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"After his break last summer with the Mexican millionaire Elías Sacal, Mar Flores, at 53 years old, seems to have completely rebuilt his life, also returning to the forefront of news.

Professionally, in addition to collaborating in the magazine Y ahora Sonsoles of Antena 3, a few days ago his return to television was confirmed as a contestant of the fourth season of El Desafio, presented by Roberto Leal in that chain. He returns to a medium that brought him great fame in the 90s, when he participated in series such as Kangaroos or Ada Madrina, and in programs such as Vip Noche or Bellezas en la Nieve.

His private life has also been in the news this week, as last Wednesday he appeared in the box of Real Madrid, in the Champions League match against Liverpool, along with his twins Bruno and Darío and an unknown companion. Something that aroused great curiosity among the usual famous Vip fixed in the stalls of the Bernabéu, because after breaking with Sacal she had not been publicly accompanied. Even the next day, some heart media wondered who his mysterious chevalier servant was.

According to LOC, it turned out to be Manuel García-Durán, a fairly renowned businessman, as he held important positions in the dome of Telefónica at the stage in which Juan Villalonga was president with the Aznar Government. CEO and vice president of the multinational, he also chaired Telefónica Media, the operator's media conglomerate, and was vice president of Antena 3 television. In 2011 he was appointed CEO of the telecommunications multinational Ezentis and later of the Vertice 360 business group. A great fan of contemporary art, he is a member of the Hilario Galguera gallery.

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We discover the identity of Mar Flores' companion in the Real Madrid box

  • Writing: CONSUELO FONT

We discover the identity of Mar Flores' companion in the Real Madrid box

García-Durán was married to former Dominican miss and presenter Melba Ruffo di Calabria, niece of Queen Paola of Belgium by her first marriage to Fulco Ruffo di Calabria, and has a son, Manuel, from a later relationship, who was also in the Bernabéu box sitting next to the Mar Flores twins. Even the three children were photographed together at halftime with merengue legends such as Raúl and Roberto Carlos.

The model, after publishing LOC the identity of her friend, contacted the radio program Las mañanas de Federico de Jiménez Losantos to deny rumors about a possible relationship. "I hallucinate with the interest that someone like me can go to football, I went with my twins. This is uncomfortable for my friends, who have many. I also went to greet Federico, (referring to the journalist) and they could have said that he had been my companion, "he said, trying to remove iron. However, according to witnesses, she herself introduced García-Durán, a personal friend of Florentino Pérez and a regular in the merengue box, to many acquaintances she was, a sign that they had come together. Apart from the fact that LOC limited itself to revealing who their friend was, without mentioning what kind of relationship exists between them.

According to a close friend of both, you can not talk about romance, but close friendship. They have known each other for a long time, since the businessman was a friend of Javier Merino, the ex-husband of the model. "After breaking with Elías Sacal, he met again with García-Durán in September at the opening of the Peter Buhhenhout exhibition organized by Manuel in his gallery, which Mar attended. Since then, they have seen each other on several occasions, but always in very discreet places, something that does not make sense if at the moment they are only friends, but Mar fears that they will relate to anyone again, she has become terribly jealous of their intimacy. "

"Until life puts me in front of a person who values me and lets me be me, I prefer to be alone, take care of my children and my profession," she said after her break with Sacal, with whom she maintained a courtship of five years with frequent ruptures and reconciliations that were the talk of the paper cuché. Those who know her assure that Mar is a fighter, hardworking woman and excellent mother, who also has a very pleasant treatment in privacy, without a hint of divism. However, given his spectacular physique, since he started on the catwalk he has given much to talk about his relationships with famous and powerful men.

After rumors of romance with Bertín Osborne, she married in 1992 with the Italian Carlo Constanza de Castiglione, union from which Carlo, her firstborn, was born, divorcing three years later. Later he maintained a courtship with the businessman Fernando Fernández Tapias, which did not culminate in wedding after leaking in 1997 some scandalous intimate photos in Interviú de Mar with Alessandro Lequio, with whom he maintained a fleeting romance.

Her next relationship, which lasted two years, was with Cayetano Martínez de Irujo, son of the Duchess of Alba, who was not happy to have the model in the family. "My son changes girlfriends like shirts," he said.

Finally, he seemed to find stability with wealthy businessman Javier Merino, whom he married in 2001 and is the father of his four other children: Mauro, Beltrán and twins Bruno and Darío, but after 15 years of marriage, they surprised by announcing their divorce in 2016.

The last man in her life was the Mexican millionaire Elías Sacal, whom she met in 2016 and with whom she broke up in June 2022, a break from which she left quite disillusioned. "I'm going to be alone all my life," she said, when asked if she wanted to fall in love again. Will he comply?

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