Prince Felipe's 40th Birthday: January 30, 2008

[BeautyLeonor]

Originally Posted by Mari_*

Im watching TVE on the internet and they are broadcasting the news.. and on the TV there's a program like american idol.. is anybody watching the special?

Are you in Panamá, right? well I think that you can see the program at 22:30 (panamá's hour) as here and like in other Latin-american citys!
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" *Love Is Like A Rose In Winter,Only The Strong Survives* My Favorite Rose: Felipe & Letizia"

[Camarina]

Yes Mari, I am watching the special on TV now.

[Mari_*]

Yes BL I had to wait..! I saw it in Panama time!! I loved it! Felipe's so handsome and dreamy!, I loved the interviews I even taped it! he's such an intelectual man.

[BeautyLeonor]

Yes, he's really handsome, I love the videos of her school time, when he was in the laboratory doing "experimets", and I like so much the way he talk, the words that he use, as you said, he's such a intelectual man.
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" *Love Is Like A Rose In Winter,Only The Strong Survives* My Favorite Rose: Felipe & Letizia"

[RhapsodyBrat]

i missed the episode due to time zone differences. is there anyone who can upload the video, either on YouTube or something? thanks!

[RhapsodyBrat]

thank you so much for those vids, ladejesus!

[ladejesus]

My pleasure RhapsodyBrat. He looks so handsome in the interview scenes. All the footage from his school years was awesome, especially the clip where Queen Sofia kisses him when she dropped him off at school.

[Mari_*]

The part where he's giving a speech and the croud keeps yelling "guapo guapo guapo!" is so funny!!, and his reaction is so cute, like saying "Thank you"
(it is in the second video around the 3rd minute!)

[carlota]

when was the interview in those videos filmed? it looks like quite a new video, not done long ago. i liked hearing him speaking about his years at university and georgetown. i liked hearing him speak in catalan, galician and basque, he has such a good accent (at least for catalan, which is the only i understand). perhaps we will hear letizia shortly? also, did anyone notice how he refers to the king and queen as such? he doesn't even once say dad and mum.
the school clips are just great. very good piece of media they found!

[lula]

Most of the program is of the interview that realized on the occasion of his 30 birthday. Though still today some of his reflections are very in force, a shame is that we have not had the opportunity to listen to anything on the last 10 years, his life has changed very much.

[PrincessofEurope]

there is a special report in this months majesty magazine on his 40th bday as well as a section on the 70th bday of the king. i found it interesting to read that whilst Spain is supportive of Juan Carlos as King they are not neccessarily monarchists and many do not think that Felipe will be a suitable choice.
"...many Spaniards are Juancarlistas rather then monarchists and Felipe does not enjoy the same level of support as his father. His marriage to divorced former television presenter Letizia Ortiz was criticised in many quarters and his fitness to reign has been questioned. With the taboo on attacking the monarchy beginning to crumble, it remains to be seen what the future holds for the Spanish Crown."

[lula]

I believe that this it is a superficial enough, habitual vision in certain type of press and for lack of knowledge. It is evident that the Prince is never going to live through the historical circumstances through that his father lived, we do not know through those that he will have to live and how he is going to face them.

To summarize the Prince with the phrase of " he has married a divorced journalist " is simple enough. The Spanish society is sufficiently mature to accept it, without supposes a problem (except for a minority that wants to make business or criticize for criticizing). The Prince is not going to have (let's wait for) a Franco or one 23F, he does not even have thet great charisma of his father. Nevertheless, he has many other things to his favor, and sometimes a shame is that it does not know the sufficient thing because only it interests the gossip.

To part of that the Prince has a better formation of the one that had his father, he has learned of him. He could have learned the good thing, but also of the mistakes of his father (who has had them). Whereas with the King, for his historical role, some mistakes have been kept the background, with the Prince always there has been major pressure and criticizes .... and it has a positive part, because it contributes more transparency.

Curiously for the birthday of the King, many serious journalists, were concentrating already on the future that the Prince was meaning that in the King. They doubt neither the capacities of the Prince, nor of his political or diplomatic capacity (I believe that no serious mistake is known, and he has lived through not very comfortable situations). If there is some change with the Spanish Monarchy it will not be because the Prince is the inept one that cannot do his work or because the Princess had a previous marriage, but for circumstances that go farther and concern many areas.

If probably something was criticized in the Prince, it is that he was, probably for coyness, more distant, which was contrasting with the extrovert and charming character of his father. This way, as that he was living a bit surrounded by " rich children ". Curiously, which more was criticizing him, has improved it with his wedding (yes, with the "horrible" divorcée). Now he is more relaxed, is more nearby and has demonstrated that he can be nearby of all type of people.

For many people, over the King, of the hair of Letziia or of Marichalar's absence ... the more emphasized from the birthday of the King was the speech of the Prince, the conjunction of the son and of the inheritor. I have the imprension of which with everything what has happened in the last months the figure of the Prince has been rising, and that this year is going to be one very interesting year.

[Paty]

Exclusive photos of the Princes of Asturias In Point the Vue on the Ocassion of his 40 Birthday!!!

http://relay.presse-wl.com/Covers/Zoom/5878.jpg

[Ccile]

Great!! hope we'll get those pics on the forum soon!!

[Ccile]

Here are some pics from anp photo:

http://www.anp-photo.com/downloadpic....pp?id=6914104
http://www.anp-photo.com/downloadpic....pp?id=6914103
http://www.anp-photo.com/downloadpic....pp?id=6914100

[asturiana]

Pictures are great. Thanks. I think Hola will have all pictures.

[lula]

Alll the photos

http://i30.tinypic.com/295zfw4.jpg
http://i27.tinypic.com/5n6kns.jpg
http://i29.tinypic.com/2m5hyix.jpg
http://i29.tinypic.com/qpj887.jpg
http://i29.tinypic.com/213kz6u.jpg
http://i32.tinypic.com/1zohtat.jpg

[Her_Majesty]

The newly released pictures are really awesome!
The girls are two cuties!

Does anyone know when the pictures were taken?
Letizia-hairstyle-wise they look like they were taken last autumn.
Any idea?

[lula]

Originally Posted by Her_Majesty

The newly released pictures are really awesome!
The girls are two cuties!

Does anyone know when the pictures were taken?
Letizia-hairstyle-wise they look like they were taken last autumn.
Any idea?

According to the press agency, November 29th

[princess leonor]

The pictures are soooo sweet This is the best surprise ever! It's so nice to see the princes with the girls in their living room, acting ordinary. These pictures are really private things. The girls are soo beautiful