Point de Vue's July 2006 Article about Letizia and Felipe - Scans & Translations


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Point De Vue features Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia this week.
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mandyy said:
Point De Vue features Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia this week.
images from pointdevue.fr
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Thank you so much, mandyy, for sharing it. Amaizing pictures chosen by PointdeVue :). The one on the cover is wonderful.

Thank you once again.

Regards,
mtbcm :)
 
mtbcm said:
Thank you so much, mandyy, for sharing it. Amaizing pictures chosen by PointdeVue :). The one on the cover is wonderful.

Thank you once again.

Regards,
mtbcm :)
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You have reason the photo of the front cover is very nice. It is a photo that trasmite much, they have could catch very well the gesture, how she looks at the Prince, the serenity and the happiness of her face.
 
Can we blow up the article? I would love to read it, and I understand French.
 
The photo on the cover is perfect!:) Both Letizia and Felipe were happy:)
 
Absolutely beautiful picture! It's such a treasure, we didn't see it published by any photo agency:) Did anyone read the article?
 
That two pictures are really precious!!!!:eek:
I would like to read the article too.Somebody can obtain it?.... perhaps Adelaide...:rolleyes:
 
I've got the magazine but I don't have scanner ! Have you got an idea to put it in the forum ??? I took it in fotos but i don't know how to put them !!!
In fact i would like to show you this magazine but i don't know how to do at all !!! Sorry !
 
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1st part

Hay ladies (/gentlemen?:D), I have scanned that looong article from "Point de vue" dedicated to the Princes of Asturias. Could any of our French-speaking members tell as what is it written about?:):):)














 
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Thank you LaChica for posting the whole article from Point de vue! :) I was interested in reading it but I wasn't able to. Now I am ;)
 
Thank you ever so much LaChica for those scans.

I have little to no knowledge of French, but I put one of the pages through two online translators and came up with the following (French members of the board please feel free to correct it!)

This is the page: http://s2.supload.com/image.php?get=pdv11.JPG

She adores her husband, that is not a doubt. She overflows of affection for him. Just see these glances of love that she gives him. This couple will resist all, I am convinced by it. Their relationship is not a simple fling born around a swimming pool or at a garden-party. This couple is linked by a difficult history. They crossed tests, building a history. Felipe had to convince his parents, his family, Spain, and even a Prime Minister skeptic, even hostile with this union.

On Letizia's side, she was in love to the point of puting her past as a divorced woman on the public place. This media over-exposure could have destroyed her. But this woman has character, passion.
 
Thanks so much for the scans.... I also believe that this love is going to resist everything
 
Thanks for sharing! I don't have that issue of Point de Vue. I depend on one single store in the area, Borders magazine and book store, to get my copy and to top it off they only get one or two issues per store. That's why I miss some of them. At least I can read now what I missed on Felipe and Letizia.
I like the photo with the fan and also the one with the silver gala dress.

If I'm not mistaken that is the dress she used for her pre-wedding party that the designer Caprile re-adapted on the shoulders so she could wear the band across the chest. The original incarnation of the dress had her shoulders without the straps. Well, you see I can't explain fashion details that well!
 
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Thanks a lot.. sacan articals give a lot of work, so thanks a lot. :D
 
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OMG what's with Point de Vue and the abuse of the Photoshop?.
 
Anna_R said:
Thank you ever so much LaChica for those scans.

I have little to no knowledge of French, but I put one of the pages through two online translators and came up with the following (French members of the board please feel free to correct it!)

This is the page: http://s2.supload.com/image.php?get=pdv11.JPG

She adores her husband, that is not a doubt. She overflows of affection for him. Just see these glances of love that she gives him. This couple will resist all, I am convinced by it. Their relationship is not a simple fling born around a swimming pool or at a garden-party. This couple is linked by a difficult history. They crossed tests, building a history. Felipe had to convince his parents, his family, Spain, and even a Prime Minister skeptic, even hostile with this union.

On Letizia's side, she was in love to the point of puting her past as a divorced woman on the public place. This media over-exposure could have destroyed her. But this woman has character, passion.
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Hello everyone,

Thanks for the scans, as I couldn't find the magazine in bookshops even here in France.

Here is the context of the article : they ( Point de Vue ) gave George Chetochine a full 2 years of photos of the Princes and ask for an analysis.
G. Chetochine is a guy who analyses photos and films of celebritties or political people to say how they truly feel, because for him everything you feel is in the way you behave.
So the article is mostly Letizia-centered, with a few paragraphs about the Princes.

A few tidbits :
- Letizia is no Diana : no personal agenda, she is always with her husband because HE is the star, and she is here to help
- Letizia is not the sure, strong woman she appears to be : she is behaving as expected in public ( formal events ) but it is not as easy as it seems and she is often worried she isn't doing what is expected from her.
- She is much more at ease when meeting with "normal people"
- Felipe is protecting her a lot, sometime like "a big brother" : he sees through the way Felipe holds her hand :rolleyes:
- Letizia seems, to him, very "submissive" to her husband : she is a "Russian Roulette" person : everything or nothing => Obviously, she is very much in love with him ... submissive is maybe another story, but it is my opinion ...
- Letizia is now legit to most of Spain ( they have done an actual survey to say that )

For the page mentionned above, the translation is quite good. Here is the full version :

She adores her husband, that is not a doubt. She overflows of affection for him. Just see these glances of love that she gives him. This couple will resist all, I am convinced by it. Their relationship is not a simple fling born around a swimming pool or at a garden-party like the one of Frederik and Mary. This couple is linked by a difficult history. They faced tests, building their story. Felipe had to convince his parents, his family, Spain, and even a skeptic, even hostile Prime Minister, hostile to this union. I even think that he could have said "either I marry this woman, or I go".

