82 años, abuelo paterno de la Princesa de Asturias, ha muerto víctima de una dolencia pulmonar que sufría desde hace años, según ha confirmado un portavoz de la Casa del Rey.

Fuentes familiares han confirmado que la muerte se produjo esta mañana en su casa de la localidad de Sardéu, en el municipio asturiano de Ribadesella, en la que residía junto a su esposa, Menchu Álvarez del Valle.

Los Príncipes de Asturias han visitado en numerosas ocasiones a los abuelos paternos de Letizia Ortiz. A su casa de Sardéu se han 'escapado' fines de semana y vacaciones. La última vez que se les ha visto en la aldea ha sido el fin de semana posterior a la celebración del aniversario del 11-M.

Letizia y su esposo acudirán mañana a los funerales que se celebrarán en memoria de su abuelo, en un lugar aún por determinar. Está previsto que el oficio religioso se celebre en la iglesia parroquial de la localidad de El Carmen, muy próxima a Sardéu.

Jose Luis Ortiz, a quien doña Letizia se sentía muy unido, sufría una grave enfermedad pulmonar que le fue diagnosticada hace unos tres años y de la estaba siendo tratado en el Instituto Nacional de Silicosis de Oviedo, donde pasaba algunos periodos ingresado.

No obstante, esta dolencia no le impidió asistir a la boda de su nieta con el Príncipe de Asturias, celebrada el 22 de mayo de 2004 en la catedral de La Almudena de Madrid.

El fallecido y Menchu Álvarez del Valle eran padres de Jesús Ortiz Álvarez, progenitor de la Princesa de Asturias, que al igual que su madre y posteriormente su hija hasta su boda con el Príncipe, se dedicó profesionalmente al periodismo.


José Luis Ortiz. (Foto: EFE)

 

[HMQueenElizabethII]

It is said that he died because of lung ailment.I really sorry for Princess Letizia and her family.

 

[Elsa M.]

article about her grandfather's death from elmundo.

Translation:

Jose Luis Ortiz Velasco, of 82 years old, paternal grandfather of the Princess of Asturias, has died from a pulmonary ailment he was suffering for years, according to a confirmation of the Royal House.

Familiar sources have confirmed that the death took place this morning, at his house of Sardéu, in the Asturian municipality of Ribadesella, where he resided next to his wife, Menchu Alvarez del Valle.

The Princes of Asturias have visited the paternal grandparents of Letizia Ortiz for numerous occasions. They have escaped to their house of Sardéu for many weekends and vacations. The last time they were seen in the village was on the weekend after the anniversary of 11-M.

Letizia and her husband will tomorrow attend the funerals, which will be celebrated in memory of their grandfather, in a place still to determine. The religious official is expected to be celebrated at the parochial church of the locality of El Carmen, very next to Sardéu.

José Luis Ortiz, to whom Doña Letizia felt very united, suffered of a serious pulmonary disease, which was diagnosed about three years ago, and of what he was being treated in the National Institute of Silicosis in Oviedo, where he passed some periods.

However, this ailment did not impede him to attend the wedding of his granddaughter to the Prince of Asturias, celebrated on the 22nd of May 2004, in the cathedral of La Almudena, in Madrid. The deceased and Menchu Alvarez del Valle were parents of Jesus Ortiz Alvarez, father of the Princess of Asturias, who like her mother and daughter (until the wedding to the Prince), has professionally dedicated himself to the media.

 

[marezdote]

Thanks for translating Elsa. It is nice that she saw him just a few weeks ago. When my grandmother died 4 years ago I was comforted by the fact that I had just saw her a few days before.

 

[Elsa M.]

From Diário de Navarra:

http://www.diariodenavarra.es/actualidad/noticia.asp?not=2005033014592725&dia=20050330&seccion=culturaysociedad


The paternal grandfather of Doña Letizia, Jose Luis Ortiz Velasco, passed away today, at his 82 years old, victim of a pulmonary ailment he was suffering for years. Married to the Asturian speaker of National Radio Menchu Alvarez del Valle for 56 years, he had recently received the last visit of the Princes of Asturias, when they travelled to the Asturian village of Sardéu, to accompany his state of health.

