The death of Erika Ortiz yesterday and burial today has gripped Spain in a state of shock. It was apparently suicide, or “suicidio” as they say in Spanish.

Erika Ortiz is the sister of Spain’s Princess Letizia Ortiz. She was suffering from depression and in the heels of a breakup, so one expects that the speculation in this story is sadly true.

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Erika Ortiz of Spain - Photos

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Fallece Erika Ortiz - Fotos

Members of Spain’s royal family paid a tearful goodbye to Erika Ortiz, younger sister of Spain’s Princess Letizia Ortiz, who died a day earlier aged 31.

Fine arts graduate Erika Ortiz, the mother of a six-year-old girl, was widely reported to have taken her own life although the cause of death was not officially confirmed.

She was known to have been suffering from depression having split with the father of her child, sculptor Antonio Vigo, last year. The tabloid media had written at length about the couple’s separation.

The full story in Spanish is here.

Here is a video of Fallece Erika Ortiz on Spanish television.


Fallece Erika Ortiz - Video

See also Merry Royals.

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