As a comic that results, it is completely true that Froilán y Victoria Federica They occupy the fourth and fifth place, respectively, in the succession to the State Headquarters. Behind his cousins, the Princess Leonor, The Infanta Sofia And his own mother. But we can be calm because it is therefore not probable that Froilán or his sister inherited the throne of Spain. And that despite the fact that his mother Infanta Elena is the firstborn of Juan Carlos i and Queen Sofia. But a macho law, today completely unassumable (although in force), separated the Infanta simply for being a woman, just like her sister the Infanta Cristina, to give preference to Benjamin for being male.
They will not have a crown therefore Froilán or Victoria Federica but will inherit among other wonders (by maternal part and their grandfather the emeritus) the jewel of the crown of the heritage of Jaime de Marichalar.
In a country where the nobility has long since stopped shining with its own light, reduced its splendor to beneficial fashion parades and fiscal getaways to distant paradises, there is still a rack of aristocracy that remains firm, haughty and with a very high head. That bastion is Jaime de Marichalarformer Duke of Lugo, former son -in -law of the Kings, former husband of the Infanta and former many other things, but, above all, gentleman of refined taste and possessor of the most select of the distinctions: that of whom he never reduces to the Vulgarity of the real estate market.
Because if something has been clear, after the years of splendor, fall and resurrection of his figure, it is that the former Infanta Elena does not sell or rent. The jewel of his crown – a trisx of palatial dimensions in the middle of Salamanca – is unnegotiable. It will be his legacy, his testament in life, the last bastion of the Marichalar aristocracy before modernity finishes devouring everything with its prefabricated attached and its 3%loans.
A house with Pedigrí
When Infanta Elena, released from the conjugal obligation, settled in a spacious floor in the Child Jesus, Jaime de Marichalar had to look for accommodation according to her range. Blue blood deserves wide rooms, even if it is not as blue as that of the Bourbons, high roofs and a chimney in which more than bank bills burn. It was not a matter of lowering the mediocrity of a functional apartment, so, with the determination of a dethroned monarch, he found his new kingdom: 735 square meters of elegance, distributed in three floors, with a library to review the classics, private pool for Refresh the summer days and a terrace to receive, with the corresponding solemnity, to the few chosen who may live up to it.
Unlike his ex -wife, who was fortunate to receive his new home from generous hands, Marichalar had to mortgage himself. The aristocracy, as everyone knows, does not usually swim in cash. Money in the nobility is inherited or due. So, like any neighbor’s son – although with a difference of 600 square meters and one more pool -, he promised to pay his residence in installments. The mortgage was signed in 2005 and will win in 2035, at which time, if the fairies are conducive, the great jewel of its heritage will pass clean and without loads to its descendants.
Life in the gold mile
Jaime de Marichalar was always clear that life is a matter of style, and style is precisely what is left over. While some wondered what he was doing exactly to make a living, he became the personification of the national luxury, advisor to exquisite brands, ambassador of the perfect tailoring, Dandy Meseary with a touch of cosmopolitan eccentricity.
The Salamanca neighborhood could not have found a better tenant. Not surprisingly, there are two worlds: that of the lifelong aristocrats, with their rimbombantes surnames and their extensive family trees such as a bolillos lace, and that of the new rich, who disembark with their sports and their ostentatious watches , believing that money can buy refinement. Marichalar, naturally, belongs to the first group.
While his ex -wife chose the placidity of a family neighborhood, he stayed where he always wanted to be: in the epicenter of luxury, one step away from the most exclusive boutiques, the most sophisticated restaurants and the events where the champagne is still served in glasses in drinks of carved glass and not in plastic glass.
Distribution of an urban palace
Like any monarchy worth its salt, Jaime’s home in Marichal is hierarchically structured. The first plant is the domain of the everyday: a room to receive solemnity, a library to reflect with gravity and a kitchen that, presumably, has not been desecrated by the hands of its owner. The service zone is also found there, because if something has been able to keep the aristocracy, it is the ability to delegate the worldly tasks in those who were born to perform them.
On the second floor, rest. There are the bedrooms, including those reserved for the heirs of the Marichalar Empire: Froilán and Victoria Federica. Although these have spent more time in the Maternal House, Dad’s always at his disposal. It was never a reference home, but they always had an available shelter, wrapped in velvet and decorated with exquisite sobriety.
The last level is the crown jewel: the ‘penthouse’. There, with Madrid at his feet, Jaime de Marichalar enjoys his terrace, his private pool and his main bedroom, a sanctuary of good taste that the signing of Rosa Bernal, interior designer of trusted. Those who have visited the place that the most surprising detail is not the chimney or the views or the tapestries, but the painting of Marichalar himself who hangs in one of the bathrooms. Because royalty, although coming unless, is still clear that the best company in moments of introspection is its own image.
The inheritance of a dynasty
Jaime de Marichalar has made it clear: the house is not sold. It is not negotiated. New rich with ínfulas is not transferred. This Tríplex is not a simple real estate asset, but the tangible legacy of a man who has managed to keep the guy after the fall in disgrace. When he is no longer – let’s get too late, for the sake of the social chronicle – the house will pass to his children.
Felipe Juan Froilán, today “Golden Co-Exiliar” in the Emirates, near the grandfather, and Victoria Federica, contestant of The Challenge and Eternal Aspiring to influencer of the aristocracy, will be the recipients of the jewel of the crown. What will they do with her? Will they keep it as a lineage museum that no longer exists? Will they sell it to the highest bidder? Or will they end up dividing it into tourist floors with names such as Royal Suite Froilán and Vic’s Luxury Loft?
At the moment, the unknown remains. The only certain thing is that the man who one day was a son -in -law of the kings has managed to protect his heritage with the obstinacy of who understands that the true nobility is not measured in titles, but in square meters.
And thus, between pictures of himself, colored pants and the certainty of always living with an unnegotible elegance, Jaime de Marichalar continues to walk through the golden mile, aware that, in a world where everything is bought and sold, it is sold, There are still things that are priceless. Or, at least, not one that he is willing to accept.
