Almeida says 'yes, I want' to Teresa Urquijo in a ceremony with the presence of the PP senior staff

MADRID, 6 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, married Teresa Urquijo y Moreno this Saturday, in a ceremony attended by the senior staff of the PP headed by the president of the party, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, and the regional president. , Isabel Díaz Ayuso, to which is added the presence of the King Emeritus and different 'popular' regional presidents.

The ceremony took place in the Church of San Francisco de Borja, on Serrano Street in Madrid. Before entering, Almeida assured the media that he was "nervous", but he also acknowledged that it was "the best day of his life." Likewise, he has thanked "the affection" of the people who have come to the place.

Teresa Urquijo has followed the family tradition and has worn the wedding dress that her maternal grandmother, Teresa de Borbón-Dos Sicilias, wore at her wedding with Íñigo Moreno de Arteaga in 1961, and that years later, her mother also wore. Beatriz Moreno de Borbón. Fifty years later, the Navascués workshop, in collaboration with Cristina Martínez-Pardo Cobián, has redesigned the dress.

The first to arrive at the church were the former president of the Community of Madrid Esperanza Aguirre, the former mayors of Madrid Alberto Ruiz Gallardón and José María Álvarez del Manzando; the vice mayor of Madrid, Inma Sanz; the delegate of Culture, Tourism and Sports of the City Council, Marta Rivera de la Cruz, and the delegate of the Government Area of ​​Urban Planning, Environment and Mobility, Borja Carabante.

Later Feijóo, the general secretary of the PP, Cuca Gamarra, the president of the Region of Murcia, Fernando López Miras, and the president of the Xunta de Galicia, Alfonso Rueda, the president of the Junta de Castilla y León, Alfonso Fernández attended. Mañueco, and the former president of the Government of Spain José María Aznar with his wife Ana Botella and Isabel Díaz Ayuso.

The Emeritus King arrived in Madrid late this Friday to attend the wedding of Almeida (48) with Teresa Urquijo (27) this Saturday, given that the councilor's wife is the granddaughter of a first cousin of Don Juan Carlos, Teresa de Borbón. -Two Sicilies. Infantas Elena, accompanied by her two children, and Cristina, along with her eldest son Juan Valentín Urdangarin, have also attended.

The one who was King for almost four decades made his first trip to Spain in May 2022, which was not without controversy due to the media attention generated by his visit to Sanxenxo to attend the regattas. Then, he also went to Zarzuela, where he met with Felipe VI and he expressed his discomfort with how his stay had been managed.

Since then, Don Juan Carlos has made seven other visits, with increasingly shorter periods of time between them and also with less informational commotion. The last of them took place in mid-March when he went first to Vitoria for some medical examinations and then to Sanxenxo.

After the wedding, the newlyweds and their guests traveled to the farm owned by the bride's family, 'El Canto de la Cruz' - in the town of Colmenar Viejo - where the celebration will take place.

The mayor of Madrid was this week "very calm" about leaving a "great team" at the head of the municipal government of the Palacio de Cibeles during his 15 days of absence after his wedding, with the vice mayor and spokesperson for the municipal government, Inma Sanz, to the head.

"If you ask me if I'm nervous, I don't think I've ever been so nervous in my entire life, I spend the day huffing and puffing. It's also true that I've never been so happy either," said the councilor.

However, he noted that the vice mayor is going to do a "magnificent" job these 15 days and he hopes that "she will not make the people of Madrid forget the mayor." "But I am sure that they are all going to do extraordinarily well because they are a great team," she said.

"Once they asked me about sentimental questions. I answered that neither rush nor resign, it is obvious that I have not rushed but I was almost resigned. Until she appeared. And Teresa told me yes," Almeida announced through her social networks. thus making their relationship that began two years ago official.