WOMEN IN MODERN MONARCHIES QUEEN MAXIMA QUEEN LETIZIA PRINCESS KATE Full name Maxima Zorreguieta Cerruti Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano Catherine Elizabeth Middleton Date of birth May 17 th , 1971 September 15 th , 1972 January 9 th , 1982 Age 44 years old 42 years old 33 years old Nationali ty Argentinian Spanish British Education and degrees She studied at Northlands School, a bilingual school of the city of Olivos, in Buenos Aires. She graduated with a degree in Economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina in 1995, and completed her studies with a Master in the United States. She attended La Gesta School in Oviedo, before her family moved to Madrid, where she attended high school at the Ramiro de Maeztu High School. She completed a Bachelor’s Degree and a Licentiate’s Degree in Journalism, at the Complutense University of Madrid, and a Master’s Degree in Audiovisual Journalism at the Institute for Studies in Audiovisual Journalism. In Jordan, she went to an English language nursery school. After that she went to St Andrew’s School in Berkshire, then to Downe House. She went to Marlborough College, in Wiltshire, and graduated in 2005, from the University of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland, with an undergraduate MA in the history of art. Previous occupatio n She worked for large international finance companies in Argentina, New York, and Brussels. She also worked as a teacher of English language to children and adults, and of Mathematics for high school and university students. She worked for the Asturian daily newspaper La Nueva España and for the newspaper ABC and the news agency EFE. She worked in Mexico for the newspaper Siglo 21. In Spain, she worked for the economic channel Bloomberg before moving to the news network CNN. In 2000, she moved to TVE. She worked for the news In 2006 and 2007, she worked as an accessory buyer with the clothing chain Jigsaw. She also worked until January 2011 at Party Pieces; her role within the family business included catalogue design
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WOMEN IN MODERN MONARCHIESQUEEN MAXIMA QUEEN LETIZIA PRINCESS
KATE
Full name Maxima Zorreguieta Cerruti Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano Catherine Elizabeth MiddletonDate of birth May 17th, 1971 September 15th, 1972 January 9th, 1982Age 44 years old 42 years old 33 years oldNationality Argentinian Spanish BritishEducation and degrees
She studied at Northlands School, a bilingual school of the city of Olivos, in Buenos Aires. She graduated with a degree in Economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina in 1995, and completed her studies with a Master in the United States.
She attended La Gesta School in Oviedo, before her family moved to Madrid, where she attended high school at the Ramiro de Maeztu High School. She completed a Bachelor’s Degree and a Licentiate’s Degree in Journalism, at the Complutense University of Madrid, and a Master’s Degree in Audiovisual Journalism at the Institute for Studies in Audiovisual Journalism.
In Jordan, she went to an English language nursery school. After that she went to St Andrew’s School in Berkshire, then to Downe House. She went to Marlborough College, in Wiltshire, and graduated in 2005, from the University of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland, with an undergraduate MA in the history of art.
Previous occupation
She worked for large international finance companies in Argentina, New York, and Brussels. She also worked as a teacher of English language to children and adults, and of Mathematics for high school and university students.
She worked for the Asturian daily newspaper La Nueva España and for the newspaper ABC and the news agency EFE. She worked in Mexico for the newspaper Siglo 21. In Spain, she worked for the economic channel Bloomberg before moving to the news network CNN. In 2000, she moved to TVE. She worked for the news channel 24 Horas. In 2002, she worked for the news report programme Informe Semanal and the daily morning news programme Telediario Matinal on TVE 1. In August 2003, Letizia worked for TVE daily evening news programme Telediario 2. In 2000, Letizia reported from Washington, D.C., on the presidential elections. In September 2001, she broadcast live from Ground Zero following the 9/11 attacks in New York and in 2003, she filed reports from Iraq following the war. In 2002 she sent several reports from Galicia in northern Spain following the ecological disaster when the oil tanker Prestige sank.
In 2006 and 2007, she worked as an accessory buyer with the clothing chain Jigsaw. She also worked until January 2011 at Party Pieces; her role within the family business included catalogue design and production, marketing and photography.
Husband’s name
King Williem-Alexander of the Netherland King Felipe VI of Spain Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
First meeting She met Willem-Alexander in April 1999 in Seville, Spain, during the Seville Spring Fair in an interview. She did not know he was a prince. They met again two weeks later in New York. Their relationship began in New York, but she did not meet his parents, Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus, for some time
She met Felipe in 2002 during a dinner in Pedro Erquicia’s house, the director of Documentos TV. They got engaged on November 1st, 2003.
In 2001, she met Prince William at the University of St. Andrews. They began their relationship in 2003.
Wedding date
February 2nd, 2002 May 22nd, 2004 April 29th, 2011
Titles 17 May 1971 – 2 February 2002: Miss Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti
2 February 2002 – 30 April 2013: Her Royal Highness Princess Máxima, Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Mrs. van Amsberg
30 April 2013 – present: Her Majesty the Queen
On 19 June 2014, she became Queen of Spain.
9 January 1982 – 29 April 2011: Miss Catherine Elizabeth Middleton
29 April 2011 – present: Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge
o in Scotland: 29 April 2011 – present: Her Royal Highness The Countess of Strathearn
Children Catharina-Amalia, Princess of OrangePrincess AlexiaPrincess Ariane
Leonor, Princess of AsturiasInfanta Sofía of Spain
Prince George of CambridgePrincess Charlotte of Cambridge
Duties She participates in conferences around the world representing the Netherlands.She focuses on the integration of immigrants into the Dutch culture.
She does public service. She dedicates her time to campaigns for health and human rights and encourages reading and education
She opens ceremonies and attends charity events
What makes her different
She was an ordinary girl, she didn´t belong to a Royal Family
She is also the first Spanish queen who was an ordinary girl.
Her immediate family isn`t aristocratic or royal. She was an ordinary girl up to her marriage to William.
