The current heirs to the Spanish throne along with the queen attended the English wedding, since apparently all of the royal families attend each others', according to Mercedes. The hype surrounding the royal wedding that occurred in London this morning inspired me to do some investigación into Spain's last royal wedding.
The most recent Spanish royal wedding was actually very controversial because it was the first time a prince married a divorcé. Letizia -- the bride who, like Katherine, was a commoner -- had previously married a high school literature teacher. After dating ten years, they had a civil ceremony in 1998, but it was dissolved in divorce one year later. They didn't have any children, and he is remarried now also.
The general public was shocked when the engagement was first announced in 2003. Many people in Spain disapprove of Letizia's martial past, especially since the country is heavily Catholic-influenced. However, since the first marriage was solely a civil ceremony, the Roman Catholic Church does not recognize it and therefore annulment was not necessary before her marriage to the Prince of Asturias (Spain's heir to the throne).
Letizia married Felipe, Prince of Asturias, on May 22, 2004. The wedding was the first royal one to take place in the Cathedral Santa María de la Almudena in Madrid. The city hadn't celebrated a royal wedding in almost one hundred years previously due to the Franco dictatorship that booted the monarchy for many years. The current princesses were married in Sevilla and Barcelona.
The public resentment of Letizia was shown today as the gossip shows bashed her dress choice for the wedding of "Guillermo y Catalina"today. I personally thought it was cute, but to each his own. Watching the wedding in Spanish commentary was an interesting experience. They played flashbacks of this wedding between Letizia and Felipe, which actually barely a lot of similarities to the wedding this morning. Take a look:
The quality isn't the best, and the video is rather long, but check out as much as you want if you are interested in viewing how Spanish royalty tie the knot.
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