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On the afternoon of Saturday, July 8, the journalists of the press of the heart were distributed in four key points of Madrid to try to capture some detail of the link of Tamara Falcó (41 years old) and Íñigo Onieva (34 years old). That wedding that many have come to say on television and press that was gafada and of which little will be able to see, because the bride and groom have signed a juicy exclusive with a magazine. At the Mandarín Oriental Ritz hotel in Madrid, cameras have captured how the bride's dress came out and, later, some of the guests at the wedding; in the mansion of Isabel Preysler in Puerta del Hierro the Marchioness of Griñón was seen leaving in a car; in his apartment in the Madrid neighborhood of Salamanca they captured Íñigo Onieva leaving for El Rincón, and in this palace located in the Aldea del Fresno, about 50 kilometers from the capital, about thirty journalists were waiting for them.
"Roll down the window, please! Are you excited to see the bride and groom?", begged the journalists stationed at the entrance of El Rincón to the guests who were arriving at the wedding that will be, without a doubt, one of the most media that Spain has seen in recent years. The magnitude of the event was noticeable among journalists, desperate to catch any word or plan of the attendees. Crushing the feet of others without any care, hitting some elbow or other, anything seemed worth to capture some scarce words or plans of the guests. That has been the only way to get the groom's statements. Upon arrival, and when asked insistently, Onieva has dared to lower the window of the car: "Wanting to see Tamara", have been his few words. Eager to see her, and sure to turn the page and start a new chapter in their relationship, which has faced not a few scandals in the last year. Like the groom, the mother of the bride, Isabel Preysler, has been one of those who has aroused the most interest among journalists. Surrounded by cameras, she has been bombarded with questions, but she has limited herself to sharing a few smiles and a couple of "thank you very much", before raising the window again.
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Among the sea of journalists, some curious people have dared to approach this palace, such as Sylvana and Claudia, from a town next to Aldea del Fresno. The sisters are faithful readers of ¡Hola!, and have come accompanied by their daughters, Nevea and Alejandra, 8 and 10 years old. "Why have they come here?" "To see the relatives for a second, above all we want to see Íñigo," Claudia replied looking towards her daughter, who smiled a little embarrassed that she had been brought to this "great event". Other spectators eager to see how the hundreds of guests arrived, in their cars, suits and party dresses, have been Nuria, Mercedes and Rosana, all middle-aged women who have become friends today. "I would love to see what the palace is like inside," lamented Mercedes looking towards the eternal path from the entrance door to the palace, which from the fence is not even intuited. "I don't know what I would do with so much money," Mercedes said.
Tamara Falcó and Íñigo Onieva, upon their arrival this Saturday, July 8, in El Rincón (Madrid) for their wedding. Jose Velasco (europa press) / Sergio Pérez (efe)
But the first great protagonist to arrive at El Rincón has been the bride. It was about four thirty in the afternoon when the Marchioness of Griñón appeared before the doors of El Rincón, dressed in white and sitting next to her makeup artist, Raquel Álvarez. She has also lowered the window, but has barely said a "everything very well", probably to maintain as much as possible that exclusivity for which the magazine ¡Hola!, according to sources consulted by EL PAÍS, has disbursed more than half a million euros in what could be one of the last great paid exclusives in history.
"We have only a week and a day left to be united forever in the eyes of God," Falcó wrote on his Instagram account. Their relationship dates back to the end of 2020, and this Saturday, July 8, has been that day in which they have become husband and wife against all odds – it has remained for the history of the press of the heart their mediatic rupture of the engagement a day after announcing it, at the same level as the infidelity of the groom. And they have done it not with one priest, not with two, but with three. Although the person in charge of officiating the link has been the priest Miguel Cruz, spiritual guide of a marquise who among her bachelorette party plans was to go to Fatima to pray with friends.
Isabel Preysler, mother of the bride, at the entrance to the farm of El Rincón, in Aldea del Fresno, this Saturday, July 8. SERGIO PEREZ (EFE)
Tamara Falcó walked to the altar with a veil covering her face and accompanied by her older brother, Manuel Falcó, Marquis of Castel-Moncayo. With almost an hour of delay, the ceremony has been held in one of the courtyards of El Rincón with a formation of musicians and a choir of twelve voices that has interpreted classical and religious music for the occasion. Half after arriving at the altar, Tamara and Inigo were already declared husband and wife.
The details of the wedding are protected – for this the mobile phones of the guests have been confiscated – so that ¡Hola! – the same magazine in which Tamara Falcó appeared on the cover a few days after being born – is the only magazine with access to the details of the ceremony and party held in the palace that the bride inherited from her father, Carlos Falcó. In addition to a report of their honeymoon in the Indian Ocean. But despite that exclusive, there are many things that have been known because there has not been a day throughout the last week in which something has not been revealed. So much has been said that, practically, it only remains to know the anecdotes of the night and see the photos.
