25th Aniversary Of The Spanish Constituition

[xicamaluca]

Today there was the celebrations of the 25th Aniversary of the Spanish Constituition. This was the first official act of Letizia :flower:

This is a link to an article from El Mundo about Letizia's first official act:
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2003/12/06/e...1070709363.html

1. This is the first pic that i found from Felipe and Letizia in the act

2. The royal family during King Juan Carlos speech

3. The King during teh speech made in the National Congress

4. Letiza, Felipe and Queen Sofia

5. The Kings

6. A bigger pic from Felipe and Letizia

7. The kings

8. Iñaki, Letizia and Jaime in balcony during the play of the Spanish National Anthem

9. The Royal family saluting the autorities in the arrival to the National Congress

10. All family assiting to the military parade :flower:

[regina72]

Thank you, Xica, for the hard and wonderful work you do keeping us all up to date .

I have a question though.

Has anyone noticed that the picture of the Royal Family sitting down does not include Leticia? After viewing previous pictures I have noticed that the husbands of the Infantas do not sit with their wives during official occasions such as speeches and presentations. For example, the anniversary of the constitution. However, HM Queen Sofia does sit with the group. I am assuming that this is because she is Queen.

The question is as follows.

Will Leticia, upon marriage to Felipe, sit with the constitutionally recognized royal family as Princess of the Asturias or will she have to wait until she is Queen to sit with the main part of the family?


Have a great weekend
^_^

[Josefine]

xicamaluca thank you for the pictures and your hard work.....
it will be great to know later on what was thought about this in spein.... articles and media....

[xicamaluca]

Originally posted by regina72@Dec 6th, 2003 - 1:43 pm
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Will Leticia, upon marriage to Felipe, sit with the constitutionally recognized royal family as Princess of the Asturias or will she have to wait until she is Queen to sit with the main part of the family?
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The husbands of the Infantas don't sit with the rest of the royal family because they don't have the title of "Royal Higness", so they can't be with the Infantas. the same happen with Letizia today.

When Letiza marries Felipe, she will became HRH Princess of Asturias, a rank bigger than the Infantas, so she will be with Felipe in this type of ocasions :flower:

(i read this in an article, i will try to know if is totaly correct)

Btw, Happy borthday to Pablo Nicolas, Cristina and Iñaki second son

[xicamaluca]

Yahoo! News
Spanish King Juan Carlos (2L) flanked by Spanish Queen Sofia (2R) and Spanish Crown Prince Felipe ® is applauded by the Spanish parliament members during the 25th anniversary of the 1978 Spanish constitution at Madrid's parliament December 6, 2003. As the constitution turns 25, the power-hungry regions of the Basque Country and Catalonia are seeking reforms of the constitution that the central government in Madrid find unacceptable. REUTERS/Andrea Comas

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Spanish King Juan Carlos © flanked by Spanish Queen Sofia (2R) and Spanish Crown Prince Felipe ® receives applause from the Spanish parliament members during the 25th anniversary of the 1978 Spanish constitution at Madrid's parliament December 6, 2003. Just as the constitution turns 25, the regions of the Basque Country and Catalonia are seeking reforms of the constitution that the central government in Madrid find unacceptable. REUTERS/Andrea Comas

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Spanish Queen Sofia (L) and her son Crown Prince Felipe listen to speeches during the 25th anniversary of the 1978 Spanish constitution at Madrid's parliament December 6, 2003. Just as the constitution turns 25, the regions of the Basque Country and Catalonia are seeking reforms of the constitution that the central government in Madrid find unacceptable. REUTERS/Andrea Comas

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Spanish King Juan Carlos © smiles as he receives applause from Spanish parliament members during the 25th anniversary of the 1978 Spanish constitution at Madrid's parliament December 6, 2003. As the constitution turns 25, the regions of the Basque Country and Catalonia are seeking reforms of the constitution that the central government in Madrid find unacceptable. REUTERS/Andrea Comas

[Cissan]

It would be nice to see her smile at least a little...

[xicamaluca]

Originally posted by Cissan@Dec 6th, 2003 - 4:00 pm
It would be nice to see her smile at least a little...

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Spanish television presenter Letizia Ortiz ©, fiance of Spanish Crown Prince Felipe, talks to Inaqui Urdangarin (L), husband of Spanish Princess Cristina, next to Jaime Marichalar, husband of Spanish Princess Elena, during the 25th anniversary of the 1978 Spanish constitution at Madrid's parliament December 6, 2003. Prince Felipe and Letizia Ortiz will marry in Madrid May 22, 2004. REUTERS/Andrea Comas

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Spanish television presenter Letizia Ortiz, fiancee of Spanish Crown Prince Felipe, smiles during the 25th anniversary of the 1978 Spanish constitution at Madrid's parliament December 6, 2003. Prince Felipe and Letizia Ortiz will marry in Madrid May 22, 2004. REUTERS/Andrea Comas

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Spanish television presenter Letizia Ortiz ©, fiance of Spanish Crown Prince Felipe, talks to Inaqui Urdangarin, husband of Spanish Princess Cristina, during the 25th anniversary of the 1978 Spanish constitution at Madrid's parliament December 6, 2003. Prince Felipe and Letizia Ortiz will marry in Madrid May 22, 2004. REUTERS/Andrea Comas

