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I didn't see any photos of Letizia with her inlaws yesterday at the anniversary Mass for the late Count of Barcelona.
For those of us who are Spanish-challenged and don't trust Google translate that much, could someone please give us a summary in English? ?
Forgive me for describing what everyone have already seen, it serves merely to explain how I perceived it in order to get to my point.
The way I saw the whole incident was:
Queen Sofia was getting ready to pose with her granddaughters, who seemingly had problems with that.
Queen Letizia stepped in front of them. Queen Sofia reacted by sidestepping with her granddaughters, that was countered by Queen Letizia.
Judging from the body language of King Felipe, he first directed his attention towards his wife, and later his mother.
Words must have been exchanged, because judging from King Juan Carlos body language he was focused on what went on.
At this point Queen Sofia for some reason tightened her grip around the children, leading Leonor to remove her hand - twice.
Then Queen Sofia backed down, until they went outside...
If that wasn't a row of some sort, you can start calling me Max von Schweinstein!
Clearly the family have some unresolved issues. The extended family in fact!
An episode like that just doesn't come out of the blue! Not for people who are so experienced, there has to be some unresolved tensions that surfaced here.
Have the Queens had episodes in the past where there was a visual tension between them?
Because this is bad!
This episode alone provides enough material for the gossip mags and online sites to discuss the "poor relation" between the two Queens for years!
I have seen comments about Queen Letizia and they shocked me. I thought Madeleine, Mary, Kate and now also Meghan and so on got some serious heat from time to time, but it's nothing compared to Queen Letizia IMO!
Even serious biographers will focus on this episode. It is after all rare you see senior royals have an argument in public.
So the Spanish RF cannot afford more episodes like this.
Having said all that, Marie-Chantal has disappointed me deeply.
As others have pointed out, even in a normal family, her comments online would be pretty noticeable to say the least!
Marie-Chantal IMO ought to be too professional and too experienced in royal etiquette to not immediately regret posting something like what she has tweeted. - Yet she hasn't...
And she wasn't even there and she wasn't personally involved!
And that leads me to conclude that the issues within the family go pretty deep. And keep in mind that Marie-Chantal married into the GRF, so I think it's safe to assume that her sentiment is at least shared with her husband.
So this is a bad day for the Spanish royals. No matter how much they smile in the years to come, even if their smiles are genuine, it will at best takes years before the public believe the two Queens are on good terms again.
Felipe to Letizia: "Por favor, déjalo" (Please, stop) and reportedly barked to his mother "déjalo" (stop).
Well I've read all the comments and watched every video from every angle about a thousand times. My two cents:
Sofia notices the photographer (one of only a few allowed inside so likely the official photographer or one at least on good enough terms to be permitted so close)
He indicates through a look or gesture he wants to take a photo, maybe even just raising his camera ready to take a shot. Sofia, quite instinctively I imagine, pulls her granddaughters in close to her for the picture.
The girls and Sofia are all smiling and seem quite happy
Then Letizia steps in front of the photographer so the shot can not be taken. This does seem IMO quite accidental as first, its very busy at the back of the church so its understandable people are getting in the way of each other.
Sofia moves position with the girls to try and get a clear shot for the photo, she seems quite smily and happy, almost amused by it.
Felipe sees what is going on and tries to guide Letizia out of the way
HERE is where is goes wrong IMO. Letizia could of just moved out the way and allowed the photo.
Instead she stops the photo by staying in the way and trying to brush it off by playing with Leonor's hair as a way to look like she has a purpose to be standing right in front of the group to prevent a photo. Here, IMO, Letizia is in the wrong.
Sofia is having none of it and pulls the girls in closer while getting cross at Letizia as it has become clearer she doesn't want the picture to be taken. Here Sofia is in the wrong and could have just walked away but emotion gets the better of her.
Leonor pulls away, maybe just sick of the whole incident and possibly fed up of waiting for a photo that obviously now isn't going to happen.
Sofia seems really upset when she walks out the church and tried to pose again with the girls and Letizia is still there so she smiles and walks away.
They seem to be trying to look civilised before putting distance between themselves.
I appreciate everyone saying a mother is always right when it comes to her daughters but this isn't a stranger we are talking about, its their grandmother.
There is no good reason IMO not to allow the picture. They are about to walk out in public and could be photographed in all manner of combinations (Felipe, the girls, Sofia / Letizia, Juan Carlos, Felipe and on and on) by anyone who happens to be close enough. Why not just let this photographer who must be at least semi-official take a picture of the girls and their grandmother. If Letizia didn't want it made public after she could have, I am sure, prevented it from being released. Sofia obviously doesn't understand why the photo can't just be taken and I have to say neither do I. I get I am not privy to all the details of this royal family but out of anyone in the SRF Sofia seems to be most respectable and close to Felipe and his family. Yes, on reflection Sofia should have just let the whole thing drop and walked away but I think she truly dotes on her grandchildren so just wanted a photo and reacted with emotion, from the heart not her head.
I just don't see how a photo of her girls with Sofia could upset Letizia and that speaks IMO of a deeper issue. As for MC's comments it only adds to the feeling there is already tension there but really she should keep her nose out of it, very unusual for a royal, or any one with manners, to comment on twitter about a family matter.
Sadly this 'regrettable incident' will ensure that EVERY future appearance of Queens Letizia and Sofia together are pored over in the minutest detail for the tiniest signs of discord between them..
no, its still there. MC made a comment to a tweet from somebody else, she did not start the topic herself.
I didn't see any photos of Letizia with her inlaws yesterday at the anniversary Mass for the late Count of Barcelona.
the friend basically says the Letizia is worried about her daughters and their image and wants to protect them, hence her reaction as a mother.
she suffers from her gestures being analyzed ad nauseam and that she not given the same standard as Queen Sofia, who can do no wrong in the media.
Duke, the friends of Letizia never speak ... I have seen some of them interrogated indirectly by their television companions and give neutral answers, even though many times they could say many things.
Letizia is already very much assuming the attacks on her, but in this case Leonor is being attacked very cruelly, and the queen's only preoccupation will be how this affects her daughter.
Unless they will do a quick joint appearance and make a few jokes about it together I fear the same. Very much like what happened with the two Grand Duchesses of Luxembourg a while ago.
From a different angle:
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Some on twitter are having fun with the topic; the Infanta & the queens:
Social media has been absolutely vicious, calling poor Leonor "maleducada." People are horrible.
What disgusts me even more about MC's completely absurd tweet and Insta post is that she pretens to care about the grandparents, but totally bypasses the fact that there are two little girls there who now have to deal with tension between their mother and grandmother and have it heavily reported on. Completely and utterly distasteful. Letizia and Sofia are grown women, they can deal with this. Those girls are still developing.
Unless they will do a quick joint appearance and make a few jokes about it together I fear the same.
in this case Leonor is being attacked very cruelly
Social media has been absolutely vicious, calling poor Leonor "maleducada." People are horrible.
Is this picture authentic? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DZ4mKP5XcAA0oEM.jpg
I'll clearly delete the post if it isn't.
Thanks, Marengo.
Queen Sofia seemed pretty insistent about not letting go of her granddaughters. She only backed down when King Felipe seeming told her to.
Well, we all know that once the anger is boiling, you can get pretty stubborn! So IMO that's not a conclusive proof of who was at fault here.
Besides what has happened today , our those two royal ladies know to get on well together ?
http://www.casareal.es/sitios/Lista...A-ES-197754/reyes_misa_pascua_20180401_06.jpg
OMG! So cute! Who is this boy?