The priceless jewels to which "Letizia has the right" and will inherit Leonor

• Casa Real Doña Letizia emulates Queen Victoria Eugenia and forms her own jeweler 'to pass'

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Days after the proclamation of Don Felipe on June 19, 2014, Queen Letizia received from Doña Sofía the

, a

that have passed from queen to queen since Victoria Eugenia, wife of Alfonso XIII, This is how he established it in his legacy. He conceived it as a ritual to transmit power and strength to his successors in the form of rings, bracelets, earrings or tiaras.

After his death in Lausanne on April 15, 1969, a codicil of his will contained these jewels, the most important of the dynasty, which he had received from the Sovereign. Among them a diadem of diamonds with three fleurs-de-lis,

a diamond brooch from which La Peregrina hangs, a pearl to which some attribute a kind of spell, some earrings with a thick diamond and other smaller ones around it, a brooch with a large pale gray pearl surrounded by diamonds from which a pear-shaped one hangs, two equal diamond bracelets, nicknamed Cartier, and four strands of large pearls.

Jewelry was Victoria Eugenia's passion, not as a display of wealth or tacky exhibitionism,

endowed with energies as a talisman. According to her maid of honor Lady William Cecil, an expert in Egyptology, "the Egyptians attributed to precious stones a magical power that benefited their wearers."

With the transmission of the

to Letizia begins

the new book by journalist Nieves Herrero, which will be presented this November 4. "Letizia stared at the

pearl

and the rest of the pieces with curiosity. That my predecessors wore them does not mean that they made them happy.

says. The fascinating history of these jewels serves to delve into the turbulent existence of Victoria Eugenia, the protagonist, and other queens of Spain. According to Nieves Herrero

Days after Don Felipe's important speech after the Catalan referendum, that October 12 he decided to premiere the Peregrina in homage to his predecessor, who was one of the great architects of the return of the monarchy to Spain. "

At the last Princess of Asturias Awards, Doña Letizia wore the CartierG3 bracelets

The Queen's jeweler

recounts the day-to-day life of Victoria Eugenia and Alfonso XIII, spiced up with pleasant dialogues between the two, a marriage that was not for reasons of State, a common custom in royalty.

When the monarch saw Ena, Queen Victoria of England's favorite granddaughter, he felt a real crush: she

with beautiful blue eyes and the bearing of a true queen.

However, her life in Spain was unfortunate: her difficulty speaking the language and her modern customs such as

made her feel isolated. In addition, despite her charitable works and initiatives such as creating the Red Cross nurse corps, the Spanish considered her cold, "a beautiful indifferent statue."

He also did not have a good relationship with his mother-in-law, María Cristina.

Here it is not well seen that you smoke, drink liquor and do not wait for the King to ask you before addressing him," he reprimanded. His support was his sister-in-law, Infanta Teresa, who was warning him. "For the Bourbons, women have been their downfall. I pray to God that with my brother the tradition is lost, he is very much in love with you."

But the King ended up resuming his love of nightlife and artists, such

He used the pseudonym Duke of Toledo.

"The King has no more love than his wife, but the Duke of Toledo may have a little adventure," he came to recognize.

However, the true tragedy of Victoria Eugenia, which also destroyed the King's love for her, was the poor health of her children, caused by the Hessian disease or hemophilia that was transmitted in her genes and

THE EVIL OF THE BATTENBERG

It affected four of its five offspring, the only healthy being Juan, in whom the succession fell.

It was fattened on Alfonso and little Gonzalo, Jaime was deaf-mute and Fernando, stillborn.

The Infantas Beatriz and Cristina did not suffer from it but they could transmit it.

"Why did

Alfonso XIII complained to the Duke of Alba.

"I have a lot of resentment against the Queen, I do not deserve that almost all my children have health problems."

As the monarch's love diminished, the Queen's jewelry box increased with pieces of incalculable value.

Like that 215,000 franc aquamarine necklace that he bought her at Vaillant

discovered

The Ansorena, jewelers suppliers of the Royal House, were the architects of the commission, and of many other jewels, in addition to those

that the Queen treasured: sapphires, emeralds, aquamarines ... Something that favors the parallel history of the other protagonist of the book, Ramiro Ansorena, who was united by such familiarity with Victoria Eugenia that in the palace they announced their visits as "home".

makes his presence therapeutic for

, who listened raptly to his stories about the Spanish sovereigns. The common thread is the Pilgrim pearl, the King's wedding gift, for which

He felt fascination despite his evil legend and shone at his wedding, where he was about to die from a bloody attack.

Doña Letizia wearing the pearl 'Peregrina' GTRES

Originally from Panama, a native believed he saw in her the shape of a tear, auguring that it would bring great misfortunes.

It was fulfilled with Felipe II, the first monarch who bought it, since

Ramiro narrated the chain of misfortunes of his predecessors, until

left Spain with José Bonaparte and was sold by Luis Napoleón to finance his coming to power. What he never dared to reveal was that this Pilgrim MTA, whom he considered Alfonso's most precious gift, was not the real one, something that for

symbolized

Then came the painful exile in Paris after the Second Republic, in which

able to leave Spain saving her most precious jewels, her separation from the King and his subsequent death in Rome after a fleeting reconciliation. Already settled in Lausanne, the authentic Pilgrim MTA was auctioned in New York and

entrusted her grandson Alfonso, Duke of Cádiz, to bid up to $ 20,000 to recover it. But it was taken for 37,000 by an envoy from actor Richard Burton,

It happened shortly before Victoria Eugenia returned to Spain in February 68 after 37 years of exile, for the christening of her grandson, Felipe, in which she ordered Franco to designate a successor and return to the monarchy.

Against the prognosis, the streets of Madrid were filled with people cheering her on.

exclaimed the Queen.

At the reception given by the Alba in his honor at the Liria palace, he met again with an elderly Ramiro Ansorena and mentioned the auction of the authentic Peregrina.

"Your Majesty, for me yours will always be the great pearl in your jewelry box, there is no other with such beauty."

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