Marcos on wife’s birthday: ‘You deserve to slow down, be celebrated’

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 20: First Lady of the Philippines Louise "Liza" Araneta-Marcos attends The 10th Annual First Ladies Luncheon on September 20, 2022 in New York City. Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Fashion 4 Development/AFP (Photo by Slaven Vlasic / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

First Lady Louise “Liza” Araneta-Marcos attends The 10th Annual First Ladies Luncheon on Sept. 20, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. greeted first lady Liza Araneta-Marcos on her birthday on Wednesday.

“To my beautiful wife Liza Marcos, on this day, you deserve to slow down and be celebrated by those who hold you dearest,” the President said.

“Sandro, Simon, Vincent, and I are most grateful for you. Happy birthday, my first lady!” he added.

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According to the official website of the President, the first lady met Marcos in New York City while studying and working there as a lawyer in 1988.

They got married at the San Francesco Convent in Fiesole, Italy on April 17, 1993.

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