When it comes to personally preparing all his speeches, the Queen Letizia He continues to document himself with the same rigor as he did during his years as a journalist. A stage from which he retains excellent memories and also friends with whom he was reunited this Monday afternoon. He did so during the XLI edition of the Francisco Cerecedo award, awarded by the Association of European Journalists. This ceremony that he presides with king philip at the Mandarin Oriental Ritz hotel (Madrid) has Carlos Franganillo as protagonist.
© GTRES“His career as a reference for television journalism in Spain, his independence, rigor, ability to innovate television journalistic formats, his vocation for reporting, his skill in transferring complex events of national and international news to large audiences and his ability to inspire new generations of journalists” are the traits that the jury has highlighted in Carlos Franganillo, the winner.
The journalist, Asturian like Queen Letizia, has been the director of Telecinco News and also presents its second edition after the retirement of Pedro Piqueras. Just a few days ago he received another important distinction: a Golden Antenna. Regarding his more personal side, Franganillo has shared his life since 2011 with Ana Ortega, with whom he has lived outside of Spain during his time as a correspondent and with whom has four children. Outside of work he doesn’t watch much television, he likes to go running and listens to different styles of music.
Just twelve months ago, Franganillo was part of a very curious and significant image: that of the Kings recreating their first image together 20 years later. It was taken in one of the rooms of the Reconquista Hotel after the 2023 Princess of Asturias Awards ceremony and they emulated that remembered greeting between Felipe VI (then heir to the throne) and Doña Letizia in this same setting when They were a secret couple. A few days later their engagement was announced.
A jury made up of communication professionals and a friend of the Queen
The jury is chaired by the writer and film director Rodrigo Cortés, with whom Doña Letizia has had a friendship for years, since her passion for the seventh art is known to everyone. In February, in fact, he unexpectedly attended a talk between the filmmaker and Martin Scorsese that was held at the headquarters of the Film Academy, located in the heart of Madrid’s Chamberí neighborhood. The Queen had already met the winner of two Oscars in 2018, when She was awarded the Princess of Asturias award in 2018. of the Arts at the Campoamor Theater in Oviedo.
The literary professionals who have chosen Carlos Franganillo as winner of the Francisco Cerecedo award are: Vicente Vallés, director of the Informative 2 of Antenna 3 and awarded in the XXXVII edition of these awards; Ángeles Bazán, from RNE Weekend News; Diego Carcedo, president of the Association of European Journalists; Jesús Ceberio, former director of The Country; Carlos Chaguaceda, communications director of the Prado Museum; Montserrat Domínguez, content director of the BE; Paul G. Tobin, BBVA Communications Director; Javier García Vila, director of Europa Press; Rafa Latorre, director of The Compass in Zero Wave; Juan de Oñate, director of the Association of European Journalists; Amparo Polo, Director of Digital Strategy at Expansion; Nativel Preciado, awarded the Cerecedo in 1985; Encarna Samitier, director of 20 minutes; and Agustín Valladolid, director of Institutional Relations of Vozpopuli. For his part, the general secretary of the APE, Miguel Ángel Aguilar, has acted as non-voting secretary.
This is the first official act with which the joint agenda of the Kings begins this week after enjoying a private plan on Saturday night that HELLO! told exclusively. Don Felipe and Doña Letizia went to the Manoteras cinemas in Madrid to see Gladiator IIwhich is having a great reception at the box office with Denzel Washington, Pedro Pascal and Paul Mescal among the protagonists. After purchasing the tickets, they enjoyed this feature film by Ridley Scott in its eight o’clock session in the original version with subtitles.