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Spanish television presenter Letizia Ortiz, fiancee of Spanish Crown Prince Felipe, arrives for the 25th anniversary of the 1978 Spanish constitution at Madrid's parliament December 6, 2003. Prince Felipe and Letizia Ortiz will marry in Madrid May 22, 2004. REUTERS/Andrea Comas

[Josefine]

yes a smile thats much better

[xicamaluca]

MADRID, SPAIN: Prince Felipe and his fiancee Letizia Ortiz chat in front of the Spanish Parliament, "Las Cortes" during the military parade held in Madrid, 06 December 2003 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Spanish Constitution. AFP PHOTO Pierre-Philippe MARCOU (Photo credit should read PIERRE PHILIPPE MARCOU/AFP/Getty Images)

MADRID, SPAIN: Prince Felipe of Spain and his fiancee Letizia Ortiz chat in front of the Spanish Parliament, "Las Cortes" during the military parade held in Madrid, 06 December 2003 on the occasion of 25th anniversary of the Spanish Constitution. AFP PHOTO/ Pierre-Philippe MARCOU (Photo credit should read PIERRE PHILIPPE MARCOU/AFP/Getty Images)

MADRID, SPAIN: Prince Felipe and his fiancee Letizia Ortiz stand in front of the Spanish Parliament, "Las Cortes" during the military parade held in Madrid, 06 December 2003 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Spanish Constitution. AFP PHOTO/ Pedro Armestre (Photo credit should read PEDRO ARMESTRE/AFP/Getty Images)

MADRID, SPAIN: Prince Felipe and his fiancee Letizia Ortiz stand in front of the Spanish Parliament, "Las Cortes" during the military parade held in Madrid, 06 December 2003 on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Spanish Constitution. AFP PHOTO/ Pedro Armestre (Photo credit should read PEDRO ARMESTRE/AFP/Getty Images)

MADRID, SPAIN: (Right to Left/ foreground)) Spanish royals including Queen Sofia King Juan Carlos Prince Felipe and his fiancee Letizia Ortiz stand in front of the Spain's Parliament, "Las Cortes" during the military parade held in Madrid, 06 December 2003 on the occasion of the 25 anniversary of the Spanish Constitution. AFP PHOTO Pedro ARMESTRE (Photo credit should read PEDRO ARMESTRE/AFP/Getty Images)

[Josefine]

so any articles yet does the spainards adore her?
what was the comments on TV

[Dennism]

Two things. Is this a non-smiling event at the beginning? Letizia looked rather serious. Also why more events around lunch time? I can't get up too early. I would have thought the Spanish would plan more events in the late afternoon. O, well. Another missed TV appearance for me.

[Alexandria]

Very nice pictures xicamaluca. Thank you for posting pictures of Letizia's first appearance since the engagement announcement.

Letizia's suit if very nice, and seems just perfect for the occasion. And nice to see her in a skirt rather than pants again!

[xicamaluca]

Originally posted by Dennism@Dec 6th, 2003 - 5:23 pm
Two things. Is this a non-smiling event at the beginning? Letizia looked rather serious. Also why more events around lunch time? I can't get up too early. I would have thought the Spanish would plan more events in the late afternoon. O, well. Another missed TV appearance for me.

Just imaging how tense she was. This was her first official appearence and she sould have been realy nervous. All eyes on her to see if she has been a good student this last month

Is quite usual this time of events be at this time. After there is somotimes a lunch with the autorities (i think that today was the case)

[Dennism]

Okay. I know how tense she was. I can imagine. But I was just curious about it. As for the time, I was just complaining because I missed it.

[xicamaluca]

Originally posted by Josefine@Dec 6th, 2003 - 4:46 pm
so any articles yet does the spainards adore her?
what was the comments on TV

Concret articles about her performance today only tomorrow, when the newspapers came out

What i can't tell you is that, in another boards, people that criticized Letizia say that she did it quite well today. Very discret, in her clothes and behavior, that she didn't the same mistakes as in the engagement day (she was a good student this past month :P ). And that was understanding her being stiff because being nervous and tense :flower:

[xicamaluca]

A little of history from this day, in 1978, when spaniards approved the constituition in a referendum :flower:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/s...000/2534705.stm

[xicamaluca]

Nice pic from the couple, during the military parade :flower:

[xicamaluca]

At this time, there is being a concert to celebrate this day at the Royal Theatre of Madrid :flower:

An article from El Mundo with all about this event
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2003/12/06/e...1070739081.html

[beebee]

I love her outfit! A gray suit may seem plain, but I think she pulled it off just right. It's neither fussy nor boring, and it "suits" her perfectly. I predict that Letizia is going to be one of the best-dressed royals ever.

[xicamaluca]

Pics from tonigth concert :flower:

MADRID, SPAIN - DECEMBER 6: Crown Prince Felipe of Spain and fiancee Letizia Ortiz attends a special concert at the Royal Theatre for the 25th Aniversary of the Spanish Constitution on December 6, 2003 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)

MADRID, SPAIN - DECEMBER 6: The Spanish Royal Family attends a special concert at the Royal Theatre for the 25th Aniversary of the Spanish Constitution on December 6, 2003 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)