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Our Monarchy, since its restauration in 1975, has been the Monarchy "of all Spaniards", a framework of liberties and freedom never known before in the entire history of Spain. The individual and collective freedom has never been so well preserved thanks to this framework, not to mention the...

I think we need not to have a person with such a rude quote in this Forum.

Sorry, the author´s first name is Gerard, not Gerald

I´m not able to see that link :( By the way, I suppose you have read this biography of Queen Ena in English: "Ena Spain´s English Queen", by Gerald Noel.

I agree with you Genevieve!!! :) :) :)

Article 56.2 of the Constitution states that the official title of the King is "King of Spain", although he may also use the other titles of the Crown. Here is the full list of the titles of the King. Some of then refer to territories which don´t belong anymore to the Crown (like the East and...

There is no censorship about any subject, including the Royal Family. As a proof of it, remember that a nude portrait of Princess Letizia apperared on the press. I know some people would like that the Spanish press would act in a tabloid manner, but that is another question. Books are published...

I don´t know that, sorry :(. All I know is about godparents of the daughters and son of the King and Queen. Infanta Elena´s godparents were the Countess of Barcelona (mother of the King) and Infante don Alfonso de Orleans. She received the names of Elena María Isabel Dominica de Silos. Infanta...

That´s a beautiful portrait, I believe by Lazslo. The one I say shows Queen Ena from head to toe (with beautiful shoes by the way). She is wearing a small crown (not a tiara like in the one by Lazslo) and a long court dress. I´m in NY now, but I´ll be back in Spain within two weeks. I can go to...

Queen Elizabeth calls him "Juanito" and King Juan Carlos calls her "Lilibeth". When Queen Elizabeth went to Spain on a state visit a few years ago, there was one day with no official events. King Juan Carlos invited his cousin "Lilibeth" to a restaurant (King Juan Carlos loves to go to...

During those sad years of her marriage, Queen Victoria Eugenia had two confidents: Queen Mary of Britain, another extraordinary woman and Queen, with whom she exchanged numerous letters, and Duchess of Lécera, who apparently was in love with Queen Ena (Queen Ena never corresponded).

The last public political words that Queen Ena said were at the Christening of Prince Felipe, attended also by the then Prince Juan Carlos, don Juan (his father) and Franco. Queen Ena approached Franco, who at the time hadn´t nominate yet his successor, and told him: "General, I´m addressing to...

Her godmother was Queen Elena of Italy, born Princess of Montenegro. She received the names of Sophia, Margareth, Victoria, Frederica.

Ena will never be forgotten by us in Spain. She endured with elegance an unfaithful husband (she never complained nor cried in public; what a lesson for other royals who were not born in a royal residence like her and later on tried unsuccessfully to lear the job). She endured with elegance the...

That´s what I read. Maybe the referendum was not democratic enough because the King wasn´t allowed to go to Greece for the campaign. But the fairness of the vote itself was never contested. Queen Sofía didn´t question it either in the book "La Reina", by Pilar Urbano. I recommend it. It´s a book...