When Jordi Basté interviewed Iñaki Urdangarin for the Sequence plan He justified himself by saying that it was just a conversation and that he wasn't Jordi Évole. So, on Sunday... Évole's thingThere were higher expectations. In the midst of his book tour, the former Duke of Palma sat down in an armchair in a bourgeois-style apartment to tell his story. The program was structured in two parts. The first hour, "The face", focused on the character's rise, and a second one, "The cross", which began from the moment Urdangarin went from being"the ideal son-in-law in Spanish chorizo"
This strategy allowed the journalist to provide the guest with a very pleasant prelude, reminding him of endearing moments: the handsome athlete, the modern couple, life in Barcelona, clandestine adventures for secret parties, and even a barrage of outlandish questions about the domestic dynamics of the Crown. Évole reveled in the fantasies of folksiness And he looked for similarities between ordinary people and the monarchy, asking if at Christmas they brought their chairs from home or if those who got up earlier at Marivent brought churros for lunch for everyone.I'm blown away by these questions."," Urdangarin even went so far as to say. Fortunately, reading some excerpts from the book allowed one to escape the sugar-coated narrative and land in a reality where family rifts and institutional dynamics were evident.
However, the interview omitted the charges against him and the specific events that led to his imprisonment:You have paid for what you were condemned to."Évole said. The name of his partner, Diego Torres, didn't appear anywhere. The authoritarian visit to Washington by the former head of the Royal Household, Fernando de Almansa, to demand the couple's divorce, and Felipe VI's call to insist, were beginning to expose the Zarzuela Palace's dirty secrets, but, with the Zarzuela Palace, but, more superficial dirt.the relocation of address"To speak of the emeritus king's exile and the cordial exchange of messages wishing each other a Merry Christmas and happy birthday placed us within a framework of hypocrisy that provoked perplexity. Urdangarin returned to his victimhood narrative. The humble and sensible young man who was seduced by the opulence of the aristocracy, the king's son-in-law, and not an Olympic athlete, and finally relegated to the margins on the boards of directors of large companies without knowing a draft. A man dragged along, without will or judgment, into the bonfire of vanities.
The two-hour interview was entertaining. But journalistically, despite going a little further, it's impossible not to detect a strange caution. Urdangarin is no longer a duke, nor a son-in-law, nor a brother-in-law. But he continues to be treated with deference.
