It was in 2004 when the almighty Laura Ponte He passed through the altar with Beltrán Gómez-Acebo, cousin of King Felipe VI. The wedding, in which Juan Carlos I and Sofía were present, dominated the covers of magazines and the discussions of gossip programs. In an interview for ‘Vanity Fair’ in 2020, the top model revealed the ins and outs of their big day.
“I insisted on getting married in El Esquileo, a farm owned by my sister-in-law in Segovia. I used to celebrate birthdays there and I had a great time in that place. But it wasn’t rehabilitated and there were no bathrooms or anything. Are we going to put all this people in here? people?, they told me. Well yes. And so that there would be equitable distribution, it was decided that the ceremony would be in La Granja [de San Ildefonso]. So everyone is happy,” the model pointed out to the aforementioned media.
The marriage came to an end in 2011 and, in the businesswoman’s words, because they did not understand each other: “I see things one way; he from another. But I have a lot of love and respect for him, like all my ex-partners.“.
Regarding her relationship with Beltrán, Laura warned that the basis of it was always “respect. I have created a family that For whatever reason it hasn’t worked, but I still love him very much.“, acknowledged the mannequin, full of praise for her former mother-in-law, Infanta Pilar: “I have never heard her complain. She is very good, very loving, very healthy, very direct… “.
Ponte and Gómez-Acebo have two teenage children. Laura, who wants to be “a tennis teacher because she likes the sport”, and Luis, who longs to be “a physical or chemical engineer. Since he was little he has loved science.” Of course, the only thing the model wants for her offspring is that “understand people’s circumstances, be empathetic. Many times we don’t know anything about people, we can’t judge, not even close friends because we don’t know what their processes are,” the television show explained on ‘Vanity Fair’.
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