At the end of May, the Varna Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria, hosted a solemn funeral for Tsar Ferdinand I.
It was a special ceremony held after the body of Tsar Ferdinand I was transported back to Bulgaria, and it meant a lot to the royal family, so all members of the Bulgarian royal family attended...
Princess Karina of Bulgaria, who has not been seen for a long time, also attended the funeral with her husband Keating Muñoz and son Simeon...
(Bulgarian Royalty)
Counting the time, the last time Karina appeared in public was from January 2020...
To everyone's shock: in more than 3 years, Karina seems to have changed as a person...
She's muscular now, her arms are full of tendon meat, and she looks like a princess who doesn't need bodyguards when she goes out...
(Karina and husband)
Karina's facial condition has also sparked heated discussions, because it looks like the state of failure of the face...
(Karina)
There is no shadow of what it used to be...
(Princess Karina in London)
But looking back at the history of Princess Karina's appearances, she was never a traditional princess...
Karina was born on January 19, 1972 in Madrid, Spain, the fifth child and only daughter of King Simon II and his wife Margarita.
Simon II became King of Bulgaria in 1943, but the following year there was a coup d'état in the country, and his power was handed over, and from then on, members of the royal family had to leave Bulgaria and go into exile...
Simon II was taken in by Spain, and after settling down, he married a Spanish noblewoman and gave birth to the Karina siblings...
Karina was actually born in Spain and didn't grow up in Bulgaria... After graduating from secondary school in France, she went on to study at the British Academy in Madrid and later moved to London to attend school.
She has always had a passion for art, and she got her wish to earn a degree in art history in the UK.
(Princess Karina in 1991)
Over the years, Karina has shown a love of fashion, experimenting with many bold hairstyles, makeup and outfits, which are quite rare among high-profile royals...
For example, he once shaved his head and dyed his eyebrows orange in social situations. It is said that about 10 years ago, she once lost a bet with someone and shaved her head, but unfortunately there was no picture...
(Screenshot of the article)
Also tried punk styling...
(Karina and husband)
Blonde brown bob short hair...
(Karina and husband)
Gold and silver mix smoky makeup...
(Karina in Morocco in 2005)
Animal Theme...
(Karina)
Bulgarian traditional costume...
(Karina and son)
There's even an African braid head...
(Karina)
This is her look for the silver wedding anniversary of Grand Duke Henri and his wife of Luxembourg.
(Karina and husband)
Karina's love for art is also unabashed in the official biography of the princess released by the Flana Palace - the princess is fascinated by Bulgarian national embroidery, buckles, crafts and clothing.
In 2002, Princess Karina married a Spanish explorer, navigator and former elite commando soldier, Keating Muñoz.
A Spanish tabloid reported that the husband had a relationship with Letizia, the current queen of Spain, in the early 00s, and was one of Letizia's former men.
(News screenshot)
When Karina and Keating got married, Karina's father had returned to Bulgaria to become the prime minister, so they held a wedding in Bulgaria, which was the first royal wedding held in Bulgaria after her father fled.
(Karina's wedding)
The wedding style of the veil covering her face on the day is also very personal to her...
(Karina's Wedding and Father)
After their marriage, the couple lived a "nomadic" life, having spent time in Morocco and Bulgaria...
In March 2007, their son, Simeon-Hassan, was born, a baby born to a Japanese private physician in Bulgaria and the first member of the Bulgarian royal family in 70 years.
Simeon then followed his parents and grew up in several languages, including Bulgarian, Spanish, English, French and Arabic.
(Karina and son)
At the beginning of the 21st century, Karina was rumored to have undergone facial plastic surgery... His appearance changed dramatically, and it once made headlines.
(Karina)
Rumors about her plastic surgery have been circulating for years, but in 2018, Karina's husband came forward to respond, saying that her current appearance was the result of an unfortunate accident in her childhood.
(Karina)
Karina fell when she was eight years old and broke two teeth.
In 1999, while studying in London, she went to the dentist to get a crown fitted, but the quack drilled too deep into the root of her tooth, leading to further complications.
As a result of this medical malpractice, Karina's infection spread to her face.
In 2000, she and her husband went on an expedition to the sea, but the living environment was harsh, and the infection worsened...
(Nautical Expedition)
At first it seemed like a minor problem, a sailor told her to rinse her daily with a mixture of sea and fresh water, and Karina did as he said, also with antibiotics and painkillers, and as a result, the infection got worse and worse... It even affected the eyes.
(Karina and husband)
At that time, Karina and her husband immediately went to the hospital for surgery to remove the infection, but fortunately saved her eyes and nose, but the operation disfigured her...
(Attend the memorial ceremony for the father of King Juan of Spain)
Although many netizens don't believe this explanation, because she is very similar to some plastic surgery failure cases...
And her nose was not as big as it is now when she got married in '02 ...
(Karina and husband)
In addition to the plastic surgery suspicions, Karina has also been controversial in other ways...
Karina, for example, had a passion for horseback riding and became a professional rider, representing Bulgaria in Morocco for fifteen years, and then undergoing strength training with her husband to become a weightlifter...
(Karina's Family)
She said that she doesn't care so much about her face now, but focuses on training, paying attention to her physical health, and eating a balanced diet...
However, while she was showing off her muscles, there were suspicions that she was taking steroids, otherwise it would not have been possible to build muscles of this size in a short period of time.
Still others are worried about the height of their 17-year-old son, who is too weak and not as tall as his parents when he is about to reach adulthood.
(Three mouths per family)
Looking back at the half-life experience of this last princess, it is really rich and wonderful and full of twists and turns...