Javier Ortega Smith, says goodbye to his golden bachelorhood

Toledo smells these days of quince and ripe pomegranate. Its attractive notes will today seek to impose itself on the exquisite perfumes of the guests at the link between Javier Ortega Smith (1968) and Paulina Sánchez del Río Nájera (1981), in the Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes.

In this temple built by order of the Catholic Monarchs, stationed on the right bank of the Tagus River, the secretary general of Vox loses his golden bachelorhood, a condition that has allowed him to remain among the most coveted men until the autumn age.

The wedding will then be held at Venta de Aires, next to the Roman circus of Toledo. Although at first it was believed that it would be in the Cigarral Santa Elena, a kind of farm that looks right at the church where he will get married.

The property was acquired by his great-grandfather, Dámaso Fernández-Arias in 1931 and has been passed from generation to generation always maintaining (the house exceeds 400 square meters) its characteristic tower, visible from the road.

The place is one of the few cigars that has remained in the same hands for decades. For this reason, the politician, who has found that late love in a wealthy Mexican executive, director of communication since 2015 at HSBC, the world’s fifth largest bank, likes to make discreet meetings in this place with his Toledo friends and party leaders.

Here, discretion is more than guaranteed. The cigarral is a perfect bunker, something that the popular María Dolores de Cospedal, a neighbor in these parts of Toledo, already discovered in her day.

The groom, who adds to the casoria fever that has been unleashed in Spain with the relief of pandemic restrictions, will arrive on the arm of his mother, Ana María Smith-Molina Robbiati, a 79-year-old from Buenos Aires descendant of a wealthy family dedicated to civil engineering projects in Argentina.

The figure of his father, the Guipuzcoan Victor Manuel Ortega, who died in December 2019, will undoubtedly be one of the most evoked.

Among the guests at the link, Santiago Abascal and his wife Lidia Bedman stand out. The influence A few days ago she pointed out on her Instagram account some clues about what her guest “look” would be like: simple cut and lines that will enhance her figure.

As expected, Spanish brand. A strong candidate is Vogana, the brand founded by Carmen de la Puerta whose designs are manufactured exclusively in Spain. Iván Espinosa de los Monteros, Rocío Monasterio and Macarena Olona They will be other of the best known faces that will accompany the couple.

A native of Madrid and with dual Spanish and Argentine nationality, the Vox politician lived a well-off childhood on Arturo Soria Street, but his bond with Toledo is strong, as well as unknown.

During his childhood he studied for three courses at the Palacio de los Condes de Cedillo, then called Colegio Sadel, a center of the historic center of the city, where he made friends that he still conserves. The rest of his education was spent in Madrid.

In the capital he studied at the San Agustín school, like his brothers, Víctor Manuel and Fernando. For the sister, María Elena, the family chose the Sagrado Corazón school, a few meters away. Later he graduated in Law, thus giving continuity to the family saga of jurists.

His convictions and loyalty to the flag led him at that time to volunteer for the Army in the Army Special Operations Company, known as the Green Berets. Military discipline helped him to forge that determined, orderly, methodical and loyal character that he has. He loves Galicia, sports and the mountains.

Today his wedding will have an undoubted media coverage, although his family is extremely low-key. But the guest parade does not help to maintain it.