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In a true Cinderella story, Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano of Spain was born into a working middle-class family before marrying royalty in the early 2000s. Now, after having taken the country’s throne in 2014, Queen Letizia is one of the most talked about royals of today, whether for her style or past as a successful journalist.
But how did Queen Letizia get to where she is now? Here’s the fabulous life of Queen Letizia.
She was born on September 15, 1972 to Jesús José Ortiz Álvarez and María de la Paloma Rocasolano Rodríguez.
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She is the daughter of a journalist and a nurse, and the granddaughter of a taxi driver, according to New York Daily News.
She has two sisters: Telma and Erika.
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She has two sisters — Telma and Érika — though Érika died in 2007 at the age of 31.
After finishing high school, she attended the Complutense University of Madrid and got her Bachelor’s Degree in journalism.
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She later received her Master’s Degree in Audiovisual Journalism at the Institute for Studies in Audiovisual Journalism, according to Fox News.
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