General surprise that was experienced this Saturday in a shopping center in the center of Madrid with the unexpected visit of the Queen Letizia to her great friend Sonsoles Onegawho was signing copies of his new book, The maid’s daughters.
The presenter of Antena 3, Planeta 2023 award for this novel, was perplexed when she saw the Asturian consort, who waited forty minutes in line until her turn came. Once she reached her, the two were very complicit. The queen, very close, surrounded her friend with tender gestures. She smiled, visibly nervous, she got up from her seat and the two of them embraced each other amid applause from those present. Afterwards, and with her signature, the mother of Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía left the place smiling, accompanied by her security team.
The two met decades ago in the hallways of CNN+, when they both worked there: “Dear Let. The one you’ve messed up,” Fernando Ónega’s daughter wrote to the queen. Let, this is how Sonsoles refers to Doña Letizia. The two continue to share confidences and moments together so many years later. Sonsoles is part of her group of journalist friends, among whom are also Maria Ona, Ana Prieto y Ruiz de Apodaca Sagrario.
The queen’s gesture with her friend was very significant, especially taking into account the devastating criticism that the Antena 3 journalist received in The country just one day before. “The narrative aberrations are continuous. The inconsistencies too. The capricious antics follow one another to delirious extremes,” reads the critic. “The effect left by this latest Planeta Prize is devastating: it seems like an intra-systemic act of cultural transgression. The ability of The Maid’s Daughters to descend downwards and without limit into the subsoil of the novel is marvelous,” wrote Jordi Gracia García, essayist and literature critic.
On the other hand, it is worth noting that Letizia took another step in the naturalness that she tries to demonstrate to the people, showing herself to be close, affectionate and natural with appearances like this. She seemed like a normal person supporting a friend. Sonsoles is experiencing a sweet moment in love due to her relationship with an attractive 52-year-old financier named Juan, due to the success of her program on Atresmedia and the award for her literary work, but also sour in recent days due to the criticism received.