Aimee Marcos

{{Short description|Philippine drummer and public figure (born 1979)}} {{distinguish|text=her older sister, Imee Marcos}} {{Philippine name|Romualdez|Marcos|Bernedo|ph=married}} {{Use Philippine English|date=April 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Aimee Marcos | image = Vinny and Aimee Marcos at Bongbong Marcos's presidential inauguration.jpg | image_upright = .75 | image_size = 150 | landscape =  | alt = | caption = Marcos (right) with her nephew at her brother Bongbong's presidential inauguration | birth_name = Aimee Romualdez Marcos | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|05|02}} | birth_place = United States | spouse = Cid Bernedo | children = 1 | parents = {{plainlist| * Teresita Romualdez}} | origin = | occupation = | website =  | module = {{Infobox musical artist| embed =yes | instrument = Drums | genre = | label = | current_member_of = The Dorques | occupation = | years_active =  }} | module2 = | module3 = }} '''Aimee{{pron}} Romualdez Marcos-Bernedo''' (born May 2, 1979) is a Filipino musician and public figure known as the drummer of indie music band the Dorques. She is the adopted<ref>{{Cite web |title=How the young Marcoses welcomed SC decision on Marcos burial |url=https://www.rappler.com/technology/social-media/151743-marcos-heirs-celebrate-sc-decision-burial/ |access-date=2020-09-14 |website=Rappler |date=8 November 2016 |language=en}}</ref> daughter of the late former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and former first lady<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ex-Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos sentenced to prison for graft |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/imelda-marcos-convicted-graft-sentenced-prison-n934356 |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> Imelda Marcos.<ref name="KapMacedaAguila20061125">{{Cite news |last=Maceda Aguila |first=Kap |date=November 25, 2006 |title=Chasing Aimee |url=https://www.philstar.com/feature/371173/chasing-aimee |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528192216/https://www.philstar.com/2006/11/25/371173/chasing-aimee |archive-date=May 28, 2022 |access-date=September 15, 2018 |work=The Philippine Star}}</ref><ref name="SydneyMorningHerald20121124">{{Cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/a-dynasty-on-steroids-20121119-29kwy.html|title="A dynasty on steroids"|date=November 23, 2012|work=Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=September 1, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref name="AlexandraSeno19970221">{{Cite magazine|last=Seno|first=Alexandra A.|date=February 21, 1997|title=ASIANOW - Asiaweek|url=http://edition.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/97/0221/feat5.html|url-status=dead|magazine=Asiaweek|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224012338/https://edition.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/97/0221/feat5.html|archive-date=February 24, 2019}}</ref>

She was the only member of the immediate Marcos family to still be a minor when martial law was formally lifted in 1981 and when the Marcoses went into exile in Honolulu in 1986,<ref name="DominickDunne198608">{{Cite magazine |last=Dunne |first=Dominick |date=August 1986 |title=Imelda in Exile |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/1986/08/dunne198608 |magazine=Vanities |language=en}}</ref><ref name="CriseldaYabes20160224">{{Cite magazine |last=Yabes |first=Criselda |date=February 24, 2016 |title=Last Waltz at the Palace: The Untold Story of People Power |url=http://rogue.ph/last-waltz-at-the-palace-the-untold-story-of-people-power/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160227035752/http://rogue.ph/last-waltz-at-the-palace-the-untold-story-of-people-power/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 27, 2016 |magazine=Rogue Media Inc. |language=en-US}}</ref> and she has stayed away from politics.<ref name="SydneyMorningHerald20121124"/>

She is currently living in Cagayan de Oro with her husband, Cid Bernedo, and their son.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marfori |first=MJ |date=2022-07-09 |title=A rare catch-up with Aimee Marcos |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2022/07/09/2194013/rare-catch-aimee-marcos |website=The Philippine Star |access-date=2022-08-24 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Early life== Aimee Romualdez Marcos was born on May 2, 1979 to Teresita Romualdez, and was soon adopted into the family of Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda, Romualdez's aunt.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gabinete|first=Jojo|title=Anak nga ba ni Imee Marcos si Little Aimee?|url=https://www.pep.ph/pepalerts/cabinet-files/154557/little-aimee-real-mom-a734-20201024|access-date=January 13, 2025|work=PEP.ph |publisher=Philippine Entertainment Portal Inc.|date=October 24, 2020|language=Filipino, English|quote=Sa burol ni Teresita namin nalaman na siya ang biological mother ni Aimee.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Lo|first=Ricky|author-link=Ricky Lo|title=Wedding between a Kapatid & a Kapuso|url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2016/01/31/1548326/wedding-between-kapatid-kapuso|access-date=January 13, 2025|work=Philstar.com|publisher=Philstar Global Corp.|date=January 31, 2016|location=Manila, Philippines}}</ref> After the People Power Revolution ousted the Marcoses from power in 1986, Aimee joined the family in going into exile in Honolulu.<ref name="CriseldaYabes20160224"/>

==In popular culture== Marcos was portrayed by Lana Puda in the 2022 period drama film ''Maid in Malacañang''.

She was the drummer of [https://thedorques.bandcamp.com/album/the-dorques The Dorques], [https://thedorques.bandcamp.com/album/the-dorques (their first album here)] a Manila-based multilingual indie band and also was a DJ in some smaller venues across the metro. She was also drummer for the Marshas, Geezer, and Princess Bato in high school.

==See also== *Marcos family *Original Pilipino music

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