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King Felipe
turns 55 this Monday
.
He will celebrate them, as is customary in our royal family, in privacy.
But, unlike recent birthdays that left the monarch a certain taste of bitterness due to the difficult situations both in the institutional field and in the family he was facing, this January 30th he will be able to blow out the candles much more satisfied.
The good looks and the
more relaxed face of Don Felipe
have been highlighted in his latest appearances, including the images of his last weekend in Sierra Nevada, where he was able to enjoy one of his great hobbies, skiing, together with intimates such as his cousin
Beltrán Gómez-Acebo,
son of the late Infanta Pilar, or
Pedro López-Quesada
.
And of course, among the reasons he has for being seen like this, the
twist in the script
in family conflicts that has occurred in recent months stands out.
Today the situation is very different from that of his 54th birthday.
To begin with, the King and the institution he embodies have been helped by the attitude of Don Juan Carlos.
His
resigned low profile of him in Abu Dhabi
- with the sole exception of the effort he put into going to London in September for Elizabeth II's funeral - has
calmed the waters a lot
.
Don Felipe was forced to read the primer to his father in the tense meeting in May, after the Sanxenxo show.
And it worked.
In the Headquarters of State they did not have them all with them, because
Don Juan Carlos is used to going free
and having done his
holy will all his life.
But in this case he ended up submitting to the authority of the holder of the Crown.
And that has been clearly perceived by the citizens, which has reinforced the figure of the King.
In addition, personally, after a fairly long period with hardly any communication,
the father-son relationship has regained fluidity
.
And, although the circumstances do not exist for Zarzuela to loosen up in the face of certain wishes of the Emeritus about his
planned visits to Spain
-the photo provided in the Tatoi cemetery remarked that nothing has changed-, for Don Felipe it is a peace of mind that tensions have decreased.
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Two kisses and a hug at the farewell to Felipe VI and his father at Constantine's funeral, his first public image in two and a half years
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Especially important for the Monarch is that today things also start to go well with Doña Cristina.
We are before two brothers who had enormous complicity throughout their youth.
And
the relationship broke
with the consequences of
the Nóos case
- with Iñaki Urdangarin's imprisonment and withdrawal of the title of Duchess of Palma from the Infanta included.
The meal this Christmas of the Kings and their daughters, together with Doña Sofía and the Infantas Elena and Cristina with their offspring, of which he reported exclusively
Hello!,
only confirmed a
reconciliation process
that has surely encouraged the Head of State, otherwise a man who counts among his strengths the fact that he has a
Extraordinarily temperate personality
.
The King, arm in arm with his mother, next to Queen Letizia, in the Tatoi cemetery.
Behind, King Juan Carlos.EM
The gesture of Doña Letizia in Athens, during the farewell to Constantino de los Hellenos, so that the world could witness the reconciliation with Marie-Chantal cannot be overlooked in this family puzzle.
That the institutional activity of the royal family is permanently overshadowed by
gossip such as the bad relationship between the two women
does little to help the Crown.
So putting an end to that episode seemed urgent.
But, in addition, it should not be forgotten that Prince Pablo of Greece, Marie-Chantal's husband, is one of the King's closest friends.
The kiss of King Felipe to his father, Don Juan Carlos, in the Tatoi cemetery.EM
Institutionally, Don Felipe celebrates his 55 years with
significant support for the management he is carrying out
at the head of the State Headquarters.
The latest Sigma Dos survey for EL MUNDO on the monarchy indicated that
57% of Spaniards positively valued his role,
compared to 37% who thought otherwise.
It is a data very similar to that of other recent polls published by other media, which confirm that the current of opinion about the institution is quite stable.
It has happened that in the last years of the
reign of Juan Carlos I
the Crown slipped into the
main concerns of the Spanish
that today it does not appear in such a list.
And this despite the fact that the Emeritus scandals have been permanently present on the public agenda.
How Felipe VI has faced them and all his steps for the
renewal of the institution
that he embodies is what would be positively permeating among citizens.
His actions as
arbitrator of the institutional system
conferred on him by the Constitution are also highly valued, despite the adverse political scenario, so polarized in the last legislature and with the handicap for the monarchy that today a formation that has in its abolition one of his highest aspirations.
Among those reasons for Don Felipe to show that serene countenance today, of course, the great acceptance of his very important Christmas Speech, after which there was the essential unblocking in the renovation of the Constitutional Court, stands out.
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