US EditionQueen Letizia’s Private Secretary Resigns
- María Dolores Ocaña Madrid resigned as head of Queen Letizia’s secretariat effective August 3, 2024, in Madrid.
- She stepped down for personal reasons after serving just over a year, following her appointment by Royal Decree 433/2024 on April 29.
- Ocaña, who holds a law degree from Madrid’s Complutense University and is a government legal professional, assisted the Queen by organizing her official events and collaborating closely with her.
- Her final duty is attending the Atlántida Film Festival closing ceremony on August 3, and she succeeded José Manuel Zuleta y Alejandro who served for a decade.
- The Royal Household has confirmed María Dolores Ocaña’s resignation, and Queen Letizia is responsible for selecting a successor to lead the secretariat, a position Ocaña held as its first female head.
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María Ocaña announces her position as private secretary of Queen Letizia after 14 months. The reasons are private – the palace is sad.
Queen Letizia’s private secretary resigns
María Dolores Ocaña Madrid, the head of Queen Letizia’s secretariat, has stepped down from her post for “personal reasons”, the Spanish Royal Household confirmed. A State lawyer with a law degree from the Complutense University of Madrid, Ocaña had held the position for just over a year, having succeeded José Manuel Zuleta y Alejandro, who served for a decade. Queen Letizia must now appoint a new… Source
The Queen is left without a right hand, for now. María Ocaña Madrid, secretary of Felipe VI’s wife since April 2024, has decided to leave her post by her own decision. The reasons, according to nearby sources, are due only to “surpassed reasons of family and personal life.” The same sources also assure the sadness of the team of the Palacio de La Zarzuela and of Queen Letizia herself, with whom she maintained a great tune. The Casa del Rey is st…
One year and three months after her landing at the Palacio de la Zarzuela, María Ocaña will leave the headquarters of the Secretariat of S.M. la Reina. ABC has learned that this is a “personal decision”, that the State lawyer takes “for reasons that have occurred” and derived from her “family and personal area”. The news has saddened the staff working in the institution of the Crown. It has been “a distaste for all”, also for her and especially …
The Queen’s secretary, María Ocaña, will leave her position as the right hand of Doña Letizia at the end of July. Ocaña leaves La Zarzuela for reasons that have come to pass due to a...
Queen Letizia has reappeared this Thursday at the Residencia de Estudiantes in Madrid with one of those looks that activate the machinery of light commentary, the chronicle of style and, in passing, some more profound reflection on the role of the contemporary monarchy. It was at the annual meeting of the Patronato of this historic cultural center – founded in 1910 and inseparable from names like Lorca, Buñuel and Ortega and Gasset– where Letizi…
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