King Felipe VI joined the infanta Elena for a significant loss

King Felipe VI started his day Tuesday with a busy morning schedule causing him to go to the Royal Palace of El Pardo to meet there with up to three different audiences. After receiving the new officers of the National Veterinary Corps and the latest promotions from State Treasury Inspectors; The Spanish monarch also attended the authors of the work The Headquarters of the Parliamentary State in the 21st Century, ending his morning duties on Tuesday.

A priori, this Tuesday morning would be King Felipe VI’s last public appearance before settling in Palma de Mallorca, where he will be in charge of the reception of the Balearic authorities at the Royal Palace of La Almudaina next Friday. Anyway, the unexpected death of Sonia de Morales de Borbón-Dos Sicilias ensured that the Spanish monarch could be seen again in Madrid during the daytime this Tuesday. Late Afternoon, Don Felipe He went to the M-30 funeral home to say goodbye to his great-nephew, who passed away last Sunday at the age of 52 for reasons that have not yet happened. Infanta Elena also did not want to miss the vigil to mourn Sonia’s death and to accompany her widower, Santiago Romero-Jiménez y Ressendi and their three children. The deceased was the niece of the infante Don Carlos, whom King Juan Carlos considered a brother and with whose children the current monarch has a close relationship.

The Infanta Elena was exactly the the first of the two brothers to arrive at the M-30 funeral home in Madrid. He did it moments before King Felipe VI; dressed in deep mourning and accompanied by Carlos García Revenga, who was once his personal secretary and one of his most trusted people ever since. The eldest daughter of the emeritus king tried to remain as unnoticed as possible and decided with a total black look: pants with a jacket and a black T-shirt he combined with espadrillesmask and big sunglasses match On arrival at the wake, she was visibly shaken by the unexpected news and did not hesitate to greet all the relatives who were there at the time.

King Philip VI he arrived just a few minutes after his sister; And he did alone, without the company of Queen Letizia. After fulfilling her morning obligations, she went to the facilities of the aforementioned funeral home in Madrid to offer her condolences to the relatives of her great-niece, with whom He melted into an emotional hug as soon as he stepped out of his official vehicle. For the occasion, the Spanish monarch also chose the black color for his tie. With a serious face at times and showing great integrity, he greeted each of the relatives he met on arrival kindly; to later access the interior of the room to join the rest of the family members and say goodbye to their great-nephew along with them.

numerous Familiar faces of the family attended the funeral chapel of the M-30 Funeral Homewhere the body of Sonia de Morales de Borbón-Dos Sicilias was transferred the same Tuesday morning, as reported pride. After King Felipe VI and the Infanta Elena came Christina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, great-nephew of the children of Don Juan Carlos and great-nephew of the deceased; who maintains an intimate relationship with both Doña Letizia and the infantas Elena and Cristina. Patricia Olmedilla and Gonzalo de la Cierva, Dukes of Newfoundland, were also seen in the wake; like Maria Zuritaanother great-nephew of the deceased.

To understand what is relationship between Sonia de Morales and the children of the emeritus king you have to go back several generations; and that’s it they share great grandfather: Carlos Trancredo of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria and Infante of Spain. Sonia’s family stems from her first marriage to María de las Mercedes de Borbón; while that of King Felipe and the Infanta Elena makes it out of his second union with Luisa de Orleans. Sonia de Morales’ mother, Inés de Borbón-Dos Sicilias, has a close relationship with the royal family, although she has always been very discreet when it comes to her private life. Something that their children also inherited. For this reason, despite the fact that there are not many graphic documents proving this, Sonia de Morales de Borbón-Dos Sicilias is known to be a good treatment both with King Felipe and with the infantas Elena and Cristina?which, unlike his brothers, we could not see this Tuesday in the wake of his great-nephew.