Catalonia Constitutionalism celebrates Doña Leonor's visit to Girona: "It is comforting that the Royal House is in Catalonia"
Institutional normalcy gradually reaches the most pro-independence places in
Catalonia
, and it does so with gestures that, in the case of this Sunday, are carried out by a minor.
At five in the afternoon,
Princess Leonor
arrived in
Figueres
accompanied by her sister, the
Infanta Sofía
.
The King's daughter claims her role as heir to the Throne with this first visit to the province of
Girona
, the city from which one of her titles is born.
This is a historic moment, because eight years after the arrival to the Throne of Felipe VI and five after the declaration by the Girona consistory of the
King
as persona
non grata
, the Crown has returned to
Girona
.
Because the highest institution of the State has the vocation to represent all the territories.
And despite the events of recent years, the Foundation has its headquarters in Girona and it is normal for the Princess to visit the province.
The commitment of the Princess and the Infanta to attend Girona was not made official until Friday at noon, when the agenda of the Royal Family was published.
As soon as it became known, Concordia Real mobilized to organize a concentration in favor of the Monarchy in Girona.
The CUP also called her followers to a protest in front of the Dalí Museum tower, the meeting place of the Princess and her sister.
Nine minutes after five in the afternoon, the Princess of Asturias arrived accompanied by her sister at the Museum.
The heiress in a white and red dress and the Infanta in a beige dress, both wearing espadrilles, barely noticed the cheers and boos, since both concentrations were far from the entrance.
Therefore, despite the noise from the street,
Doña Leonor
has appeared confident and smiling in her first public act after finishing the course in
Wales
and in the second that she stars with her sister alone.
Inside the
Dalí Museum,
the sisters have been received by the Minister of Education,
Pilar Alegría;
the Government delegate,
María Eugenia Gay
and the deputy mayor of Figueres,
Pere Caselles
, attached to the PSC.
There has been so much institutional normality in the event that the fact that the mayor, from Esquerra Republicana, a pro-independence party, did not attend, was taken for granted and did not detract from the event's relevance.
After greeting the authorities of the Foundation, the Princess and the Infanta will hold a discussion with young people who participate in the foundation's workshops, around 20 boys and girls, eight of whom are expected to participate.
Afterwards, they will receive a Code workshop and then they will visit the Dalí Museum.
TWO MANIFESTATIONS
The CUP, under the slogan #Catalunyanotereinreina, claims that the Museum is "whitewashing the monarchy".
Despite his regret, the
Dalí
museum is an emblematic place for Catalan and Spanish culture and
Salvador Dalí
is one of the most important artists of his time and the most representative of surrealism.
The artist, who was born in Figueres and asked to be buried there even though he bequeathed his estate to the Spanish State.
Fifty protesters called by the CUP gathered in the vicinity of the Dalí Museum.
With two
esteladas
and a banner with a crossed out crown, a citizen with a gray beret shouted proclamations such as "the Bourbon out", "October 1, neither forget nor forgive" or "the Bourbons are thieves".
The image contrasted with the growing number of Spanish flags that have been hanging from balconies throughout the morning.
On the other side of the street, another fifty protesters, these summoned by Concordia Real, carried Spanish flags and calmly awaited the arrival of the Princess parameters behind a banner that read "the future is Leonor".
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