Isabel Preysler: My Christmas (Isabel Preylser, mi Navidad)

- Hello. - Hello.

- Good morning. - Good morning.

Thanks!

ISABEL PREYSLER, MY CHRISTMAS

When you read the papers, Isabel…

Mm-hmm?

…and you see you or your family mentioned, what do you think?

Well, that is always interesting for me. Very.

All the news about my family…

I can assure you, many of them are not-- They are fake

or wrong.

But yes. Besides, I see them very often.

And in our newsstand…

they send me everything related to my family.

The vendor does. Automatically.

Isabel, tell me what you have for breakfast.

First, I have hot water with lime,

and some vitamins that I have, at first.

And then I have grapefruit juice, my kiwi,

grapefruit again, but the fruit itself,

and then I have flax seeds.

These kind of look like seeds for birds, don't they?

And that's it. When I finish, a lot of the time, I have hibiscus tea.

- Always the same? - Mm-hmm.

And I don't like to be disturbed…

until I finish my breakfast.

I mean, I don't want to get started.

I don't want to start the day

with people calling, telling me things, until I have finished my breakfast.

Don't you even talk with your daughters during breakfast?

Mm.

Yes, because my daughters come in a lot of times

when I'm having my breakfast. They lack respect.

And now my grandchildren come in very often.

This morning, my grandchild came, Mateo.

Because the one who comes in is usually the oldest, Miguel.

And he said to me, "Lala, me door, no Mikey."

That it wasn't his brother, it was him.

It was him who opened the door. "Yes, I saw you."

"No, Lala…"

"Me." He was so proud he opened the door.

I'm so enamored with my grandchildren.

I admit…

that grandchildren are a very special thing, aren't they?

Have you seen that they have released the news

about this documentary?

Yes. I have because they're telling me.

My friends are telling me that they have read it.

Ever been involved in a project…?

No, never.

Have you been nervous these past days?

I have been very nervous these past days.

I thought, "What did I get myself into?"

In front of the cameras, I don't…

I lack the easiness that my children have.

And their…

Their ease when expressing themselves and…

That's funny, because you've been

-in front of the cameras your whole life. -Yes, mostly pictures.

Mostly pictures, my whole life.

There are people who can, um…

tell very easily how they feel.

What they, at that moment-- I don't have that easiness.

Do you try to act strong?

Yes.

And I think I am strong.

Yes, there are times when I think, "I'm not that strong. I don't know how…"

For instance, when Miguel fell ill. Hmm?

That was very serious.

In a few seconds, your life changes completely.

I remember

being asleep at night and waking up in the morning going,

"I can't believe this is happening to me."

So what do you need to do? Be stronger. There is no other option.

We need to see, when you have the time, the glasses

of the glassware. Some of them were cracked.

- So-- - Yes. We need to replace those.

I'll tell Elías to bring them out. We'll check them, and the ones that…

- Mm-hmm. Yes. Hmm. - We'll replace them.

- That needs to be done. - Yes.

I don't want any broken glass, and we need to have the full set.

I'll talk to Elías. We'll check them out

-and we'll order the ones we need. -Perfect.

And then, La Despensa de Palacio. Do we place the order…?

Yes, of course.

Yes, let's not… We better have the gifts before the 24th.

- Good. Mm-hmm. - Do we order 44 as usual or…?

Yes. Well, I would order 48 or maybe even more.

Okay, I'll call them.

There's that-- Oh, this is important. We need to start tidying up the basement

for Christmas, the boxes. Tidying up, because now it's a disaster.

Perfect. Very good.

We can go through that, and we'll do it…

-Superb. -…these days. And that's it.

I'll be downstairs, anyway. You can call me…

- Perfect. - …with anything.

- If anything comes to mind… - Okay.

- And what about the bank? - That's all done and sorted out.

Perfect.

-Very good. -Good. Thanks.

- Before they leave… - Brilliant. Thanks.

Before you leave, I-- Before I leave, I'll let you know.

- Anything you need. - I'll tell you.

- Thanks! - Thanks!

I do everything with Alicia.

From the plumber to the bank. Everything.

I get mail from people who see me in the magazines, on TV.

At Christmas, we get a lot of mail, and we reply to all of it as well.

In this house, there are thousands of things.

From a curtain that we might need or the boiler room.

There are always thousands of things that need fixing in a house.

- Ma'am, good morning. - Good morning, Elías.

I am replacing a light bulb that doesn't work.

Brilliant, very good.

I have a lot of help,

I know I couldn't manage this house without them.

They make my life very pleasant.

They are my hands and feet, absolutely.

Ramona is the house cook. She knows everything about everyone.

If you get sick, she will make you a chicken soup with whatever in it

so you and your stomach get better and whatnot.

She's the heart of this house.

For me, the chauffeur is very important in this house.

Rafael does my errands perfectly well.

He has all my trust.

Elías learnt later. He came later.

He fitted in perfectly,

and everyone in the house loves him very much.

They are part of this family.

They bring a nice atmosphere to this house, you know?

Visitors always tell me, "I love to come to this place."

We have such a good feeling in this house.

Isabel, how are you?

- Hello, Blas. - A kiss.

Let's see what we are doing today.

- Let's go. - Let's see.

Let's start with this exercise.

Well, in the mornings I do some exercise with Blas.

Remember to bend your knees a bit, look to the front, waist back,

and we move our arms quickly.

I don't enjoy myself that much.

Last repetitions.

I wouldn't do it if the trainer didn't show up.

…two, one. Okay, that's it.

- How do you feel? - Good.

When I am on holiday, he always tells me,

"Come down to the elliptical bike,

"do this or do that." And I go, "Yes, sure."

But I won't do it. I only do it if they tell me.

Uh, "Ma'am, the trainer has come." And then I come down.

But if he didn't come, I wouldn't do it. No.

I am very lazy when it comes to exercise.

Very good. We inhale…

I came to Spain reluctantly

because I had a Filipino boyfriend who my parents didn't like at all.

And there was this priest coming home for lunch almost every week,

and my mom had him talk to me.

He said, "Look, Isabel,

"your parents have decided to send you to Madrid.

"Go there, and if in two years

"you are still in love with this boy,

"and you wish to marry him, I will marry you.

"But first, you'll go to Spain for two years."

And I went to Spain.

- Rafael. - Yes?

- No photographers today? - Not today, ma'am.

I checked earlier, and there is no one.

Okay. That's good. There is no need to drive like maniacs.

Where are we going, ma'am?

There's a car.

- Oh, well… - There are photographers, Rafael.

Yes.

Look, photographers.

- Let's hurry up. - Very well, ma'am.

With their dead cats.

Yes. They're there with their microphone.

- Are they following us? - No, they are not, ma'am.

It gets bad at home…

…as they follow everyone.

Everyone attracts them.

- Yes. - Journalists.

But they don't know about this car. They don't even know that--

Are these tinted windows?

- Yes, ma'am, they are. - Perfect.

Where are we going, ma'am?

Uh, to Massi.

- To Massi, perfect. - Yes.

Are we going through La Castellana?

Yes, ma'am.

- I used to live there. - Did you?

- With my uncle and aunt, yes. - In La Castellana?

- When I arrived in Madrid, yes. - I didn't know that.

Right around here.

- Did you? - Yes.

Plaza de Cuzco.

How old were you?

- Eighteen. - Eighteen?

Yes. When I arrived in Spain, it was freedom.

At parties in the Philippines, you could never be by yourself.

You had to be with someone. You could never go without a chaperone.