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

[nouwrein]

Longer version of the video on YouTube

YouTube - Los 40 años de la vida del Principe de Asturias

[ZandraRae]

Awww...what beautiful pictures! Thank you so much for posting. As always, the girls are adorable, especially Leonor riding her bike. She is growing up way too fast.

[biboquinhas]

Yes the video is really lovely!I'am surprise that they have release this video a very nice surprise indeed because they are always so protective about their private life.

[catango]

what color are sofia's eyes, I can't find it out

[LadyFinn]

Article:
Spain's Prince Felipe marks his 40th with intimate family photos/Hello!

[carlota]

i agree, i'm surprised about the video. i'm quite sure they got inspiration for this from the other princely couples (haakon and mette-marit released videos of their children a couple of times, and so did willem and maxima). it seems that videos are becoming quite a normal thing. i loved this one as much as i did with the others. i think it's great that they open up.

[LadyFinn]

Diez Minutos / Felipe, el Príncipe feliz
Diez Minutos / photos from Felipe´s life from the christening until now

[lula]

VIDEO
Un día en la vida del Príncipe de Asturias - 20minutos.es

One day in the life of the Prince of Asturias

Meetings, luncheons, hearings, visits, travel abroad … The daily work of the Prince of Asturias, who next January 30 expires 40 years, begins nothing more to begin the day.
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[planetcher]

Originally Posted by carlota

i agree, i'm surprised about the video. i'm quite sure they got inspiration for this from the other princely couples (haakon and mette-marit released videos of their children a couple of times, and so did willem and maxima). it seems that videos are becoming quite a normal thing. i loved this one as much as i did with the others. i think it's great that they open up.

I don't think they got inspiration from other princely couples. Felipe is celebrating his 40th birthday, which is a milestone, so I think Casa Real just wanted to show both his professional and family life. Don't forget the video is not about the children ,eventhough Leonor seems to steal it from her father, but about Felipe the family man which is the point of the EFE special. I don't think we will be seeing more videos like this again till God knows when because it's just not their style.

[donnaK]

Originally Posted by planetcher

I don't think they got inspiration from other princely couples. Felipe is celebrating his 40th birthday, which is a milestone, so I think Casa Real just wanted to show both his professional and family life. Don't forget the video is not about the children ,eventhough Leonor seems to steal it from her father, but about Felipe the family man which is the point of the EFE special. I don't think we will be seeing more videos like this again till God knows when because it's just not their style.

True. The whole video is about 40 minutes (abc even mentioned 90 minutes). A few minutes of family life is very small part of the video, however it has become the main interest of the press, even a serious newspaper such as abc only has this part included on their website.

[lula]

Originally Posted by donnaK

True. The whole video is about 40 minutes (abc even mentioned 90 minutes). A few minutes of family life is very small part of the video, however it has become the main interest of the press, even a serious newspaper such as abc only has this part included on their website.

The video of the Agency EFE lasts 90 minutes, they are unpublished images of activities of the Prince. The family images are only a few minutes, of a work of follow-up of 3 months ... there are images of private meetings, luncheons and scenes never seen of official acts. Yesterday many televisions put the familiar images, and the television newscasts and some programs also part of more official images. In these days there will be the special ones on the birthday of the prince and probably use some of these images. For the present time it is not known if any television will emit it complete.

[Camarina]

Carlota,The Spanish royal family, made a video like this when the prince Felipe and the infantas Cristina and Elena were children, Felipe riding in bike(like little Leonor)and we could see images such as a family dinner daily.
So the prince, in his 40 birthday,also has wanted to repeat this type of video now that he has a nice family and I do not think they have been inspired by other royal couples because they have proven to be an independent couple that has their own customs.

I also have to say that the video is very very nice and this is a family that irradiate happiness and naturalness.

[avrilo]

It's amazing the amount of work he has 370 engagements per year!.

[emilieweber2004]

it's true the atmosphere looks strange but nice pics
the girls are so cute

[rockfish]

Can somebody maybe write down and translate what little Leo said? I unfortunately don't speak Spanish...

She's so darn cute...can't get my eyes off of that video

[lula]

RTVE - SALA DE PRENSA

TVE offers this Friday " The 40 of the Prince "

Spanish television offers this Friday, the 25th of January, at 22:00 in The 1, the special program " The 40 of the Prince ", on the occasion of don Felipe de Borbón next birthday, which on January 30 expires 40 years. The article, with script of Sagrario Ruiz de Apodaca and Luis Lianes, and Pilar García Bartolomé's accomplishment, tries to announce the Prince across whom they have shared with him different moments of his life.

" The 40 of the Prince ", a program of the Informative Services, it shows how he has changed the life of the Prince of Asturias since he has married and is a father, what responsibilities he assumes as inheritor of the Wreath, what worries he has, what challenges he raises the future. The article discovers some anecdotes, his sense of the humor, of the friendship … In whole, they are 45 testimonies gathered specially for this occasion by TVE.

The special one " The 40 of the Prince ", of an hour of duration, is not narrated by means of a conventional statement by voice in off. They are the own testimonies of the interviewed ones those that they do of conductive thread and bring us over to the life of the Prince at his 40 years: his experiences, his recollections, the sense of his work, his worries and his interests.

[Paty]

Here are a lot of videos of the documental!

Vídeo · Retrato de un Príncipe de 40 años

Vídeo · Escenas familiares del Príncipe con su esposa y sus dos hijas (Video wit Letizia, Leonor and Sofia)

Vídeo · Una Audiencia del Príncipe con el Rey (Video with the king)

Vídeo · La evolución académica del ahijado asturiano del Príncipe (Video with his Godson )

Vídeo · Felipe de Borbón posa con otros nombres propios de su generación (Video of a photosession)

Vídeo · Un día de maniobras en la agenda del heredero al trono ( Video oo t¡his role as Militar)

Vídeo · El viaje de los Príncipes de Asturias a China (Video of the Princes´s trip to China )

Vídeo · El cariño los ciudadanos a los Príncipes de Asturias (Video greeting people)

[msleiman]

This was such a treat! I really did enjoy looking at all of the pictures and video. Thanks to all that posted links. I think that the two girls are soo sweet.

[PrincessofEurope]

there is a really touching part near in the end of the video when Felipe kisses Sofia's head

[lula]

The life of the Prince in photos

Quemedices - DON FELIPE CUMPLE 40 AÑOS