Spain's King Felipe was 'crushed and destroyed' by Queen Letizia's 'infidelities': book

Spain's King Felipe was “crushed and destroyed” by his wife Queen Letizia's alleged infidelity, according to a bombshell new book.

The Spanish royal family has been rocked by a series of new claims from journalist Jaime Peñafiel, who has covered the royal family for decades.

In his latest work, entitled “Letizia's silences”, published in Spain on Wednesday, Peñafiel, 91, claimed that the King of Spain was “aware that Letizia was cheating on him in real time”, already that his bodyguards have the obligation to inform about his whereabouts.

The royal author alleges that bodyguards joined the Queen on a trip to New York in 2011, during which she was accompanied by her rumored “lover” Jaime del Burgo.

Letizia, 51, dated El Burgo before meeting King Felipe in 2002.

“That day [in New York]she was accompanied by her faithful escorts, who, without a doubt, would pass a report to the Ministry of the Interior or [the Palace of] Sarsuela,” wrote Peñafiel in his book, according to the Daily Mail.

He added that Felipe, 56, was “crushed and destroyed” by Letizia's alleged “betrayal” and was “plunged into hell” and “wants to get out.”

Del Burgo, 54, who currently resides in the UK, contributed to Peñafiel's book on Letizia in January.

The businessman, who is the son of former politician Jaime Ignacio del Burgo, was married to Letizia's sister, Telma, from 2012 to 2014.

In Peñafiel's first book, del Burgo claimed the couple were still romantically involved after Letizia married Felipe in 2004.

Before her marriage to Felipe, Letizia was married to literature professor Alonso Guerrero Pérez from 1998 to 1999.

Del Burgo claimed he was dating Letizia when he met King Felipe, and was planning to propose when she announced she was dating a mystery “diplomat” over dinner at the Mandarin Oriental Ritz hotel in Madrid on 2002

In his new book, Peñafiel also claimed that “everything has fallen apart in Letizia's world” as a result of her alleged “deceptions, adultery and betrayals”.

The veteran journalist took further aim at the Queen's character, stating that she is “cold, indestructible and determined” and often “resorts to silence as a way of controlling and punishing other people”.

In January, Peñafiel was fired from the Spanish newspaper El Mundo after a 20-year tenure.

Her sudden exit from the publication came shortly after she made a series of damaging allegations about the royal family in her first book, titled 'Letizia & I'.

In the book, published on January 30, Peñafiel alleged that Letizia was involved in an affair with del Burgo, a statement he doubled down on in his last book.

Elsewhere, the veteran royal journalist branded Letizia “emotionally immature”. She also claimed that she is “hated” by Felipe's family.

Peñafiel claims Letizia's “passive aggressive” nature is why Felipe's mother, Queen Sofia, and her sisters, Infanta Cristina and Duchess of Lugo, “hate her so much.”

The Post has contacted the office of the Spanish royal family for comment.

Felipe and Letizia were married in a lavish ceremony on May 22, 2004.

Last week they celebrated their 20th anniversary.

To mark the special occasion, the couple released official family portraits last week. In the photos, the couple posed next to their two daughters, Princesses Leonor and Sofia.