'It's Time for the People to Speak': Aunt of Spain’s New Queen Letizia Tweets

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cinrit

June 07, 2014, 12:42:22 PM
QuoteShe is set to become the future queen of Spain, but one member of Princess Letizia's family has called for a referendum on the entire monarchy.

Henar Ortiz Alvarez, the aunt of the future queen Letizia Ortiz, made her feelings known on Twitter, tweeting: It's time for the people to speak. Sign and retweet.'

Just one day after King Juan Carlos announced his abdication and transfer of power to his son Felipe, Ms Alvarez urged people to sign a petition on a referendum as debate about a republic heats up.

The close relation of Spain's soon-to-be King and queen, also retweeted several other tweets calling on a vote over the future of the country.  One tweet featured a picture of text that read 'this person thinks that the title of the head of state shouldn't be hereditary.'

More: Princess Letizia's aunt tweets followers calling for a Republic | Mail Online

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Curryong

#1
June 07, 2014, 12:52:41 PM
With relatives like her who needs enemies?

Limabeany

#2
June 07, 2014, 01:09:44 PM
 :no: :cry:
"You don't have to be pretty. You don't owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don't owe it to your mother, you don't owe it to your children, you don't owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female'." Diana Vreeland.

TLLK

#3
June 07, 2014, 02:20:03 PM
This is Letizia's paternal aunt. Does anyone know if she's the mother of the cousin who wrote the "tell all?"

Limabeany

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June 07, 2014, 05:19:31 PM
Princess's aunt stirs up revolution in Spain on social media | World news | theguardian.com

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Ever since King Juan Carlos announced on Monday that he planned to abdicate, demands for a referendum on the monarchy have dominated Twitter in Spain. But one might wonder why a tweet urging people to sign a petition on the referendum earned so much attention.

The woman who sent it was Henar Ortiz Álvarez, aunt of Spain's soon-to-be queen, Letizia Ortiz. "It's time for the people to speak. Sign and retweet," she tweeted one day after the king announced he would be handing over power to his son, Felipe.

She retweeted several other calls for a referendum along with a picture bearing a text that read, "this person thinks that the title of head of state shouldn't be hereditary".

When asked by one of her 3,000 or so followers about her stance, Ortiz Álvarez replied, "I'm not against my niece. Let's not confuse blood with politics."

The princess's aunt has made headlines before, for example in an interview with Vanity Fair in Spain last year where she described herself as "secular, red and republican", and suggested that Letizia held republican views before marrying Felipe. "I think everyone has the right to change, to take in new data, modify themselves and become what creates most opportunity," she told the magazine.

Ortiz Álvarez's comments rank her among the tens of thousands of Spaniards who flooded into squares in towns and cities across the country on the night of the king's announcement to demonstrate for an end to the monarchy. Many of them brought republican flags, shirts and anything else they could find in the red, yellow and purple colours of the 1930s Spanish republic. Some called themselves republicans, others said they were Juancarlistas – those who remain grateful to the king for the role he played in Spain's transition to democracy, but who dispute the need for the monarchy to continue.

The abdication announcement has created a rare opportunity for Spain to have a frank discussion on the monarchy, said the United Left coalition, which announced on Thursday morning that it had brought together half a dozen leftist parties in Madrid to devise a strategy to push for a referendum.

This week Spain's prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, dismissed demands for a referendum, arguing that the monarchy had majority support. Recent polls back him: one in January found three in five Spaniards supported the monarchy.But Sixto argued this was all the more reason to move forward with a referendum. "If Rajoy thinks the majority of Spaniards support the monarchy then he shouldn't have any problem in calling a referendum."

Rajoy's hesitation, he argued, played into the idea that the monarchy in Spain had run its course. "It's an anachronism. In an advanced nation, it doesn't make sense to maintain a tradition from the middle ages."
"You don't have to be pretty. You don't owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don't owe it to your mother, you don't owe it to your children, you don't owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female'." Diana Vreeland.

Limabeany

#5
June 07, 2014, 06:40:49 PM
Interesting question, TLLK. I think they would have mentioned it.
"You don't have to be pretty. You don't owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don't owe it to your mother, you don't owe it to your children, you don't owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female'." Diana Vreeland.

Blue Clover

#6
June 07, 2014, 10:37:07 PM
Nothing wrong with expressing her opinions and opening up public debate and discussion. It does seem odd for her Aunt to be the one to go public with this issue, even if she felt this way.

Limabeany

#7
June 07, 2014, 10:39:11 PM
I think it is wrong to do it at this time...
"You don't have to be pretty. You don't owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don't owe it to your mother, you don't owe it to your children, you don't owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female'." Diana Vreeland.

HereditaryPrincess

#8
June 09, 2014, 08:13:11 PM
QuoteShe is set to become the future queen of Spain, but one member of Princess Letizia's family has called for a referendum on the entire monarchy.
Henar Ortiz Alvarez, the aunt of the future queen Letizia Ortiz, made her feelings known on Twitter
tweeting: It's time for the people to speak. Sign and retweet.'
Just one day after King Juan Carlos announced his abdication and transfer of power to his son Felipe, Ms Alvarez urged people to sign a petition on a referendum as debate about a republic heats up.

Princess Letizia's aunt tweets followers calling for a Republic | Mail Online
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