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Born to Queen, J. Fermín Interview

Title: Born to Queen

Author: Fermín J. Urbiola

Editorial: Espasa

Year: 2010

Pages: 252

ISBN: 9788467034486

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I am much given to reading biographies, Moreover, I think the only I've read is that of Joseph Pulitzer in college, I have decided to read the Fabiola de Mora y Aragon, the wife of King Baudouin I of Belgium, with whom she married 51 years ago. This book was published in 2010 to celebrate the 50 anniversary of the wedding.

The book came into my hands thanks to its author, J. Fermín Urbiola who, like me, is a journalist and Pamplona, \u200b\u200band had the details of sending it to me last December almost like a Christmas present and so from here take the opportunity to thank him.

I have to confess I was quite reluctant to read this book and I was pretty sure I was not going to like it. First, because it is not my style and, secondly, because they knew absolutely nothing about the life of Fabiola of Belgium. I do not like the gossip and the stories of European monarchies.

However, contrary to what I expected, I liked the book and has entertained me greatly. Its 252 pages are divided into 50 chapters and an epilogue too short to facilitate the reading, making quick, pleasant and smooth. In addition, it helps that along with chronic that is undertaken by the J. Fermín Urbiola chronic collated Belgian and English newspapers, letters of Fabiola and Baudouin and testimonies of friends and relatives of the two.

also another aspect that has surprised me very pleasantly is to check the biography of Fabiola not limited to just a gossip column, but goes much further and tells us not only the lives of Fabiola itself, but also the recent history of Spain and Belgium.

I liked discover and introduce the figure of Fabiola de Mora y Aragon, his childhood in the palace Street of Madrid Zurbano, their exile in Biarritz and Lausanne, on holiday in Zarautz, San Sebastian and Motril, his relationship with Navarre and with family and friends, especially his nephews, who called him Aunt Queen, his work as composer and writer, his deep convictions and Christian monarchist, his charisma as a modern woman, independent, with very clear ideas and very clever or effort to help close personally and the needy, both in Madrid and Brussels, and were sick, elderly, children or prostitutes.

But one thing that has surprised me is the love story between Fabiola and Baudouin. Today it remains a secret how, where and when they met and how was your dating, but I enjoyed learning the different versions that exist on this story and, above all, which takes place in Lourdes, and the intervention of a Celestina peculiar, Veronica O'Brien, a mysterious Irish worked the miracle of uniting two people who were said at the time, were destined to spend their lives in a convent and she him in a monastery.

Another aspect I liked the simplicity, discretion and naturalness of Queen Fabiola and at the same time, his integrity, his strength, his tenacity and optimism to confront and overcome any misfortune, whether family, political or personal. Never lost his cool, never collapsed and gave up. Always relied on the stability and happiness that her husband contributed and religious beliefs, which helped him to overcome the five abortions suffered since the death of King Baudouin in 1993.

But even after the death of her husband, once a widow, Queen Fabiola continued to demonstrate his strong personality, his sense of humor and love for life and others. Just one of the many anecdotes in the book I liked most is the death threats she suffered Fabiola. For several months, received letters in which a stranger threatened her with death and told him the date and manner in which it would commit the attack. One of the attacks would occur in the Belgian National Day 2009 with a crossbow, as William Tell, and the Queen attended the parade that day with an apple. There you have it.