Next Wednesday, November 20, the ten years since the death of the Duchess of Alba. A time when his widower, Alfonso Diez has led a discreet and anonymous lifeaway from the spotlight and the media, attending only a few selected events, most of them charitable and some family events.
© Gtres‘It was a privilege’
Making an exception, the Duchess of Alba’s last husband dedicates some emotional words to her in HELLO! to his former wife: “These ten years that have passed since Cayetana went somewhere else, the only thing they have done is reaffirm the privilege that those of us who loved her had. And above all the privilege that those of us who were loved by her had.”
It should be noted that his was a love that began in 2008when the couple met at the exit of a movie theater. Together they remembered old times, since they had met years before, when Alfonso accompanied his brother Pedro, who works as an antique dealer and went from time to time to the Liria Palace.
© GtresHis last great love
A love that crystallized in the moment when they got married on October 5, 2011 in the chapel of the Palacio de Dueñas. Cayetana had turned 85 years old. Alfonso was the Duchess’s last great life companion, the one who accompanied her on her trips, celebrations and what she liked to do most: like shopping or attending bullfights. For her, once married, he packed his bags and moved his residence from Madrid to Seville to be close to his wife in his beloved city of Seville, specifically they settled in the Palacio de Dueñas.
© GtresLoved by the whole family
But Alfonso Díez’s greatest merit was winning the heart, not only of Cayetana, but of each of the members of her family, changing the duchess’s life completely and proving to have no financial interest. Their marriage lasted just three years, on November 20, 2014, at the hands of Alfonso, the life of the Duchess of Alba was extinguished forever due to pneumonia, leaving her third husband completely devastated. a sadness which was very reflected in the romantic message that Alfonso wrote on his flower crown: “I don’t know if I have known how to tell you what I have loved you, what I love you and what I will love you.”
On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the who has been the most important woman in his life declared: “Cayetana has been fundamental in my feelings in the past. In the present, she is part of my thoughts. In the future, when I think of her, she will be part of the best thing I have ever done.” had in my life.” Some romantic words to which today are added those dedicated to him on his tenth anniversary.
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