Infanta Cristina and Family, Current Events Part 1: October 2002 - April 2005

[marezdote]

In W

~I was reading "Suzy" in W magazine and this was part of the Febuary column.

Guess who is the new chairman of New York's Queen Sophia Spanish Institute? Break out the guitars, click your castanets and stamp your heels because it's Oscar de la Renta, Senor Simpatico himself, who will take over from Fernando Aleu, who has been chairman of the institute with amazing success for almost 40 years.
The glourious tidings were relayed to one and all at the institute's annual Gold Medal Gala in the Plaza ballroom by HRH the Infanta Dona Cristina, the daughter of the King and Queen of Spain-attractive and tall, she has inherited the tremendous charm of her mother and father- and her husband His Excellancy Inaki Urdangarin. Their other titles are the Duke and Duchess of Palma de Mallorca.
The Infanta hung this year's gold medals on the noted Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and the renowned American architect Richard Meir, who loves Spain as much as Spain loves him, not least for his Mueseum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona. They were both honored for their promotion of Spanish culture and influence it has had and continues to have in the Americas.
Among those celebrating were the famous heart doctor Valentin Fuster; Immaculada de Habsburgo, the president and CEO of the institute; John Brademas; Evylen Lauder; Reinaldo Herrera y mas y mas y mas.


~There was also a really nice picture of Cristina and Inaki that I think was taken at Frederik and Mary's wedding.

 

[kil]

Iñaki has a sister named Baby

 

[GrandDuchess]

Princess Cristina and Iñaki took their kids with them as they went out to vote in the referendum on the constitution, from IS (I saw the link below but add them here as attached, cause IS pics tend to disappear after some time):

 

[Sue-]

Thanks for the pictures! The last one from Miguel and the little girl next to him is so cute
It seems that he says "No, go away" or anything like that

 

[Genevieve]

Thanks for the pictures! The last one from Miguel and the little girl next to him is so cute
It seems that he says "No, go away" or anything like that

Who is the little girl anyway? Is it one of Inaki's nieces? A neighbour child?

 

[Elsa M.]

Cristina and Iñaki presented last night the Sabadell Commercial Chamber Awards.
Photos from ImagineScandinavia:

 

[Elsa M.]

Infanta Cristina, accompanied by her husband, Iñaki Urdangarin, has presided over the ceremony of the "Prizes Camera 2005", granted by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Sabadell, in recognition to the most outstanding companies of the area.
From La Casa del Rey:

 

[Dennism]

Inaki and Cristina take their boys and a friend to a costume party on 2-13-05. Nice costumes. IBL

 

[pdas1201]

March 8, 2005: Princess Cristina awarded the Prize of Economy of Castille and Leon.

 

[isabella_]

Thanks for the pic pdas1201. Here the one from the Royal House website.

Once again she looked great.

 

[Elsa M.]

March 8, 2005: Princess Cristina awarded the Prize of Economy of Castille and Leon.

Infanta Cristina has awarded the Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Castile and Leon with the Prize of Economy of Castile and Leon "Infanta Cristina", in recognition to their contribution to the economic development and the social progress of this Community.
Photos from ImagineScandinavia:

 

[Elsa M.]

Infanta Cristina and her husband, Iñaki Urdangarin, inaugurated today in Huarte the new headquarters of the "European Forum, Enterprise Campus of Navarre", an organization created in 1992, to unite different educational and investigating centers.
Photo from La Casa del Rey:

 

[agisele]

the boys look absolutely adorable in their spiderman costumes. i hope that cristina will be able to dress up a little girl in a princess costumes sometime down the road. ;-)

i also find it lovely to how inaki is so involved in his children's lives, not many fathers are like that, and i think that it's especially wonderful that he is.

 

[pdas1201]

Infanta Cristina and her husband, Iñaki Urdangarin, inaugurated today in Huarte the new headquarters of the "European Forum, Enterprise Campus of Navarre", an organization created in 1992, to unite different educational and investigating centers.

More pics...

Seeger Press

 

[rchainho]

yesterday in a celebration for the pope in barcelona.

 

[Ennyllorac]

Cristina is looking great.....When is she due?

 

[Elsa M.]

The Royal House has announced it to the begining of Summer...
http://www.casareal.es/casareal/cp091204.html

But I guess it must be before then... she's a too large belly for a 7 month pregnant woman...

 

[marezdote]

Cristina is looking great.....When is she due?

Mid summer I think

 

[Elsa M.]

Another photo, from Elmundo:

 

[meac]

in the magazine hello in Spanish says that the baby will be born at the end of May principle of June

 

[Elsa M.]

From Casa Real:

 

[nina86lila]

I'm new !!!

Hi everyone I'm new in this Thread but I'mreally in love of this beautifull couple !!!! so I would like to khnow when Cristina must have her new babay ? Anyone khnw if it's a girl or AGAIN a boy ?


(sorry for my bad english but I'm french !!! )

 

[Elsa M.]

sorry for my bad english but I'm french

Hi, Nina! No problem at all with your English (it's not worse than mine ).

I would like to khnow when Cristina must have her new babay ? Anyone khnw if it's a girl or AGAIN a boy?

Please read this post:
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=197646&postcount=140

As you can see in the official announcement, the baby is expected to born in the begining of the Summer (so, June) (although I really think her belly is too big for a 7 month pregnant woman...). We don't know if it's a girl or a boy (but my thoughts are that it should be a boy - here we say when the belly is too big it's a baby boy to born. Iñaki also said, the day Miguel was born, that his home was only to receive balls and never dolls )

 

[meac]

in the magazine hello says it is for summer principles or final of spring
and regarding if is boy or girl one could not say each pregnancy it is different and now we could also bet to tha it is boy for she has the very big belly but it is also but round that in their other pregnancies.maybe can be a girl?
the other day I saw it when she went to bring their children to the school and she doesn't really have so big the stomach in comparison to their other pregnancies when it was 7 months I believe that the camera increases a little.

 

[meac]

The duke of Palm gets ready for the yachts
The duke of Palm, Iñaki Urdangarín, on board one of the two ships of the team Alinghi, effective champion of the Glass of the America, left to the sea like invited of the new sailing ship to carry out the first training in waters of Valencia and to prepare this way the yachts of the month of June.
From Hola

 

[nina86lila]

I hope it's will be a little girl I think Cristina will want to have a girl this time !
THANKS for the Infos Elsa M

 

[isabella_]

The duke of Palm gets ready for the yachts
The duke of Palm, Iñaki Urdangarín, on board one of the two ships of the team Alinghi, effective champion of the Glass of the America, left to the sea like invited of the new sailing ship to carry out the first training in waters of Valencia and to prepare this way the yachts of the month of June.

More pics from that event:

 

[nina86lila]

some old pics

I find some pics of Cristina and her family.................
I hope we love it ......

 

[rchainho]

More pics from that event:

But he's going to sail this summer with the royal family?

 

[Anna_R]

A pregnant Princess Cristina

Princess Cristina and one of her sons outside his school in Barcelona.

From Colourpress: http://www.colourpress.com/index.cfm?Goto=frontend/fotos/ShowSerie.cfm&nPictureSerieNo=4881