The kings and queens received dramatic news last Thursday that chilled their hearts: one of their official escorts had taken his own life at just 25 years of age. They both knew him, but he was the one. King Felipe VI the one who had the most direct contact with the young man, as he was part of his official security team. Although from Casa Real they have not made any comment, both the king and Mrs. Letizia They have privately conveyed their condolences to the family.
The young man Civil Guard He was from Villanueva del Pardillo and had been assigned to the House of HM the King. He ended his life with his service weapon and the health services could not do more than certify his death when they arrived at the scene. According to Confidential Monarchy, the agent had expressed the desire to change his job destination due to the pressure he felt in his current position. In addition, he was in the middle of the process of sentimental separation.
From Jucil we are terribly sorry to have to communicate the suicide of a @guardiacivil only 25 years old in Madrid.
The scourge of suicide strikes again with all its hardness in the #Meritorious.
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— Jucil Nacional (@jucilnacional) December 15, 2022
The kings were deeply saddened by the news. Letizia is, in fact, a great defender of mental health, so much so that she was named UNICEF Ambassador for the mental well-being of young people and adolescents last April. “Everything starts by talking. The psychiatrist Luis Rojas Marcos says it a lot in ‘We are what we speak’. And Stephen Hawking, the brilliant scientist, also left it written. Great achievements are achieved by speaking and great failures by not doing so,” he said then in his speech.