Letizia. La reina impaciente / Letizia. The Impatient Queen

¿Qué significa ser reina en el siglo XXI?

Este perfil biográfico presenta por primera vez a Letizia Ortiz con todas sus fortalezas y contradicciones: su búsqueda incesante de la perfección, el descontento perpetuo con sí misma, sus ansias de controlarlo todo, pero también su ímpetu, audacia y rebeldía. La vida de la mujer que en menos de diez años pasó de un bloque de apartamentos en Oviedo a ser presentadora de televisión en Madrid y que acabó siendo princesa y reina de España. Tras cinco años y más de cien entrevistas, Leonardo Faccio radiografía la personalidad de la reina, una periodista que renuncia a su profesión pero no a sus batallas personales para ser parte de una monarquía en crisis que quiere modernizarse para sobrevivir.

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What does it mean to be Queen in the 21st century?
 
This biographical profile presents all of Letizia Ortiz’ strengths and contradictions: her relentless search for perfection, continuous dissatisfaction with herself, her eagerness to control everything, but also her drive, audacity, and rebellion. The life of the woman who in less than ten years went from living in a small apartment in Madrid to becoming a television host and at last becoming princess and queen of Spain. After five years and more than a hundred interviews, Leonardo Faccio dissects the personality of this queen, a journalist who renounced her profession but not her personal battles to become part of a monarchy in crisis that wants to modernize itself in order to survive.Leonardo Faccio (Buenos Aires, 1971) is a writer and journalist. Author of the books Letizia, la reina impaciente and Messi, his texts have been translated to seventeen languages. He has a degree in Journalism and a diploma in Social Anthropology. He publishes in numerous press media and is a university professor. He has written on various topics, such as the pharmaceutical industry, migration processes between America and Europe, and revolutions in Arab countries. He lives in Barcelona.