Marina Pina
Updated Saturday, April 6, 2024-12:04
Wedding Almeida marries Teresa Urquijo
The wedding of José Luis Martínez Almeida and Teresa Urquijo has become the staging, once again, of the difference between the
Royal Family
and the King's family. No active member of
Zarzuela
has attended the wedding, to which both
Doña Sofía
and the Head of State,
Felipe VI
, and his wife,
Queen Letizia,
were invited . The wedding unites the granddaughter of
Teresa de Borbón Dos Sicilias
, first cousin of
Juan Carlos I
, with a politician from the Popular Party. And the procession of well-known faces along Serrano Street from 11 in the morning was reminiscent at certain moments of the parade through the Escorial Monastery of those who attended the wedding of
José María Aznar
's daughter , Ana, with
Alejandro Agag
.
Almeida and Urquijo could have celebrated their wedding directly in
Colmenar Viejo
, the town closest to
Canto de la Cruz
, the estate of Teresa de Borbón Dos Sicilias where the wedding will take place, which is 40 kilometers from Madrid. However, they opted for the
Jesuit
church , a convention center for the 12 midnight mass on Sundays for well-known faces in Madrid society.
Jaime de Marichalar
took communion there
and so did
Carmen Franco
. A temple where, in addition, Almeida and Urquijo have facilitated the work of the press, which has followed the development of events without problems, located in a place with a good camera shot to immortalize all the arrivals.
The arrival of Juan Carlos I to the
church of San Francisco de Borja
was once again a staging of the two sides of the Spanish Royal Family. Minutes before twelve in the morning, Felipe VI's father arrived at Serrano Street. He did it without his wife, Queen Doña Sofía, who chose not to be part of the mass bath that awaited the former Head of State, although he will later attend the lunch at the fine. Dozens of curious onlookers applauded the former Monarch, who smiled and waved. King Juan Carlos entered alone, was received at the door by the mayor of Madrid, and asked Almeida to please pose together before the press. Before, they had taken
Infanta Cristina
and one of her children. And later, after the arrival of Juan Carlos I,
Infanta Elena
and her children
Froilán
and
Victoria Federica
also arrived to applause .
Teresa Urquijo has not invited Infanta Margarita to her wedding, who has the same relationship with that branch of the family as Don Juan Carlos. But yes to the family cohort that accompanied the Emeritus. Doña Sofía, who has met Juan Carlos I twice since he left Spain on August 3, 2020, preferred to avoid the exhibition. Felipe VI, who tonight presides over the
Copa del Rey
final that pits
Mallorca
against
Athletic
, also did not attend the link. The political neutrality to which the Crown owes has a complicated fit in a wedding of important political significance.
Furthermore, Zarzuela has been fighting for a decade against the use by the parties of the Head of State which, as stated in the Constitution, is a symbol of unity and permanence.