King Felipe VI calls for a "great national effort of understanding and harmony" in the face of political tension

• The ceremony: Princess Leonor does not 'hide' in full harassment against the monarchy

• Royal Family Zarzuela endorses in Asturias the status of Doña Sofía and Felipe VI meets again with Carlos Lesmes

The streets

and

were orphaned of fences, flags of

and

and the occasional "Long live the King".

The hustle and bustle, the shouts, the protests, the curious, the tourists, the people crowded to see the Queen's dress and the girls were missing ... More security than citizens.

The coronavirus pandemic draws the

most unrecognizable

in the

.

The Foundation and the

, together with the

, have worked to celebrate this award ceremony, despite the worrying epidemiological situation and that Asturias is in phase 2. This joint, cooperative work is what Felipe VI it has demanded "from all the Institutions" in this crisis: "To always be, and now more than ever, at the side and service of the citizens".

Abandon party interest and work for the general interest.

The event has changed the

and its 1,300 attendees for the Covadonga Room of the

and just 40 people present.

Social distance, masks, no greetings, hugs ... Coldness and strangeness that turned the Concordia Prize to the Spanish toilets in the front line into heat, emotions and tears.

"We have learned that it is difficult to understand the word concord if it is not linked to that of solidarity and that a pandemic that brought us and brings so much suffering, pain, dehumanization and death, has also reminded us that concord is only obtained with the effort of all through solidarity ", stated Dr.

, head of the ICU at

in Madrid and the Private Hospital Group.

Concord.

One of the requests that he transferred to society, to all as a whole, also the King.

"When many citizens feel great uncertainty and concern about their economic situation, it is necessary for all of us to make a great collective effort, a great national effort, of understanding and harmony."

A message without the need to read between the lines, explicit as rarely.

At a time when the Crown is under attack even from within the Government, the King has received support through the words of

, president of the Princess of Asturias Foundation.

"With your presence, you reaffirm once again the historical and firm commitment of the Principality of Asturias with Spain, as well as its deep sense of unity with the common homeland and with the parliamentary monarchy that you exercise in such an exemplary and effective way for the benefit of all Spanish people".

The "example" of the Spanish

In his most personal speech, in which

puts less hand

and where the King pours his vision and analysis, the monarch wanted to send a clear and direct message to all levels of society, especially to a political class that stars in days of tension and anger.

An image of tension that takes over the debate and monopolizes the image that Spain transfers abroad and that has even placed the monarchy as a throwing weapon.

"During this crisis, the vast majority of the Spanish people are giving unequivocal evidence of resistance and integrity. Their example cannot be a sterile effort or fall into oblivion", has been the King's dart to the rulers.

The "example" of the Spaniards "requires us to conduct ourselves with a sense of duty, with the greatest responsibility, and with the utmost integrity and rectitude, so that the national interest prevails and the general interests of the Spaniards are our north and guide. This is how society and the Institutions that represent it are recognized, justified and committed to the best future of our Nation "

The presence of Doña Sofía

A few words from the

, where the founding act of the then Prince of Asturias Foundation was signed 40 years ago.

A life, that of this institution, which has practically run parallel to that of the Constitution that, once again, Felipe VI has wanted to value by defining it as a "permanent sap" that "guarantees day by day our democratic coexistence, the dignity of the human being, and their rights and duties as a citizen in freedom ".

The event was attended by

, who entered the Covagonda Hall with the Kings and their daughters.

It is a presence endowed with a great institutional burden.

Participate in an act, perhaps the most important of the year for the Royal Family, which involves exonerating her, leaving her on the sidelines of what happened with Don Juan Carlos.

Zarzuela endorses his figure.

The King Emeritus has been outside of Spain, in the United Arab Emirates, since August, in a decision agreed upon by Zarzuela and Moncloa.

Since then, there has not been an image like the one that will be produced at the Princess of Asturias Awards.

And Doña Sofía did not appear with her son and granddaughters for a year, also on the occasion of the Princess of Asturias Awards.

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