Proyecto Inglés 2015

1. WOMEN IN MODERN MONARCHIES
QUEEN MAXIMA QUEEN LETIZIA PRINCESS
KATE
Full name Maxima Zorreguieta Cerruti Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano Catherine Elizabeth Middleton
Date of birth May 17th, 1971 September 15th, 1972 January 9th, 1982
Age 44 years old 42 years old 33 years old
Nationality Argentinian Spanish British
Education
and degrees
She studied at Northlands School, a bilingual
school of the city of Olivos, in Buenos Aires.
She graduated with a degree in Economics
from the Pontifical Catholic University of
Argentina in 1995, and completed her
studies with a Master in the United States.
She attended La Gesta School in Oviedo, before her
family moved to Madrid, where she attended high
school at the Ramiro de Maeztu High School. She
completed a Bachelor’s Degree and a Licentiate’s
Degree in Journalism, at the Complutense University
of Madrid, and a Master’s Degree in Audiovisual
Journalism at the Institute for Studies in Audiovisual
Journalism.
In Jordan, she went to an English language
nursery school. After that she went to St
Andrew’s School in Berkshire, then to
Downe House. She went to Marlborough
College, in Wiltshire, and graduated in
2005, from the University of St Andrews
in Fife, Scotland, with an undergraduate
MA in the history of art.
Previous
occupation
She worked for large international finance
companies in Argentina, New York, and
Brussels. She also worked as a teacher of
English language to children and adults, and
of Mathematics for high school and
university students.
She worked for the Asturian daily newspaper La
Nueva España and for the newspaper ABC and the
news agency EFE. She worked in Mexico for the
newspaper Siglo 21. In Spain, she worked for the
economic channel Bloomberg before moving to the
news network CNN. In 2000, she moved to TVE. She
worked for the news channel 24 Horas. In 2002, she
worked for the news report programme Informe
Semanal and the daily morning news programme
Telediario Matinal on TVE 1. In August 2003, Letizia
worked for TVE daily evening news programme
Telediario 2. In 2000, Letizia reported from
Washington, D.C., on the presidential elections. In
September 2001, she broadcast live from Ground
Zero following the 9/11 attacks in New York and in
2003, she filed reports from Iraq following the war.
In 2002 she sent several reports from Galicia in
northern Spain following the ecological disaster
when the oil tanker Prestige sank.
In 2006 and 2007, she worked as an
accessory buyer with the clothing chain
Jigsaw. She also worked until January
2011 at Party Pieces; her role within the
family business included catalogue design
and production, marketing and
photography.

2. Husband’s
name
King Williem-Alexander of the Netherland King Felipe VI of Spain Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
First meeting She met Willem-Alexander in April 1999 in
Seville, Spain, during the Seville Spring
Fair in an interview. She did not know he
was a prince. They met again two weeks
later in New York. Their relationship
began in New York, but she did not meet
his parents, Queen Beatrix and Prince
Claus, for some time
She met Felipe in 2002 during a dinner in Pedro
Erquicia’s house, the director of Documentos TV.
They got engaged on November 1st, 2003.
In 2001, she met Prince William at the
University of St. Andrews. They began
their relationship in 2003.
Wedding
date
February 2nd, 2002 May 22nd, 2004 April 29th, 2011
Titles  17 May 1971 – 2 February 2002:
Miss Máxima Zorreguieta Cerruti
 2 February 2002 – 30 April 2013:
Her Royal Highness Princess
Máxima, Princess of the
Netherlands, Princess of Orange-
Nassau, Mrs. van Amsberg
 30 April 2013 – present: Her
Majesty the Queen
On 19 June 2014, she became Queen of Spain.  9 January 1982 – 29 April 2011:
Miss Catherine Elizabeth
Middleton
 29 April 2011 – present: Her
Royal Highness The Duchess of
Cambridge
o in Scotland: 29 April 2011 –
present: Her Royal Highness The
Countess of Strathearn
Children Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange
Princess Alexia
Princess Ariane
Leonor, Princess of Asturias
Infanta Sofía of Spain
Prince George of Cambridge
Princess Charlotte of Cambridge
Duties She participates in conferences around
the world representing the Netherlands.
She focuses on the integration of
immigrants into the Dutch culture.
She does public service. She dedicates her time to
campaigns for health and human rights and
encourages reading and education
She opens ceremonies and attends
charity events
What makes
her different
She was an ordinary girl, she didn´t
belong to a Royal Family
She is also the first Spanish queen who was an
ordinary girl.
Her immediate family isn`t aristocratic
or royal. She was an ordinary girl up to
her marriage to William.

3. Photo Gallery
QUEEN MAXIMA

4. QUEEN LETIZIA

5. PRINCESS KATE

6. Family Tree
King Williem-Alexander (Queen Maxima`s husband)
King Felipe VI (Queen Letizia`s husband)
Prince William (Princess Kate`s husband)