King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia, Current Events Part 2: February - April 2005

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Photos from us.news1:

 

[Elsa M.]

Photos posted at the thread Pope John Paul II - News & Information:

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from casareal.es


1.Sus Majestades los Reyes ante el cuerpo del Santo Padre, en su visita a la Capilla Ardiente en la Basílica de San Pedro, donde rezaron durante unos minutos. Don Juan Carlos y Doña Sofía han acudido en representación de España a rendir homenaje a Su Santidad el Papa Juan Pablo II.
(Basílica de San Pedro. Ciudad del Vaticano, 8 de abril de 2005)
2.Sus Majestades los Reyes ante el cuerpo del Su Santidad el Papa Juan Pablo II, en el funeral celebrado en la Basílica de San Pedro, acompañados por los Reyes de Dinamarca y Jordania, y los Presidentes de Estados Unidos, Portugal, Francia, e Italia, entre otros dignatarios internacionales.
(Basílica de San Pedro. Ciudad del Vaticano, 8 de abril de 2005)

 

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From Abaca Press:

 

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Photos from GettyImages and us.news:

 

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From SeegerPress:

 

[Ennyllorac]

Queen Sofia always looks so elegant.

 

[Elsa M.]

Thanks for sharing these photos with us all, Agm!

 

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The King and the Queen attending the oppening of an exhibition about the Quijote. (From hola.com)

 

[Elsa M.]

The King and the Queen attending the oppening of an exhibition about the Quijote.

From Casa Real:

 

[Elsa M.]

As part of the acts for the IV centenary of the "Quijote", KJC and QS inaugurated yesterday an exhibition at the Spanish Library in Madrid. The Duke of Lugo, Jaime de Marichalar, also attended the act, as he's the president of Winterthur Foundation, an organization that financed the catalogue.


Photos from ImagineScandinavia:

 

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Su Majestad el Rey ha recibido en audiencia a los integrantes de la Mesa del Senado, encabezados por el presidente de la Cámara, Javier Rojo.​

(Palacio de La Zarzuela. Madrid, 11 de abril de 2005)​

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Spanish King Juan Carlos arrives at the Moron air base to visit the Eurofighter Typhoon in Sevilla, 12 April 2005.

From GettyImages

 

[Elsa M.]

The new prime-minister of Portugal, Jose Sócrates, will officially visit Spain on the 12th of April, in what shall constitute his first travel abroad as head of the Government.
According to the program of the visit, Jose Sócrates will pay tribute to the victims of 11th March; later, the Portuguese prime-minister will have a meeting of work with Zapatero, followed by lunch in Moncloa.
In the afternoon, Sócrates will be received by the king of Spain, Juan Carlos I.

Photo from Casa Real:

 

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Spanish King Juan Carlos arrives at the Moron air base to visit the Eurofighter Typhoon in Sevilla, 12 April 2005.

The photo from the Royal House website:

 

[Elsa M.]

KJC an QS presided today over the awards ceremony of the Prizes King of Spain, given to the outstanding latin-american journalists.
From Casa Real:

 

[Lyonnaise]

It's a pity that Letizia didn't accompany KJC, seeing that she's a former journalist and all.

KJC an QS presided today over the awards ceremony of the Prizes King of Spain, given to the outstanding latin-american journalists.
From Casa Real:

 

[Elsa M.]

http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2005/04/14/sociedad/1113478318.html


King Juan Carlos will travel next Friday to Monaco, in order to attend the funeral of prince Rainier. After visiting the chapel, Don Juan Carlos will give his condolences to the children of Rainier. Later, the King will attend the funeral, at the cathedral of S. Nicholas, next to an ample representation of European royals, international governments and institutions:

http://www.abc.es/abc/pg050414/actualidad/gente/200504/14/listado_asistentes_funeral_rainiero_monaco.asp

 

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The King today at the Funeral of Prince Rainier:

 

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HM The King was present to this morning funeral of HSH Prince Rainier III of Monaco

From Getty Images

 

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More still from Getty and one from Casa Real

 

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Some more pictures, this time from Colourpress

 

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Thanks lots Anna.

 

[Elsa M.]

The mayor of Madrid, Alberto Ruíz-Gallardón, has announced that Queen Sofia will be the person in charge to preside over the Spanish delegation (100 people, among them the president of the government, Rodriguez Zapatero) that will travel to Singapur, on July 6th, to support the Olympic candidacy of Madrid 2012.

 

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His Majesty at the Funeral of Prince Rainier from AAP Image:

 

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From Corbis:

 

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Where was Sofia on Friday that she didn't attend Prince Rainier's funeral with King Juan Carlos?

 

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from msnbc.com

Spanish queen to lead Madrid 2012 delegation to key IOC meeting

The Associated Press
Updated: 1:14 p.m. ET April 15, 2005

Queen Sofia is expected to lead the Madrid delegation at the meeting in July to select the host city of the 2012 Olympics, the bid committee said Friday.

Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero already has agreed to travel to Singapore for the vote, and Madrid Mayor Alfredo Ruiz-Gallardon expressed "deep gratitude" for the royal family's support.

Madrid is competing against Paris, London, New York and Moscow. The winner will be selected by the International Olympic Committee on July 6.

The Spanish royal palace said Queen Sofia had offered to lead the delegation, but could not confirm that a final decision had been taken.

Earlier Friday, Mayor Ruiz-Gallardon appointed Real Madrid star Raul Gonzalez and five-time Tour de France champion Miguel Indurain among 13 bid "ambassadors."

Other athletes supporting Madrid include former tennis star Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, two-time world marathon champion Abel Anton and two-time Olympic handball bronze medalist Inaki Urdangarin, husband of Spain's Princess Elena.

Madrid, the only European city in the field which has never hosted the Olympics, says 70 percent of the proposed venues are already ready or in the process of being built.

 

[Elsa M.]

Where was Sofia on Friday that she didn't attend Prince Rainier's funeral with King Juan Carlos?

Her agenda says she had no official dutty for that day, but perhaps she was preparing her trip to Chile, starting tomorrow April 18th, to attend the Summit on Microcredit for Latin America (which will gather more than 1000 experts from 600 institutions).
After a brief stay in Spain, to attend in Alcala de Henares the awards ceremony of the Cervantes Prize, Queen Sofía will travel to Mexico and Colombia, to participate in other three forums on microcredits.

 

[Elsa M.]

Queen Sofia arrived today in Santiago (Chile):

http://www.canalspain.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6742