Princess Leonor unleashes the 'leonormania' in the Principality of Asturias
Doña Letizia: "The Princess is delighted and very calm" before her first speech
Queen Sofia will attend the afternoon of this Friday, October 18, at the Campoamor Theater in Oviedo to the debut of her granddaughter Leonor at the Princess of Asturias Awards, an event, since, for the first time the heiress to the throne will pronounce a speech sharing prominence with his father, King Felipe. This is confirmed by LOC sources from the surroundings of the emeritus, despite the fact that his presence does not appear on Zarzuela's agenda , which has caused some media to assume that he would not go. The reality is that Doña Sofía will attend, as she has been doing since 1991, not officially but privately, this time in her condition as "grandmother" of Leonor and therefore will not be located next to the Kings and their daughters in the Presidency, but in the royal box.
It will be a very emotional day for her, since it will come to mind that October 3, 1981 when, with not a few nerves, she went with Don Juan Carlos to the ceremony where her son, then Prince Felipe, with 13 years, the Same age as Leonor, he delivered his first speech. Surely that moment of anguish will pass through your mind when the very young Prince hesitated in a line for an instant, managing to recover the thread perfectly, and also the exciting ovation that sounded at the Campoamor Theater at the end of his speech.
... and Paloma Rocasolano
Doña Sofía is part of the history of these awards, in which her presence has been assiduous. In the decade of the 80, newly instituted, presided over the ceremony with Don Juan Carlos. As Queen and also as the mother of Don Felipe, who gave name to these awards that, over time, have become the most prestigious in the world after the Swedish Nobel. But although he has attended most of his editions, since 1991 he has witnessed the ceremony from the royal box, leaving his son with all the prominence. Since her wedding with Doña Letizia, no year has failed, nor has Paloma Rocasolano , mother of the Queen, whose presence is also fixed in the armchair patio.
Although she will turn 81 next November 2, Doña Sofía leads a very active life that this weekend will be especially overflowing, since on Thursday 17 she will preside in Madrid the premiere concert of the winning work of the 36th Reina Sofía Award of Music in the monumental theater. Later on Friday, he will travel to Asturias to be present at Leonor's debut at the ceremony of the Princess of Asturias Awards. And on Saturday, October 19, he has two commitments before him: the burial in Romania of Queen Elena of Greece, aunt of the Emeritus, whose remains have been transferred from Switzerland, where he died in 1982, to Romania to receive a final grave next to the of his son, King Miguel, who died in December 2017.
A solemn act that Don Felipe's mother may not want to miss, which is fixed in every celebration that has to do with the Greek royal family. The problem is that the afternoon of this Saturday, October 19, also has another event in Mallorca, as LOC has been able to find out, Don Juan Carlos is invited to the wedding of tennis player Rafa Nadal with Mery Perelló, who will celebrate in Manacor. Remember that at the end of July of this year, the couple of Emeritus attended the Nadal Tennis Academy in Manacor, where they were received by the tennis player and his family, with whom they later had lunch at the restaurant Sa Punta in the town from Son Servera. Although the assistance of Don Juan Carlos is considered quite safe, it is not ruled out, since the royal marriage goes through a stage of quite harmony, accompanied by Doña Sofía.
According to the criteria of
Know more
Comments
This news has no comments yet
Be the first in give your opinion
0 comments