The royal reject: Life after the end of a romance

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She went out with the heir to the throne for four years. Then they split up, shocking the nation. But there is no escape for the woman who nearly became queen

By Graham Keeley


Monday, 16 April 2007
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He was the dashing young prince whose every romantic move enthralled a nation devoted to its glamorous royal family. She was a young woman of sophisticated and cosmopolitan background, a beautiful socialite with natural charm and allure.


Their passionate affair delighted and enticed everyone from the gutter press to high society, impressing even sceptics of the royals with their style and youthful enthusiasm. Everyone, that is, except certain members of the prince's own family.

It was 1989 in Madrid, and Prince Felipe and his girlfriend, Isabel Sartorius y Zorraquin de Marino, were the golden couple of Spain. The prensa rosa - popular press - predicted a fairytale ending.

The affair began when the heir to the Spanish throne met Ms Sartorius in the late Eighties. She was three years older than him, and boasted a rich and varied past, having grown up in Madrid, lived in Peru and studied in Washington

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It will be intresting to see what Chelsy does.