Felipe VI e Letizia: como foram os 20 anos do casamento que é “assunto do Estado”

Os reis de Espanha casaram-se a 22 de Maio de 2004. Desde então já sobreviveram a crises na monarquia e no casamento, mas não há “divórcio à vista”, garantem os especialistas.

Spanish Crown Prince Felipe and his newly wed Princess Letizia wave to well wishers from the balcony of the Royal Palace after their wedding ceremony in Madrid May 22, 2004. Spain's Crown Prince Felipe married former television presenter Letizia Ortiz on Saturday in a glittering ceremony symbolising a new dawn for Spain two months after the deadly Madrid train bombings. REUTERS/Gustau Nacarino - NAO PUBLICADAS -
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Felipe e Letizia cumprimentam os espanhóis na varanda do Palácio Real REUTERS/Gustau Nacarino
Spain's new King Felipe VI and his wife Queen Letizia appear on the balcony of the Royal Palace in Madrid, June 19, 2014. Spain's new king, Felipe VI, was sworn in on Thursday in a low-key ceremony which monarchists hope will usher in a new era of popularity for the troubled royal household. REUTERS/Andrea Comas (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS ROYALS ENTERTAINMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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Felipe VI e Letizia recém-proclamados REUTERS/ANDREA COMAS
epa11349116 A handout photo made available by Spain's Royal House shows Spain's King Felipe VI (R), Queen Letizia (L), Crown Princess Leonor (2-L) and Princess Sofia (2-R) posing to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Spanish King's Wedding Day which will be on 22 May 2024, at the Royal Palace in Madrid, Spain, 17 May 2024. EPA/Royal House / HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVES HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
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Felipe e Letizia com Leonor e Sofia a propósito dos 20 anos de casamento Royal House / HANDOUT
Princess of Asturias Letizia Ortiz and her husband Spanish Crown Felipe of Bourbon pose for the family photo with (FromL) Letizia Ortiz' mother Paloma Rocasolano, King Juan Carls of Spain, Queen Sofia of Spain and Letizia Ortiz' father Jesus at the Royal Palace 22 May 2004. AFP PHOTO ODD ANDERSEN - NAO PUBLICADAS -
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Da esquerda para a direita: a mãe de Letizia, Paloma Rocasolano, o rei Juan Carlos, os noivos, Letizia e Felipe, a rainha Sofia e o pai de Letizia, Jesús Ortiz Álvarez REUTERS/Gustau NacarinoODD ANDERSEN
Spain's Crown Prince Felipe takes a picture as his wife Princess Letizia looks on during a visit to the Paranal Observatory of ESO (European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere) in Cerro Paranal, some 115 km (71 miles) south of the northern city of Antofagasta November 24, 2011. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE - Tags: POLITICS ROYALS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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Felipe e Letizia numa visita ao Chile em 2011 REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
Spanish Crown Prince Felipe (R) and his wife Princess Letizia arrive at a gala dinner organised on the eve of the abdication of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and the inauguration of her successor King Willem-Alexander at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, in this April 29, 2013 file picture. Spain's King Juan Carlos is abdicating after almost 40 years on the throne and his son Prince Felipe will succeed him, Rajoy said on June 2, 2014, in a surprise announcement. REUTERS/Robin Utrecht/Pool/Files (NETHERLANDS - Tags: ROYALS POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT)
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Em 2014, nos Países Baixos REUTERS/POOL
Spain's Crown Prince Felipe listens to his wife Crown Princess Letizia during the women's bronze medal match between Spain and South Korea at the Basketball Arena during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 11, 2012. REUTERS/Marko Djurica (BRITAIN - Tags: SPORT HANDBALL OLYMPICS ROYALS)
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Os príncipes das Astúrias nos Jogos Olímpicos de 2012 REUTERS/MARKO DJURICA
Spanish Crown Prince Felipe (R) and his wife Princess Letizia (L) pose with their daughters Infanta Sofia (2nd L) and Infanta Leonor in his official residence in Madrid August 1, 2012 in this picture released by Spanish Royal House. Spanish Princess Letizia celebrates her 40th birthday on September 15. Picture taken August 1, 2012. REUTERS/Casa de S.M. El Rey-Cristina Garcia Rodero/Handout (SPAIN - Tags: ROYALS ENTERTAINMENT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. MANDATORY CREDIT
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Com Leonor e Sofia, em 2012 HANDOUT
epa06673744 Spain's King Felipe VI (R) and Queen Letizia (L) and Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (C) during a gala dinner at the Royal Palace, in Madrid, Spain, 16 April 2018. EPA/MARISCAL
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Com Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, em 2018 EPA/MARISCAL
Spain's Queen Letizia (R) and King Felipe listen to guests after a traditional ceremony where Spanish writer Juan Goytisolo (not pictured) received the "Premio Cervantes" literary award at the University of Alcala de Henares, near Madrid, April 23, 2015. King Felipe awarded Goytisolo with Spain's top literary prize, an annual award named after the 16th century Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
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Em 2015 REUTERS/SERGIO PEREZ
Spain's Princess Letizia and her husband, Spain's Crown Prince Felipe, kiss as she collects money donations for the Spanish Red Cross during "Fiesta de la Banderita" in Madrid in this October 10, 2012 file photo. Spain's King Juan Carlos is abdicating after almost 40 years on the throne and his son Prince Felipe will succeed him, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on June 2, 2014 in a surprise announcement. REUTERS/Juan Medina/Files (SPAIN - Tags: ROYALS POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT)
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Em 2014 REUTERS/JUAN MEDINA
Spanish Crown Prince Felipe (R) and his wife, Princess Letizia arrive for a Gala performance at the concert hall in Stockholm June 18, 2010, to celebrate the wedding of Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and Daniel Westling, who will be married in Stockholm Cathedral on June 19. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (SWEDEN - Tags: ROYALS SOCIETY)
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NO casamento do príncipe Haakon, em 2010 REUTERS/FABRIZIO BENSCH
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Na varanda do Palácio Real de Madrid, a 22 de Maio de 2004, a multidão pedia um beijo aos recém-casados, Felipe e Letízia. A noiva mostrou-se tímida e estendeu ao marido a bochecha, num momento que havia de ficar para memória póstuma. Passaram-se 20 anos, os então príncipes das Astúrias são agora reis de Espanha. Sobreviveram a escândalos reais, a uma subida apressada ao trono e até a rumores de traição. “Representam a coroa e a estabilidade do seu casamento é um assunto de Estado”, declara Alberto Miranda, autor de Plebeias a Princesas e Rainhas.

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