On that occasion (the weekend after the anniversary of 11-M), the Princes of Asturias met Erika, the yougest sister of the Princess, Antonio Vigo, her husband, and Carla, their daughter. They were all worried about the ailment of Jose Luis Ortiz.

The death took place this morning, at the house of the small locality in the municipality of Ribadesella.

Doña Letizia and her husband will attend tomorrow the funerals, which will be celebrated in memory of her grandfather, for whom she felt a true adoration, since she spent the summers of her childhood in his home.

Before marriage, the Princes of Asturias visited the paternal grandparents of Doña Letizia for a couple of times. In later occasions, the couple slept in "the arquera", the familiar house in Sardéu.

The last time that Jose Luis Ortiz went to a public act with his granddaughter was in the past month of October, in Oviedo, for the presentation of the Prizes Prince of Asturias.

The grandparents of Doña Letizia had to adapt themselves to the curiosity of neighbours and paparazzis, who roamed to the village, on each visit of the Princes. That expectancy forced them to install a discreet wood fence to protect their property. "Never a wall, it’s enough a small fence", said José Luis Ortiz, who, until his retirement, worked as a commercial employee of the typewriters company Olivetti, where he used to teach small courses to take advantage of the equipment.

The widow, Menchu Alvarez del Valle, is a retired journalist, who worked for Oviedo Radio and National Radio of Spain (RNE), between 1947 and 1990. She was the one responsible for Doña Letizia’s passion for the media, and also who made the emotive reading of the Letter of Saint Paul to the Corints, during the wedding celebrated on the 22nd May of 2004, in the cathedral of La Almudena.

 

[marezdote]

From Antena 3:

Ha fallecido en su domicilio de Asturias el abuelo paterno de la princesa de Asturias. José Luis Ortiz Velasco tenía 82 años y padecía una grave enfermedad pulmonar.

El fallecimiento se produjo en su casa de Sardeu, en el municipio asturiano de Ribadesella, donde residía con su esposa Menchu Álvarez del Valle. Los Príncipes de Asturias, Don Felipe y Doña Letizia, acudirán el jueves a los funerales, que se celebrarán por la tarde en la iglesia parroquial del pueblo donde vivía José Luis Ortiz.


link to video http://www.antena3.com/a3n2004/servlet/Noticias?destino=../a3n/noticia/noticia.jsp&sidicom=si&id=9104176

pics from Antena 3:

 

[Alisa]

How very sad....

It is said that he died of lung cancer, I hope that isn't a cigarette that Menchu is smoking...If so it is disturbing that she hasn't learn from her husband's lung disease.
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=117751

 

[lapopdiva]

From Terra:

1. Photography of file, seizure the 30/01/2004, of the Princess de Asturias, Doña Letizia, with her grandparents , Jose Luis Ortiz Velasco and Menchu Alvarez of the Valley, after attending a religious liturgy in Santa Cueva de Covadonga.

2. In their house of the Arquera in Sardéu in Ribadesella he puts very smiling next to Princes de Asturias and his wife Menchu

3.Giving a warm kiss to his granddaughter in his house of Asturias.

4.During the Royal Wedding of Prince Felipe and his granddaughter, celebrated in the Cathedral of the Almudena.

5. Photo taken in the Campoamor theater of Oviedo where the solemn ceremony of delivery of the Prizes took place Prince of Asturias.

 

[Meg]

How very sad....

It is said that he died of lung cancer, I hope that isn't a cigarette that Menchu is smoking...If so it is disturbing that she hasn't learn from her husband's lung disease.
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=117751

He was treated at National Institute of Silicosis in Oviedo. Silicosis is a ailment suffered by miners. I think I read some time ago that Letizia´s Grandfather worked as a miner.

 

[Elsa M.]

