Why King Frederick could not prevent the publication of the photos with Genoveva: “He had already messed up”

The photographs that uncovered the meeting of Genoveva Casanova con Frederick of Denmark They came to light on November 7, but were taken two weeks before. Specifically, on October 25. In that period of time, a series of movements and conversations took place that are still a mystery, although little by little new details are becoming known not only about its circulation, but also about the reaction of its protagonists before its publication.

Luis Pliegodirector of Readingsexplained this Wednesday in Public mirror how they came to Readings the snapshots. “On Friday the 27th I receive a call from the agency that makes them, and on October 30, Tuesday, I go to a restaurant to see the photos. That day the purchase for the Spanish market is closed. “No one can take them away from me.”has advanced, emphasizing that in the four days of margin there was “no extortion” against the Mexican, a scenario that has been debated in recent days.

The journalist has clarified that “Genoveva did not know about the photos until November 6”, two days before the controversial publication. It was from that moment on that he planned his “escape” from Madrid: the same Tuesday afternoon, just a few hours before the magazines hit the newsstands, he packed his bags and left. According to Pliego, “he was interested in the price of the photos” and I didn't know which magazine had bought them. He made several calls, but his efforts fell on deaf ears.

However, this version contradicts the one that Nacho Gay shared a few minutes later. The journalist of Vanitatis has said that the ex-wife of Cayetano Martínez de Irujo – who this Tuesday came out in defense of the mother of her children – knew that she had been caught with the then prince of Denmark a week before the news broke in Spain. “What surprises me is that Genoveva became interested 48 hours before the publication of the photographs,” she said, providing new information.

“They tell her there is this graphic material and she gets very nervous. She starts asking questions and asks how much it would be worth. She calls Denmark, she calls Federico. (…) He makes an information call, one of the many that occur”, he pointed out. And she has denied the theories that began to circulate at the end of the year about Queen Margaret's intervention in this matter. And in November there was already talk that she had “blackmailed” Federico and Genoveva by paying 250,000 euros to keep their meeting secret, money that the then Danish queen would have refused to pass on to her son. “Federico has enough money to pay for it”he clarified.

Federico's solution: clean your hands

Gay has stressed that if Mary Donaldson's husband did not pay to prevent the publication of the photos it was because “the scandal would be much greater.” According to the journalist, the monarch did not prevent the process from going ahead because, if he had done so, he would have used “public money.” “For a series of reasons, he had already messed up. I had to communicate this to the Royal House. And the communication strategy itself should have been in charge,” he added. For this reason, Federico preferred to remain silent and reaffirm his version that he and Genoveva “are just friends” and that he was in Madrid “on a visit.” “In fact, practically nothing has been said in Denmark,” he highlighted.

Pliego has responded to these data by clarifying that, if negotiations had taken place, they would have had to be with his magazine. “The Royal Family should have called me to get the photos,” he said. “I can tell you that that is a lie. (…) “I don't understand how blackmail is done.”has settled.