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4 unusual facts about Jorge Zorreguieta


Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange

Princess Catharina-Amalia's maternal grandparents, Jorge Zorreguieta and María del Carmen Cerruti Carricart, were prohibited from attending her parents' wedding in 2002 due to Zorreguieta's involvement in the regime of General Jorge Rafael Videla, but were present at her baptism, which was a private rather than a state affair.

Jorge Horacio Zorreguieta Stefanini

Jorge Zorreguieta

However, he and his wife were invited to attend the christening of their granddaughters, the princesses Catharina-Amalia, Alexia and Ariane.

During the baptism ceremony (in The Hague and Wassenaar), opponents of the former Argentine military regime protested.



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