Accustomed as she is for years to starring in all kinds of scandals, it does not seem that Infanta Cristina has cared much about the wave of public outrage that her trip to Vitoria has awakened to meet her husband, Iñaki Urdangarin.
The daughter of the Emeritus would have taken advantage of the Easter holidays to travel to the Basque capital, where
the former Duke of Palma has served the third prison degree since last March 1
.
From Monday to Thursday, he has to sleep in the
Alava prison in Zaballa
.
But the rest of the time he enjoys a regime of
semi
-
freedom
that passes between the house of his mother, Claire Liebaert, where he is staying, and the job he has found as a consultant in a prestigious Vitoria law firm.
As Efe has learned, Infanta Cristina visited the El Estadio sports complex on Good Friday, which is run by a brother of her husband, accompanied by one of her children and by in-laws.
And, once the news of the trip was known, the
networks began to fill with comments from outraged citizens
who do not understand how it is possible that Doña Cristina has decided to go to Vitoria, when the Basque Country, like all the Spanish autonomous communities, It is
closed on the perimeter in compliance with the restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic
.
Actually, Dona Cristina resides in Geneva.
And, since
the Schengen area is not closed
, it will not have been any problem for her to fly from Switzerland to an airport in the Basque Country to get to the capital of Alava.
But it must be remembered that, although they are not prohibited,
the authorities of the Twenty-seven strongly advise against all non-essential trips to areas with a high incidence of infections within the community territory
, as is the case right now in the Basque Country.
Visits to relatives are not one of the reasons that the norm considers within the exceptions for displacements to be made.
In other words, although it cannot be said that the Infanta is breaking a rule, it is clear that she once again shows enormous
recklessness
with her trip, acts in an unresponsible way and continues to harm the monarchical institution that her brother embodies today, Don Felipe, acting with such scant respect for the recommendations of the political authorities of the EU, starting with the Spanish Government itself.
It must be borne in mind that right now the outrage among citizens is enormous over the fact that all the autonomous communities continue to be closed perimeter tightly and tightly and, therefore, that many Spaniards cannot travel a few kilometers to visit their parents or other relatives, while foreign tourist trips continue to take place in so many cases in breach of political and health recommendations, as happens with Doña Cristina.
The Infanta and her sister
Doña Elena
already starred in a great controversy at the beginning of March when it was learned that they were already immunized against Covid-19.
The sisters of Felipe VI took advantage of a trip to Abu Dhabi to see their father, Juan Carlos I, to receive the vaccine.
They received the doses in early February, when they moved to the United Arab Emirates.
The infantas spent two weeks next to the former monarch, at which time they were vaccinated.
On the last weekend of February, Iñaki Urdangarin said goodbye to the Don Orione Center, in Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), where he did volunteer work as an assistant in the care of people with disabilities.
In Vitoria, he lives at his mother's home.
And he has his family environment - four of his six brothers and many nephews live there - and he has been hired by the prestigious law firm Imaz & Asociados as a consultant, they have facilitated the transfer
The former Duke of Palma has the doors of La Zarzuela shut tight
.
On the other hand, in the Basque capital, in addition to the support of her family, who since she entered Brieva prison in June 2018 has also been a fundamental support for Doña Cristina, she has very close people who have not hesitated to show her their affection in the visits that he has made in the penitentiary permits.
Iñaki Urdangarin was sentenced to
five years and 10 months in prison for the Nóos case for crimes of corruption
.
The relations of the former duke and his wife with Don Felipe and
Doña Letizia
are practically nil.
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