Know about the love story of Letizia, Princess of Asturias

New Delhi: A typical fairy tale of a girl next door to a princess, Letizia's journey of life was no less than that. From a dedicated journalist to a royal princess, the journey of her transformation has been an enthralling experience. Let us explore the life of this elegant Princess of Asturias: 1. She was born on 15th September, 1972 to Jesús José Ortiz Álvarez and María de la Paloma Rocasolano Rodríguez. Her father was a prominent journalist and mother was a nurse.She belonged to a middle class family and has no noble blood. 2. She attended high school at the Ramiro de Maeztu High School at Madrid. She completed a Bachelor's Degree and a Licentiate's Degree in Sciences of the Information, in the branch of Journalism, at the Complutense University of Madrid, as well as a Master's Degree in Audiovisual Journalism at the Institute for Studies in Audiovisual Journalism. 3. She then started her career with an Asturias daily, later for the newspaper ABC and the news agency EFE. 4. Gradually, as her career progressed she started reporting high profile events like 2000 presidential elections from Washington D.C., the 9/11 attacks in New York and Irtaq War in 2003. 5. Her first marriage was a failure and ended in a divorce in 1999. 6. Finally, she met her Prince charming in November 2002 when she was sent to northern Spain to cover the sinking of the oil tanker Prestige and the subsequent ecological disaster that she fell for the Prince of Asturias. 7. Prince Felipe had journeyed to the coast to offer his support to the beleaguered communities worst affected by the spill. 8. They had earlier met at a mutual friend's party until they discovered love for each other at the environment catastrophe in Spain. 9. They started dating immediately but kept the relationship a secret and protective until the final moment came when they announced their engagement in November 2003. 10. The Prince of Asturias had proposed to her with a 16-baguette diamond engagement ring with a white gold trim. She marked the occasion by giving him white gold and sapphire cufflinks and a classic book. 11. The royal wedding took place on 22 May 2004 in the Cathedral Santa María la Real de la Almudena in Madrid. People were delighted for the event and even the fact that she was a commoner became a cause for celebration, as politicians and headline-writers declared her "a queen for the 21st century". 12. The couple is now blessed with two daughters. 13. Instead of a palace of Zarzuela, she lives with her family in a private residence a few miles away from the Palace and undertakes extensive charities and royal duties as part of her work regime.