No matter how much the days and agendas pass, Felipe VI and Letizia are filled with new tasks, the most followers of the Crown still keep in mind their recent trip to holland. It was last April 16 when the Kings headed to the Netherlands on the occasion of their first state trip of 2024. The expectation was maximum to see the royal couple sharing their time with Guillermo Alejandro and Máxima. Also, the favorable scenario for comparisons to occur.
After all, these are precisely two of the Royal Houses with the most similarities. It is enough to refer to the figure of the Queen consort. Two Spanish-speaking women who had a professional career before leaving everything for love. Both Letizia Ortiz and Máxima Zorreguieta, a native of Buenos Aires, chose to abandon their past life and accept the consequences of being part of the institution. Furthermore, the closeness between both hard core groups is significant, and evidence of this was evident in one of the gala dinners they shared at the Palace of Amsterdam. However, and even with all the similarities, there are other issues that they push them away completely.
Vanessa Guerra exposes the big difference between the two families
It is a symbolic and literal distance. Symbolic, because it is worth reiterating that between the two couples – and even their daughters, since the Kings know Princess Amalia well – there is a close bond. Be that as it may, and in the literal sense of marking distances, it is a attitude issue to others regarding this disparity. Projection of the public image, too. As simple as looking at the snapshots of the recent celebration of the King’s Day in Holland.
It was last April 27, the great protagonists of the Orange-Nassau took to the streets of the city of Emmen to share a special day with the Dutch people. A very important day on their calendar in which they exuded joviality in their close dealings with the citizens. Who better than Vanessa Guerraexpert in non-verbal communication, to certify it in CLEAR? “They are very natural. In almost all the photos, if not all, all five of them are smiling. What happens here is that Máxima is very charismatic and has a very strong personality. She is very outgoing, she is very funny, she really likes social contact (…). It is something that everyone has acquired as their own,” he told us. The above, in addition to how much this differs from Felipe and Letizia’s way of proceeding at similar events.
For our specialist, the fact that “they get closer to people” is very important. “The Spanish royal family looks forced everywhere. I see Letizia, who has wonderful things, very forced when approaching people. “The same goes for her daughters,” says Guerra. The fact is that what concerns our monarchy would be an exceptional weakness among her counterparts, since Vanessa finds that, on the other hand, “you see Kate Middleton and William of England and you see the Dutch royal family, and they do it so naturally that you believe them.
Máxima of Holland and Letizia, two antagonistic Queens who are getting closer
Vanessa Guerra is clear when defining the Queen of Holland as someone who expresses “smiles that are natural.” She and her family have managed to have “a very close and pleasant relationship with people.” Almost as much as the one they have with the Bourbons. This was reflected in the moment in which William Alexander gave a speech during his gala dinner in gratitude to Felipe and his wife for caring about his daughter during the time he Amalia has lived ‘secretly’ in Madrid. And days before she even referred to the poor harmony between Letizia and Máxima.
It was Pilar Eyre who shed light on the reality of the relationship between spouses on her YouTube channel. “They must not be very friends because Máxima was a very good friend of Infanta Cristina“, said the Catalan chronicler in the published video. In any case, it seems that over time they would have forged a union of their own. Not intimate, but cordial and pleasant. It was clear in all the images captured during the days of the Kings in Amsterdam The two with a smile from ear to ear at all times. Could it be the ‘Maximum effect’?
