the company said that Pilar de Borbón owned it. After March 1993, the intermediary representing the company was Madrid-based Abogados, a law firm founded by Pilar de Borbón's brother-in-law . From July 2006 until its dissolution in June 2014, five days before the installation of her nephew Felipe VI, Pilar de Borbón's son Bruno Alejandro Gómez-Acebo Borbón was director and treasurer of the company. On 7 April 2016 she admitted the accusations concerning the company were valid but made it clear that she never personally evaded taxes. Illness and death Pilar was operated for an intestinal obstruction on 2 February 2019 in Madrid, and was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2019, being made public in May of the same year. On 5 January 2020, she was admitted to the hospital as her condition worsened. She died 3 days later on 8 January 2020 at the Ruber International Hospital in Madrid, with her family at her side. She was cremated on 9 January 2020 and her ashes were buried alongside her husband in Saint Isidore Cemetery, Madrid, in a private ceremony. On 28 January 2020, a funeral was held in her honor in El Escorial basilica, with the presence of her nephew, King Felipe VI of Spain, of former Queen of the Netherlands, Princess Beatrix, her brother Juan Carlos I and Sofía of Spain, the Duke of Braganza Duarte Pio and with Spanish political authorities represented by Deputy Prime Minister Carmen Calvo, Mayor of Madrid José Luis Martínez-Almeida and President of the Congress of Deputies Meritxell Batet. Honours National : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III : Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa : Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Sports Merit Foreign Greek Royal Family: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Olga and Sophia Two Sicilian Royal Family (Hispano-Neapolitan branch): Dame Grand Cross of Justice of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George : Grand Cross of the Order of Infante Henry Ancestors References External links 1936 births 2020 deaths Deaths from cancer in Spain Deaths from colorectal cancer Dukes of Spain Grandees of Spain House of Bourbon (Spain) International Olympic Committee members People from Cannes People named in the Panama Papers Spanish infantas