To begin with, 400 guests have attended. Among them well-known faces beyond those of the bride's family (with the matriarch Isabel Preysler at the front, there has been no lack of Chabeli and Julio José Iglesias —without his brother Enrique—, Ana Boyer and his four brothers on his father's side). Some names: Vicky Martín Berrocal, Samantha Vallejo-Nágera, Pepe Rodríguez and Juan Avellaneda —whom the bride met on her way through MasterChef Celebrity, which the Marchioness won—, Eugenia Martínez de Irujo, Pablo Motos and the rest of the El Hormiguero team —program in which Tamara collaborates—, Carolina Herrera, Eugenia Silva, Jon Kortajarena, Alonso Aznar, Susana Uribarri, Rosa Tous, Alessandra de Osma and Christian de Hannover...
The journalist Nuria Roca and the writer Juan del Val, companions of Tamara Flacó in 'El Hormiguero', upon their arrival at the wedding. SERGIO PEREZ (EFE)
Before the wedding it was also known that Tamara Falcó, in addition to wearing a family tiara with large diamonds, will wear two dresses at her wedding. This was confirmed by Wes Gordon, the creative director of Carolina Herrera who less than two months ago took charge of the commission when the Bilbao bridal fashion firm Sophie et Voilà broke his contract with veiled accusations of plagiarism. "It's a mixture of traditional and modern style, and very feminine," the American designer told the paparazzi who were waiting for him on Friday upon his arrival at Madrid airport. Of course, the second dress, that of the party, has not been white. As this newspaper has learned, the wedding dress is inspired by the one worn by Grace Kelly at her wedding to Prince Rainier of Monaco and there would be no commercial agreement with the brand. Isabel Preysler's dress is also by Carolina Herrera, a family friend, and will be "colorful," Gordon told reporters. The groom has worn jacket and cufflinks in the shape of letter T (Tamara, as he shared on the way to the ceremony). And, who may be interested, Onieva has a 39 neck, has launched into informing her tailor to a television program.
After the ceremony, which has been with full mass as it could not be otherwise for a woman who speaks in public of her devotion to God and the Virgin and who attends congresses on the family, the agenda marked the moment of the cocktail and the subsequent dinner in the gardens. The person in charge of the menu has been the Basque chef Eneko Atxa, with the help of 45 chefs who have settled in kitchens enabled in the gardens to cook a dish, among others, of game, in memory of the tastes of the deceased father of the bride. And it will be toasted with the rosé wine of the Marqués de Griñón and with the Moët & Chandon champagne, one of the sponsors of the link.
íñigo Onieva and Tamara Falcó say goodbye after the celebration of their pre-wedding party at the Mandarín Oriental Ritz hotel in Madrid, on July 7, 2023.Francisco Guerra (Europa Press)
Just a year ago the documentary La marquesa was released on Netflix, chapters in which you could see the dependencies of El Rincón somewhat abandoned. The scene of the weddings of Carlos Falcó and Esther Doñas (this Saturday afternoon, sitting on a television set to comment on the wedding in the special program of Antena3) and that of Julio José Iglesias with Charisse Verhaert, was seen with chippings on the walls, humidity, bad electricity and plumbing ... With the link of this Saturday, and after months of improvements, this palace of 1862 has recovered a part of the splendor of when it was the scene of hunts attended by Alfonso XIII or Juan Calos I and parties for the aristocracy. The end of the party will have a different scenario but repeated in these three days of celebration: this Sunday, attendees will be able to enjoy a brunch in the same luxury hotel in Madrid of the Friday pre-wedding that received the youngest guests with a red carpet.
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"Today begins our journey together and I couldn't be happier to have each other face any obstacle in life together. There is no better team, together we complete ourselves and obtain the balance that we could never achieve alone. Thank you for so much and for what is coming. I love you," Íñigo Onieva wrote on her Instagram account after her pre-wedding, in which the flamenco group Los Alpresa performed. Tamara Falcó's post was very different: a photo of herself tagging the brands of shoes, dress, purse and jewelry she wore. A few hours later both shared a small video of the celebration on Friday night – from which they said goodbye at the door of the hotel at midnight with a kiss before dozens of journalists and onlookers – mentioning a well-known brand of tequila: the entire event is sustained by a tangle of commercial agreements, commitments with brands (Tous, Moët & Chandon, OPI for her nails, or El Rincón itself, the best advertising for a property that the bride wants to exploit and rent for weddings, events and private celebrations) and confidentiality contracts.