Luis Fernando Romo

Updated Thursday, March 7, 2024-9:44 p.m.

  • Leka II Monarchy of Albania, the prince who fights not to resemble his controversial father with warlike delusions

  • Albania's Leka Royalty marries after failed romance

Albania is one of the most

unknown and forgotten

European countries ,

so news related to its people is rarely published.

On this occasion, the focus has been on

Prince

Leka II of Albania

(41) and his ex-wife,

actress Elia Zaharia

(41), who in the middle of the

divorce

process have accused each other of

domestic violence.

Both filed a

complaint

with the Tirana police and a coroner is investigating this case that is causing a

great social stir.

The events occurred this

Wednesday

when the prince went to his ex-partner's house to

see his only daughter, Geraldine,

born in the fall of 2020. Upon arrival, Leka II found that the little girl was being

cared for by her maternal grandfather. ,

Gjergj Zaharija, who apparently started

the fight.

In his testimony, the prince states that the first thing that came out of his former father-in-law's mouth was a

string of insults and threats,

in addition to telling him to

change sides

if they were on the street.

The day of his wedding with Elia Zaharia, in 2016.GTRES

Shortly after, Elia arrived, who also intervened in the fight,

shouting, pushing and hitting the prince.

Leka did not hesitate to

record

this encounter with his ex-wife and his father to have

reliable evidence

of what was happening.

The Albania Times

newspaper was

the first to

publish this video

, which in a matter of seconds went viral all over the planet.

The police are investigating who leaked it.

Given this fact,

the Albanian palace has issued an

official statement in response to these images that show the heated encounter, stating that the crown prince was "physically attacked with blunt objects."

According to the information provided by the newspaper and the HTC channel, a forensic expert has confirmed

signs of violence

on Elia Zaharia's arm and hands.

The

investigation

continues.

According to the latest publication in the

Sot

newspaper on March 7, Judge Artan Haradinaj has ordered

that the couple have protection

and that they maintain a distance of no less than five meters between them.

According to the decision, the prince

will meet his

3-year-old daughter only in the presence of the nanny.

This same newspaper has published a photo of the former father-in-law sitting outside the courtroom with his

hands on his head.

Leka II was represented by his two lawyers.

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The tragicomic life of Leka from Albania: from Madrid, armed and obsessed with the throne

  • Editor: CARLOS GARCÍA-MATEO

The tragicomic life of Leka from Albania: from Madrid, armed and obsessed with the throne

16 years ago, fate wanted Leka II and Elia to meet by chance and begin

a love story

that culminated in a

civil ceremony

in the Throne Room of the Brigades Palace in Tirana.

Among the guests were the Duke and Duchess of Kent, Grand Duchess Mary of Russia (70), William and Sibyl of Luxembourg and, of course, Queen Sofia (85) and Irene of Greece (81), with whom the Leka family have They had an

intimate relationship

for five decades.

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We must not forget that the father of the protagonist of this news, Leka I,

lived in Madrid

from the beginning of the 60s

protected by Franco

and, later, by the Bourbons.

During the 19 years that he was in the capital, Leka I was a

problematic man

who ended up being expelled, since in his house in Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid) he stored an important

arsenal of weapons and explosives

with which he supposedly wanted to reestablish the monarchy in his country.

This fact caused the Government of Adolfo Suárez

to force him into another exile

in 1979, settling in Johannesburg, where Leka II was born in 1982.

He would also be expelled

from this South African city

two decades later.

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The crown prince, grandson of the last Albanian monarch Zog I who had to go into exile in 1939 after the invasion of Mussolini's troops, is one of the

most beloved people in the country

and she is one of the most respected performers who has performances to her credit. such famous theatrical works as

The Witches of Salem

by Henry Miller or

The Three Sisters

by Chekhov.