Irene Urdangarin Celebrates 20th Birthday Studying in the UK

On Thursday, June 5th, Irene Urdangarin celebrates her 20th birthday while pursuing studies in Hospitality, Event Management, and Tourism at a university in Oxford. She follows in the footsteps of her brothers, Juan and Miguel, who also pursued higher education in the United Kingdom. However, she has captured the social spotlight over the past two years due to her romance with Juan Urquijo, the youngest son of businessman Lucas Urquijo Fernández de Araoz and Beatriz Moreno de Borbón-Dos Sicilias, and brother to Teresa Urquijo, wife of José Luis Martínez-Almeida, the Mayor of Madrid.

Irene and Juan have known each other since childhood, as their families share lineage and are close friends. However, it was in the summer of 2023 when they reconnected and began their discreet love story, with the support of Victoria Federica. He, seven years her senior, is a graduate in Agricultural Engineering and resides in Madrid, but the distance over recent months does not seem to have affected their relationship. Thus, the young twenty-year-old divides her time between her family—having been seen enjoying some of her brother Pablo Nicolás's matches—her studies in Oxford, and her boyfriend in Madrid.