On Letizia's side, she was in love to the point of puting her past as a divorced woman on the public place. This media over-exposure could have destroyed her. But this woman has character, even passion.
 
Sidney, thanks for the translation. It seems the magazine did quite an extensive survey about Letizia. Could you give a gist of each percentage in the article? What do you mean by being "legit" in Spain? Does that mean Letizia is popular in Spain or she's respected as a royal now or she's accepted as the future queen?

As for the paragraph translated in full, whose opinion was it? This expert George Chetochine? Does he analyze body language? It's curious that he would throw in Frederik and Mary in the statement. Does that mean he also analyze Frederik and Mary?

Thanks.
 
Hello again,

By "legit", I mean as you said mostly respected as a royal in general.

Here are the %ages given :
- 60,1% of the Spaniards ( I think it is the right term for people of Spain but I am not sure ) are "convinced" by Letizia as a royal
- 50,4% think she should be "like the other members of the SRF", it is quite hard to translate ... another way of saying it would be "she should not be different from the other members of the SRF" ... :confused:
- 59,5% think that Leo's birth has linked her even more to the Spanish people
- 49,8% think that Letizia is the symbol ( or the "poster child" ) for modern spanish woman
- 41,5% would like to see the Princes become Kings in the 5 coming years

The paragrah translated in full is indeed Chetochine's opinion, who is an expert in body language. The guy is known here in France for his work, we see him on TV in good ( and bad ) shows, he also write articles for papers or magazines like Point de Vue.

Regarding F&M, the article mentions them only there, which is quite weird. I am not sure but I think I remember to have read somewhere an article he had done at the time of their wedding where he said that there were contradictions between their very public displays ( kisses ... ) and the way the behaved between these displays ... I could be wrong or remember badly because honestly the Danish Princes are not my favorites ...


highpriestess said:
Sidney, thanks for the translation. It seems the magazine did quite an extensive survey about Letizia. Could you give a gist of each percentage in the article? What do you mean by being "legit" in Spain? Does that mean Letizia is popular in Spain or she's respected as a royal now or she's accepted as the future queen?

As for the paragraph translated in full, whose opinion was it? This expert George Chetochine? Does he analyze body language? It's curious that he would throw in Frederik and Mary in the statement. Does that mean he also analyze Frederik and Mary?

Thanks.
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Thanks for the scans! I think the author did a pretty good analysis of Letizia. Although it is hard to say if she really is "submissive" - even though she doesn't do solo events, she might have a huge say behind the scenes.
 
There, s no more translation of all the pages?
 
Thank you Sidney for this translation (and for polishing up mine - the online translators did a good job after all).

I think that the specialist gathered the same opinions we've been gathering over these 2 years about the princes and their story.

I don't agree that she's submissive, as Felipe treat her as his "equal" during the events they attend. But I agree when he says that HE is the star, that's the main reason why Letizia doesn't have solo engagements so far, as Felipe once said himself (if I'm not mistaken), they make a wonderful team.
 
I have translated the first lines of this page.:)

http://s2.supload.com/image.php?get=pdv3.JPG

You will never see Letizia without Felipe.
If She could construct her career of star of the journalits with main hand, now with her husband she constructs her destiny as a Princess.
No to speak of eclipsing to Felipe or to rob him the star.
Letizia is the anti Diana.

Im goin to try to traslate the rest of the page.
 
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Thank you LaChica for sharing the PointDeVue scans...

It's very thoughtful of you... Thank you Anna, Paty and SIDNEY (Hi! :)) for translating it to us... :)

I guess I am not the only one seeing things... There are more out there ;)...

I'll keep these words under the Mallorca images :). It's being a great summer!

I would just add my two scents, I don't like the word never... I am sure we will see Letizia without Felipe someday but not in a view "Now she's in charge!"...that's not the way Spanish people and Royal Family behave... I've told this before, Princess Letizia of Spain is following the steps of Princess Sofia of Spain. And she's having the best teachers to succeed.

Once again, congratulations and thank you!

Regards,

mtbcm :)
 
My french is rusty, but if I might add a few more tidbits to what Sidney posted from pointe de vue...

He also says that the photos indicate to him that Letizia is an intelligent and generous woman, that she is not ambitious, rather she is all about the "holy spanish trinity" (his words): children, spouse and family. And he thinks she is a woman with very very strong friendships, but with no interest in an entourage. He comments as well on her evident need to touch people around her. He finds her a naturally sponateous woman and thinks she struggles with having to contain herself in more formal settings, which is why she lights up when she is with "normal people"--because she is then truly herself, spontaneous, warm and "of the people".

Interestingly, they ask him if the photos reveal any change in her "physcological" profile through the two plus years since her marrriage. He says no, there is no before and after, she remains the same person, the only difference he sees is that she is perhaps happier today.

I also like the page where they interview people at one of their visits around Madrid (Alcala de Henares) and gather some impressions from "the people". They all conform to much of what he says and what is said on this board itself: they are described as a charming and attractive couple, obviously deeply in love; she is described as an asset to the royal family, although her role and place is still in evolution; she is described as beautiful and intelligent; very well educated on culture and arts (this fom the young lady who did the guide of the university) and their behavior overall is described as warm, cordial and appealing.
 
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