From ABC:

http://www.abc.es/abc/pg050331/prensa/noticias/Gente/Gente/200503/31/NAC-GEN-094.asp



The paternal grandfather of the Princess of Asturias, Jose Luis Ortiz Velasco, passed away yesterday at dawn, in his house of Sardeu (Ribadesella), where he lived with his wife, Menchu Alvarez del Valle (one of the most well-known voices of the Asturian radio), since he was retired as a commercial representative of a well-known house of typewriters. Ortiz was 82 years old and suffered, for several years, of a serious pulmonary ailment that gave a end to his life. He was a very dear person in the town and their neighbours describe him as "a close person".

Since her childhood, Doña Letizia has maintained a very narrow relation with her paternal grandparents, those who she has also visited in numerous occasions accompanied by the Prince of Asturias. The first time was shortly after the official announcement of the commitment, and then Doña Letizia had the opportunity to present her grandparents to her fiancé. The last time was hardly seventeen days ago, when Don Felipe and Doña Letizia spent a weekend in Sardeu. On that occasion, it was the last time when Doña Letizia could see her grandfather alive.

This afternoon, the Princes of Asturias will travel to Sardeu, to give their good bye to Jose Luis Ortiz, and to accompany Menchu Alvarez del Valle, on these hard moments. At six o’clock in the afternoon, Don Felipe and Doña Letizia will attend the funerals, which will be celebrated by the archbishop of Oviedo, Carlos Osoro, and the local parish priest, José María Ordiz, at the parochial church of the Carmen, next to Sardeu. It’s a small temple, where the grandparents of Doña Letizia used to attend mass, accompanied in some occasions by the Princes, and which, for space problems, will limit the access to relatives, authorities and friends.

Yesterday, the children of Menchu Alvarez del Valle arrived at the familiar house: Henar and Jesus Ortiz, father of Doña Letizia, who arrived with his wife, Ana Togores. Who, apparently, will not be able to say goodbye to her grandfather is Telma, the sister of the Princess, who is in Indonesia with the Red Cross, helping the victims of the tsunami and earthquake.



Photo of Letizia's aunt Henar, from Hola:

 

[carlota]

that's a nice photo. you can tell by her eyes how proud she feels to be accompained by her grandpa...

(by the way, i didn't know he was there that day. the principe de asturias prize is supposed to invite people involved in the different areas the prize focuses... was her grandfather invited because he had any relationship with the prize or just because it was her grandfather?)

 

[Elsa M.]

(by the way, i didn't know he was there that day. the principe de asturias prize is supposed to invite people involved in the different areas the prize focuses... was her grandfather invited because he had any relationship with the prize or just because it was her grandfather?)

Letizia's grandparents are from Oviedo, so I guess they were invited to the Prizes (which took place in Oviedo, Asturias), as relatives of the Princess.

 

[Elsa M.]

http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2005/03/31/sociedad/1112266644.html


The Princes of Asturias will not attend the wedding of Charles and Camila, because Felipe has already a previous commitment: the investiture of his intimate friend , the Chilean president Ricardo Lagos, in Salamanca, as doctor honoris causa. According to sources of the Royal House no other member of the Spanish Royal Family will attend the ceremony. The reason is that the invitation to the wedding is "personally" directed to Princes of Asturias.

 

[carlota]

Letizia's grandparents are from Oviedo, so I guess they were invited to the Prizes (which took place in Oviedo, Asturias), as relatives of the Princess.

well, actually they live in ribadesella, that's quite far away from oviedo.

 

[Elsa M.]

well, actually they live in ribadesella, that's quite far away from oviedo.

Far or close, that's a relative question... Ribadesella belongs to Asturias, whose capital is Oviedo (Letizia and Telma were born there and late Jesus Ortiz was receiving treatments there as well, since it is the closest centre to their village), so I see no problem at all in two citizens of Asturias attending the main ceremony of the Principality... and next to their Princess (and granddaughter)

 

[Elsa M.]

