“It was planned, permission was requested and it had the approval of the Zarzuela, to the point that kings Felipe and Letizia were also there because they are celebrating, this evening, during a private dinner, the 40th anniversary of the swearing-in of the king of the flag in the Navy.” A close friend of the team Philip VI (56 years old) when this newspaper contacted him to ask him about the surprise of the afternoon: the visit of King Juan Carlos (86 years old) to his granddaughter from the Naval School of Marín, in Pontevedra.
At five in the afternoon, a car with Felipe VI’s father in the passenger seat left Pedro Campos’ house in Sanxenxo, a Galician town where he has lived since last Tuesday. get to the town of Marínjust across the estuary and about 40 kilometers away.
Even if information appeared a few minutes later that the former head of state had gone to visit his granddaughter, the Princess Eleonore (18 years old), who is doing his time in the Navy, the truth is that at the School The kings, his son Felipe and Letizia were also waiting for him..
King Juan Carlos I abandons his detention and is seen after the controversy in his photographs.
The monarchs traveled to Galicia to celebrate, with the king’s classmates, the 40th anniversary of his swearing-in of the flag in the courtyard of the Marín Naval School. “Everything had been planned for a long time. Don Juan Carlos wanted to return to the center, to see his granddaughter, whom he has not seen for many months, and thus remember the many good times he spent there.”.
“Today’s date seemed to everyone a good coincidence, although I think they did not count on the busy week that the chef gave them with the memories and photos of Bárbara Rey. But the meeting was already on the agenda and there was no plan to upset grandfather by telling him that he would find himself without a visit.” explains the same source.
The meeting between the four took place in private, in the offices of the military studies center. They were able to chat for a while in a cordial and friendly mannerwith a luxury hostess like the eldest daughter of kings.
Juan Carlos I with the Princess of Asturias in an archive image.
Even if the emeritus had planned to participate yesterday and this morning in the first departures of his boat through the Sanxenxo estuary, The publication of his photos kissing Barbara Rey led him to stay at Pedro Campos’ house to avoid meeting the press.
Juan Carlos is in Galicia to participate in two regattas in the next fortnight. This is the fourteenth time he has returned to Spain since moving to the United Arab Emirates, and it is the seventh time this year.. His presence in Galicia is no longer surprising, and the father of Felipe VI seems to have found in regattas a refuge where he can relax and enjoy one of his passions: sailing.
Emeritus Juan Carlos with his son Felipe VI and his granddaughters Leonor and Sofía.
Even if his stay is overtaken by the media hype, His schedule remains focused on nautical competitions and meetings with lifelong friends..
