Sadly, a mass for victims of the March 11 bombings took Felipe and Letizia to the venue for their wedding under very different circumstances |
As Madrid jubilantly planned for the wedding of the century, tragedy struck. On March 11, 2004, the city experienced its worst terrorist attack in history, in which more than 190 people died.
The prince and his future bride, visibly affected, joined the rest of the royal family visiting the wounded in local hospitals. And, in a sad turn of events, the royal couple's first public visit to the Almudena cathedral was not for their wedding, but for a heartbreaking mass in honour of the victims. |
