This Monday, November 13, the funeral mass will take place in Madrid in memory of Fernando Fernandez Tapias, died last October 25 at the age of 84. The tension between the widow, Nuria Gonzalezand the businessman’s eldest children has been evident since his death.
Even more so with the statement issued by his eldest children last Friday, in which they assure that they did not have any type of financial interest when years ago they sued their father to legally incapacitate him. They also regretted that they were prevented from entering their home. This week, in addition, the reading of his will could take place, as anticipated. The world.
However, everything seems to indicate that the widow and heirs will not meet again at the corresponding notary’s office, since the businessman’s older children have refused to appear and it will be their lawyer who represents them during this very complicated moment. Furthermore, reading the last wills is already a procedure that can even be carried out electronically, without the need for those involved to attend in person.
It must be remembered that Fernández Tapias’ eldest children filed a lawsuit against their father in 2020 to legally incapacitate him and thus challenge the transfer of powers that he had initiated months before in his business conglomerate. Fernández Tapias dismissed the seniors (Fernando, Borja e Íñigofruit of his first marriage with Chiqui Riva de Luna) in favor of his other children Juan Carlos y Sandraborn from his second marriage with Juana García-Courel. After this lawsuit, his wife was responsible for health issues, and Florentino Pérez, in commercial and corporate matters. Thus, the two were appointed guardians, although the president of Real Madrid resigned and another person trusted by Tapias was appointed.
After the death of the businessman, his five eldest children are united and in accordance with the functions that their father gave to Juan Carlos, as they made clear in the statement this Friday. The tension with the widow is maximum. Let us even remember that Real Madrid bodyguards prevented the eldest children of Fernández Tapias from entering the businessman’s cremation.
During the businessman’s life, we experienced the Fernández Tapias trial as a family war over money, a colossal fortune that some estimate at around three billion euros. Some of the unknowns will be cleared up in the coming days, when the will is opened and Tapias’ conditions and wishes are made known.
There are two versions that correspond to the two opposing parties: there is criticism against Nuria, especially testimonies from the eldest children. The lawyer for Fernández Tapias’ eldest children has already announced ‘war’: “They have suffered an ordeal, his father did not separate them from his side,” he said. I would go, Fernández Tapias’ favorite granddaughter, joined the family war: “Now the whole truth will be known,” she warned. And other sources that point to Fernández Tapias as the ‘intellectual author’ of the war against his own older children, whom he decided to deprive of all benefits after knowing that they were trying to disqualify him: “It is not Nuria who refuses to let you enter the house, It’s me,” Fefé even stated at the trial, according to some sources. Nuria González, in her few comments, has defended herself and stopped Fernández Tapias’ children: “He left everything written and well tied up,” she said. It is possible that this week we will know something more with the opening of the will. Apart from those mentioned, Fernández Tapias also had two children with González, Ivan who is already 20 years old and Alma of 16.
