Cristina of Bourbon and Greece Biography of Cristina of Bourbon and Greece Cristina of Bourbon and Greece was born in Madrid (June 13, 1965), in the clínica Nuestra Señora de Loreto. Second daughter of King Juan Carlos and Doña Sofia, has treatment of his Royal Highness and Duchess of Palma since 1997. It occupies the sixth place in the line of succession to the Crown behind the Princess Leonor (2005) and the infanta Sofía (2007), daughters of Felipe VI; the infanta Doña Elena (1963, her older sister) and the two sons of the latter, Felipe de Marichalar y Borbón, great of Spain, (1988) and Victoria Federica de Marichalar y de Borbón, great of Spain, (2000). She was baptized in the Palacio de la Zarzuela by the Bishop of Madrid-Alcalá, Casimiro Morcillo, being his godparents his aunt grandmother María Cristina of Bourbon and Battenberg and Alfonso de Borbón, Duke of Cadiz, and receiving the name of Cristina Federica Victoria Antonia of the Holy Trinity. He completed his secondary education at the colegio Santa María de el Camino, Madrid, and in 1984, at the age of 19, started College provided a solid education: political science in the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (184-1989), a master's degree in international relations at the University of New York (1990) and, in 1991, moved to Paris to perform a period of practices in the Unesco headquarters , in the section of social and human sciences. It was the first college woman in the history of Spanish royalty. Transfer to Barcelona On reaching adulthood (1983) his father, King Don Juan Carlos, imposed band of Lady Isabel la Catolica, appointment carrying implicit incorporation to the official acts of the Spanish Royal family. The Crown represented in several trips, the first in Brussels in 1989, followed by a host of transfers to different countries of Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia. But hundreds of travel not obeyed only his rank but also his work, since it started working in La Caixa, Barcelona, first in the Department of the Fundació La Caixa cultural events and, later, Coordinator of international cooperation programs for the third world of the aforementioned Foundation in 1993. He lived in Barcelona since 1992, when it settled in Barcelona, where he worked for six months at the headquarters of the publishing house Enciclopèdia Catalana and participated in the Organization of the World Championship of adapted sailing that would take place that year. During his tenure at Barcelona, he was a discreet, simple, girl you used to see in not excessively expensive restaurants, in the company of friends their age and without Protocol; and, after the Olympics, he frequently went to the Olympic port, where trained with his sailing, sport practice with passion as a teenager. Beginning of courtship were attributed with Álvaro Bultó (1992), with Gustavo Doreste (1993), who devised a special chair for the dental consultation of disabled people; with Felipe de Belgium, according to the Belgian magazine Publi Choc (1985); with the actor Juanjo Puigcorbé (1996), which he denies, and with Carlos Martín Duffó, one of the owners of the company of soda La Casera (1996). Engagement and wedding At the beginning of 1997 began to rumors that he was dating Iñaki Urdangarin (Zumarraga, Gipuzkoa, 1968), the FC Barcelona handball player and April 30 the Royal House announced officially the engagement. The proposal of marriage took place at the Palacio de la Zarzuela, in the presence of the family of both. He gave her an Alliance of diamonds mounted in white gold - carved rectangular-shaped - baguette, and she a Swiss watch brand Audemars Piguet. In May were the first official trip together to attend the celebrations organized by the Kings Harald and Sonia of Norway on the occasion of the 60th birthday of the monarch and in June for the first time spent a weekend at the Marivent Palace, in the company of the mother of the infanta and her aunt Irene. In August, the Barcelona City Council presented the logo created by Enric Satué to adorn the streets through which will pass the courtship: reproduced the institutional city symbol accompanied by the word 'Congratulations', in catalan, Spanish and Basque. In September, the couple officially visited the Parliament of Catalonia, where its President, Joan Raventós, delivered, to her, the silver medal of the institution, and, to him, a book on the camera. Days later, on 26 September, King Juan Carlos gave them the title of Dukes of Palma de Mallorca; the next day, 27 September, Pasqual Maragall, on behalf of the City Council of Barcelona and one of the last acts as Mayor the city, during the Fiestas de la Mercè, gave him the Gold Medal of the city, and on October 2, the new mayor, Joan Clos, gave them the gift of the City Hall : a sculpture in bronze of Fenosa ('el mirall Nu'-'Nude in the mirror'-), valued at 1,200,000 pesetas (7,200 euros). Later, at the Palau de la Generalitat, were greeted by the very Honorable President Jordi Pujol and his spouse, that got you a reproduction of the ' Llibre de les hores María de Navarra'; and, in addition, the infanta Cristina a necklace of gold with pendant of diamonds in the form of anchor, created by Puig Doria jeweller. They made the bachelor party in the gardens of the Hotel Juan Carlos I, with friends and young representatives of European nobility, who, at the request of the bride and groom, dressed informally. As planned, the wedding took place on October 4 in the Cathedral of Barcelona. Iñaki Urdangarín wore dark morning suit with light grey tie, Jaime Gallo, and the infanta Cristina, a design by Lorenzo Caprile, tulle veil already used the day of your wedding and brilliant 19th century tiara made in Russia by the Reina Cristina. She was 32 years old, he 29. The wedding, which was attended by more than 1,500 guests, including representatives from 40 Royal houses from around the world, was broadcast on television under the direction of Pilar Miró, who would die a few days. The Infanta and her spouse set their residence in Barcelona, where she continued to work at the Fundació La Caixa and he continued playing handball until he retired from competitive sport after the Olympic Games in Sydney (2000) to engage in their activities. They had four children: Juan Valentin de all Saints (29 September 1999), Pablo Nicolás Sebastián de Todos Los Santos (6 December 2000), Miguel de Todos los Santos (30 April 2002) and Irene de Todos los Santos (June 5, 2005). The Princess lived divided between its functions of mother, of its obligations as a member of the Royal household, his work in La Fundació La Caixa, its continuous presence in acts in favour of solidarity and social causes, and also cultural, since, in addition to being great amateur sport, it is also it architecture, painting and music (it is said that he plays the piano very well) , hence that, in 1990, created the contest of Piano Infanta Cristina International Prize guitar of her Royal Highness Infanta Cristina. In 2009, the Infanta Cristina and his family left Barcelona, due to the work of Iñaki Undargarín as international Director of Telefónica, but she continued to collaborate with the Fundació La Caixa. On November 10, 2011 confirmed rumors of the involvement of the Duke of Palma where Babel, derived from research case Palma Arena and in the media appeared the news of his likely imputation by an alleged diversion of public money from the Instituto Nóos, he chaired. The Zarzuela announced (12 December), in a statement, that Iñaki Urdangarín was away from its official acts not as 'exemplary' their behavior. 29 was, in fact, indicted by Judge José Castro, whom Iñaki declared February 25, 2012, unlinking to the spouse of the activities of the mentioned Institute Noos. In September of the same year, the Infanta Cristina and her family return to settle in Spain, Barcelona, since Urdangarin obtained a temporary leave of absence from Telefónica. From August 2013, the family lives in Geneva. By the decision of the Royal House, Doña Cristina ceased to represent the Crown in official acts. The Princess, who also had to declare as imputed to the judge Castro, has supported at all times to her husband, believing in his absolute innocence. The so-called 'case Noos' continues in phase of judicial proceedings. 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