Letizia of Spain in mourning, her grandmother died at 93

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Letizia of Spain was hit by a serious bereavement, her grandmother died at 93, María del Carmen Álvarez del Valle, better known as Menchu. The news was given by the Spanish magazine, Semana.

Letizia of Spain was very attached to grandmother Menchu who adored her great-grandchildren, Leonor and Sofia, daughters of the Queen and King Felipe. His death, according to Hola! Reports, leaves a great void in the family.

To inspire the Reina Letizia a career as a journalist, it was her grandmother who worked for 40 years as a radio host, first in local broadcasters in Asturias, and then made her career up to collaborate with Radio Nacional España. Menchu del Carmen Álvarez del Valle had declared that she was “in love with the radio” and wanted to be remembered as a woman dedicated to work.

To Hola! she defined herself as a woman “intelligent, generous and with a formidable memory”. Her last interview dates back to last year for the magazine, Travel, Live and Savor, in which she retraced the most significant moments of her career, talked about her husband and love for her land, Asturias.

Letizia therefore owes a lot to grandmother Menchu who strongly influenced her both in the choice of career, before marrying Felipe in fact she was an established journalist, and in the discipline and strength of character that she in turn transmitted to her daughters, Leonor and Sofia, with a strict upbringing.

Ms. Menchu was very fond of her granddaughters. And in 2019 he did not want to miss the first public speech of Leonor, the future Queen of Spain, during the delivery of the Princess of Asturias awards.

On that occasion she appeared visibly moved while her great-granddaughter at the Campoamor theater in Oviedo recalled the country of origin of her mother and great-grandmother. “Asturias is my mother’s land. I carry Asturian blood ”, this is Leonor’s phrase that aroused great emotion in grandmother Menchu, born in 1938 in Santander.