Cristina Macaya’s funeral in Madrid brings together Isabel Preysler, Elena Cué and Miriam Ungría, among many other personalities

Tomeu Catalán, the Mallorcan priest friend of Cristina Macaya, He was in charge of officiating this Thursday the mass celebrated in the Madrid church of the Holy Spirit, to remember his friend. Six weeks ago, the great hostess of Mallorca, the one who turned the city into the best destination for high society, was already fired at another funeral in the Balearic capital, on that occasion at the Parish of Santa Creuin the Puig de Sant Pere de Palma.

If then the temple was packed with relatives, friends and some neighbors of the illustrious resident of es Canyar, in this other tribute in the capital there were many well-known faces who wanted to be in the last goodbye to this great woman, committed to social work and that, summer after summer, welcomed all kinds of personalities.

In Madrid, we saw Elena Cue y Miriam Ungria, Princess of the Jordanian court married to a cousin of King Abdullah. Her relatives were also in the churches on Calle Serrano, who received the affection of all those present. Tomeu Catalán, her father who collaborated with her in Proyecto Hombre, recalled Macaya’s positive vision of life. Her daughter María de ella, married to Fernando Rodés, recounted that she was silent regarding her illness, avoiding infecting her children and those around her with grief.

Placido Arango, The son of Cristina’s boyfriend for many years, he did not want to miss Cristina’s solemn farewell. Agatha Ruiz de la Prada He left the colors that mark his style and appeared in black. Her friend Isabella Preysler, who visited Macaya in Mallorca, came to the church of the Holy Spirit with Tomás Terry. Personalities such as Coqui Font, Emilio Ybarra, Paloma Segrelles, Carmen Posadas, Juan Abelló, Manolo March or Mayte Spínola were also present.

At the mass in Majorca we saw, among others, the writer Ferdinand Schwartz, or the lover of the gift Juan Carlos I, Marta Gayá, to Marián Bisbal, wife of Sebastián Escarrer; the lawyer José María Mohedano; the also lawyer Juan Nadal and his wife Pepa.

Christina passed away last February 2 at his house, in the Esporles area, 14 kilometers from Palma, without having been able to overcome a cancer diagnosed two years earlier. Every celebrity who visited the island passed by his impressive mansion, surrounded by orange trees and many fruit trees.

Her parties were famous for their discretion and elegance, like herself, and for her guests, like Carmen Martinez Bordiu, loles leon, Nacho Duato,  o Isabel Preysler, and those already mentioned Michael Douglas and his wife Catherine Zeta Jonesmarriage Clinton or the princes of Kent.

He King Juan Carlosand also Philip of Bourbon when he was a prince, were some of his guests and friends, such as marta gayathe other Mallorcan that King Juan Carlos loved so much, a close friend of Macaya.

At the Majorcan funeral, Marta Gayá went to say goodbye to her friend, in deep mourning and wearing sunglasses. She appeared in the church of Santa Cruz, offered her condolences to Cristina’s four children and tried to go unnoticed among the rest of the crowd. assistants.

Died in February at the age of 77, a victim of cancer, everyone remembered her integrity even in the most delicate moments of her battle and highlighted her class, her elegance and her philanthropic and supportive work in Proyecto Hombre. Her son Javier Macaya spoke of her mother as “an example of a woman, without fear, that she lived in the moment and that even when she was sick she did not complain about anything.”

The woman from Madrid, widow of Javier Macaya, was known for being the girlfriend of Plácido Arango. She had four children and 17 grandchildren. More than two decades ago she settled in Mallorca, where she became the great hostess of her summers. Through her farm in es Canyar they passed from Bill Clinton to Valentino, of the Dukes of Kent, to the princes of monaco o Gwyneth Paltrow, from Van Morrison to Felipe González, and of course Michael Douglashabitual summers on the island in his mansion.

An unrepeatable, generous woman has left, “a whirlwind of life”, as her friends and an immense patron and defender of art agree. Mallorca will never be the same without her.