From ABC:

http://www.abc.es/abc/pg050331/actualidad/gente/200503/31/funeral_sardeu_letizia_jose_luis_ortiz.asp

The Princes of Asturias, Don Felipe de Borbón and Doña Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano, arrived aroun 3:30p.m. in Sardeu. The couple arrived at the familiar house accompanied by the mother, Paloma Rocasolano, and sister, Erika Ortiz, of Doña Letizia.

The chapel is surrounded since the first hours of today and crowns and branches of flowers have been deposited in its surroundings. The access to the chapel is cut for traffic, since 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

 

[Elsa M.]

The Princes arrive at the church of El Carmen, to participate in the funerals for her paternal grandfather, Jose Luis Ortiz Velasco, who was 82, and died on wednesday morning at his home in Sardeu, in the Asturian village of Ribadesella.

Photos from GettyImages:

 

[rchainho]

LOS PRÍNCIPES DE ASTURIAS PRESIDEN EL FUNERAL Último adiós en Sardéu al abuelo de Doña Letizia


Los Príncipes de Asturias, junto al padre de Doña Letizia, Jesús Ortiz, a su llegada a la iglesia del Carmen, en Ribadesella, para asistir al funeral por José Luis Ortiz Velasco, abuelo paterno de la esposa del heredero de la Corona, que falleció ayer a los 82 años causa de una dolencia pulmonar.

Los Príncipes de Asturias presidieron hoy en la iglesia de El Carmen en Sardéu (Ribadesella) el funeral por José Luis Ortiz Velasco, abuelo de Doña Letizia. El arzobispo de Oviedo, Carlos Osoro, ha sido el encargado de oficiar el acto religioso al que han asistido numerosas personalidades y autoridades del Principado.

Los Príncipes de Asturias llegaron pasadas las 15:00 horas a la casa de los abuelos paternos de doña Letizia Ortiz, en Sardéu (Ribadesella) en un vehículo monovolumen conducido por el Príncipe Felipe, al que acompañaba su mujer, la princesa doña Letizia, su hermana Erika y la madre de ambas, Paloma Rocasolano.

El coche en el que viajaban atravesó el cordón de seguridad que rodea el domicilio familiar de Sardeu, al que entraron momentos después sin hacer ningún tipo de declaración.

Los Príncipes se desplazaron desde Madrid para asistir al funeral por José Luis Ortiz Velasco, el abuelo paterno de doña Letizia, y regresarán a la capital tras finalizar el acto religioso.

José Luis Ortiz Velasco, cuyo cadáver fue incinerado ayer en Gijón, falleció a los 82 años en su domicilio familiar de Sardéu a consecuencia de un cáncer de pulmón que le aquejaba desde hace varios años y que se agravó en las últimas semanas. EFE

 

[rchainho]

Los Príncipes asisten en Sardéu al funeral del abuelo de doña Letizia


Los Príncipes de Asturias han asistido esta tarde al funeral del abuelo de doña Letizia Ortiz, José Luis Ortiz, en Sardéu.


La pareja real llegó a la localidad riosellana pasadas las 15 horas en un vehículo monovolumen conducido por el Príncipe Felipe, al que acompañaba su mujer, la princesa doña Letizia, su hermana Erika y la madre de ambas, Paloma Rocasolano.
El coche en el que viajaban atravesó el cordón de seguridad que rodea el domicilio familiar de Sardeu, al que entraron momentos después sin hacer ningún tipo de declaración.
Posteriormente, a las 18:00 horas, la pareja, además de los hijos de José Luis Ortiz y Menchu Álvarez del Valle, y los familiares y amigos más allegados asistieron al oficio religioso en la iglesia de El Carmen, próxima a su domicilio de Sardéu.
El arzobispo de Oviedo, Carlos Osoro, fue el encargado de oficiar el funeral.
A este templo, con capacidad para apenas un centenar de personas, asistían habitualmente a misa los abuelos de Doña Letizia.
José Luis Ortiz Velasco, cuyo cadáver fue incinerado ayer en Gijón, falleció a los 82 años en su domicilio familiar de Sardéu a consecuencia de un cáncer de pulmón que le aquejaba desde hace varios años y que se agravó en las últimas semanas.