• Appointments The plan in Madrid of Queen Letizia and her daughters while the King is in Palma

The city of Palma has already started its own hustle and bustle that entails the Royal Family being on the island.

Although Don Felipe has been in the Balearic capital since the 28th, it was not until the arrival this Sunday 31st of Doña Letizia, the Princess of Asturias and the Infanta Sofía when movement was noticed at the Real Club Náutico de Palma.

For this reason and because this Monday begins the 40th edition of the Copa del Rey Mapfre de Vela, a competition in which the

Aifos 500, a

sailboat skippered by King Felipe VI, participates.

The Monarch had

two days to prepare

before the regattas.

If on Saturday she barely spent three hours at sea and her boat returned to Porto Pi, yesterday her training at the regatta field was more exhaustive.

Don Felipe left the military naval base at twelve in the morning.

One more day at the cane of the sailboat and dressed in the uniform of his team.

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The plan in Madrid of Queen Letizia and her daughters while the King is in Palma

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The plan in Madrid of Queen Letizia and her daughters while the King is in Palma

Four hours later, the

Aifos

entered the dock of the Real Club Náutico, where it was to be moored to start the regattas today.

Don Felipe and his team waited for the crew to moor the ship and once it was stabilized,

they held a meeting on deck.

The 15 members of the team -two of them women-, chatted for ten minutes, in which they exchanged impressions.

Going ashore, a journalist asked Don Felipe if he wanted the regattas to start:

"I think so,"

she answered with a smile.

Far from leaving the Náutico, the Monarch sat down with some of his teammates, including Rodríguez Toubes

, in the Club's cafeteria,

to the surprise of some diners who were there and who did not hesitate to greet the King.

Like the rest of the crew, Felipe VI had a snack in a

plastic cup.

Forty minutes later, the King left the Náutico driving his own car.

While he was returning to Marivent, his official residence these days, the presentation of the commemorative book for the 40th anniversary of the Copa del Rey Mapfre was held at the Club.

Felipe VI after training at AifosMAPFRE

In Son Vent, the wing of the palace he occupies, Queen Letizia and her daughters, the Princess of Asturias and Infanta Sofía, who

arrived on the island throughout the day, were waiting for him.

The women of the family remained in Madrid last weekend because on Friday, as published by Semana, they attended the concert of the British singer Harry Styles at the WizinCenter.

The Family had little time to rest, because at nine o'clock at night Queen Letizia arrived at the La Misericordia Cultural Center where she

presided over the closing

ceremony of the Atlántida Film Festival, the only online film festival in Spain, which was celebrating its twelfth edition and at that she supports since her director,

Jaume Ripoll,

invited her.

Felipe VI's wife entered accompanied by the Minister of Culture, Miquel Iceta;

the president of the Balearic Islands,

Francina Armengol

, and Ripoll.

that .

"Thank you for her support of her cinema, it's an honor to have her here," said Ripoll.

Before the closing ceremony began, the Queen spoke with

Marina Abramovic

, Princess of Asturias Award 2021, and with

Isabelle Huppert,

who received the festival's Master of Cinema.

The Queen also coincided with national film stars such as

Leticia Dolera,

the actor

Román Ayuso

and the singer

La Bien Querida.

The jury also decided that the award for best film, endowed with 10,000 euros, would go to the French

Softie

, by

Samuel Theis.

Lastly, a special mention was given to the Spanish film

Juscqu'ici tout va

, by

Francesc Cuéllar.

Doña Letizia remained in the cultural center until the act ended,

after twelve o'clock at night

.

The Queen saw the premiere of the documentary

El falsador,

by the Catalan director

Kike Maíllo,

and followed the piano concert by the singer

Amaia

, winner of

Operación Triunfo 2017

.

Thus, both the King and the Queen spent a day enjoying each of their hobbies.

Today the Monarch will return to the

Aifos

cane to participate in the first official day of competition.

In the afternoon, he will travel with the Queen, Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía to

Valldemossa

to visit the Charterhouse and perform the summer inn.

Tomorrow the King will receive Pedro Sánchez in La Almudaina for the first time that the summer office is held in that location, since since the time of Felipe González it was held in Marivent.

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