King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia current events - Part XI

[Elsa M.]

Welcome to the new thread of Current News for King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia.


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Cervantes Award for Literature 2006
April 21, 2006 - Alcala de Henares University
Madrid, Spain

from Wireimage - part 1

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Wireimage - part 2

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Wireimage - part 3

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Wireimage - part 4

[monica]

Precious the shoes of the queen and the color of the suit, thanksss purple

[lula]

http://english.people.com.cn/200604/...23_260473.html

Mexican novelist wins Spain's Cervantes prize

Mexico's essayist and novelist Sergio Pitol received the 2005 Cervantes Prize, Spain's highest literary honor, from the hands of the Spanish King Juan Carlos on Friday.




http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/nationa...e.html?ref=rss

Cervantes Prize winner opens marathon reading of 'Don Quixote'

Mexican writer Sergio Pitol has received the Cervantes Prize, presented in the Spanish hometown of the author of Don Quixote.




http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/21042006/...cervantes.html

Spain's King Juan Carlos presented the award to Pitol, 73, during a ceremony in the central university town of Alcala de Henares, birthplace of Cervantes, the 17th-century author of Don Quixote.

[chuchu]

Was the king walking with a cane?

[lula]

Originally Posted by chuchu

Was the king walking with a cane?

Yes, it is a cane, probably it is the cane of the rector of the University who yields it to the King during the act, how symbol that the one who gives the orders, the one who presides at the act is the King.
The same thing happens when he visits for example a town hall of some city, the cane of control is delivered him, because the King is the honorary mayor of the cities and villages of Spain.
It is a symbol of power.


From el Pais

[Elsa M.]

TM King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia will arrive today in Ammán, for a State visit to Jordan and Qatar.

For news and pictures about this visit, please go to the thread:
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/f83/state-visit-spain-april-2006-a-9410.html#post419510

[lula]

The Kings will come to the celebrations of 60 birthday of the King Carl Gustav of Sweden

http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/425941-post57.html

[zarzuela]

Wow, the King and Queen are having a hectic schedule! They have been traveling abroad very often since the beginning of the year.

I guess they can't wait for the summer to come and so they'll be free to spend their time at leisure in Majorca.

[LaChicaMadrilena]

And Letizia and Felipe are not going to Sweden!!!:(:(:( I was dreaming about them meeting other royal couples...:(

[CRIS]

The king and the prince usually don`t travel together.

[lula]

Spanish official visit to Qatar, April 2006

http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...06-a-9505.html

[fanletizia]

Cervantes prize, from cover

[lula]

http://www.lne.es/secciones/noticia....Noticia=398542

The Kings will visit on May 16 the factories of Capsa and of Bayer

The group agroalimentario inaugurates its new lines and the pharmacist celebrates 40 years of presence in Spain

Oviedo / Langreo

The Kings of Spain, don Juan Carlos and dona Sofía, will visit next 16th the Asturias in a trip of marked managerial character, since they will inaugurate the new facilities of Food Corporation Peñasanta (Capsa), of which the modern bottle of milk is made, and will visit also Bayer's facilities in Langreo, coinciding with the commemoration of 40. º anniversary of Bayer Hispania's constitution, head-board of the group in this country.
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[lula]

http://www.casareal.es/esp/cronicas/Acto.jsp?acto=3260

His Majesty the King has received in hearing Mr Ricardo Lagos Escobar, President of the Club of Madrid and Ex-president of the Republic of Chile, on the occasion of his first trip to Spain as new President of the Club of Madrid to preside at a meeting of Executive Committee.
Mr. Lagos came to the Palace of The Zarzuela accompanied by Mr Diego Hidalgo Schnur, President of the Foundation for the International Relations and the Exterior Dialogue and member of the Executive Committee of the Club of Madrid.
Last March 27, during the celebration in Stockholm of the previous meeting of the Club of Madrid, there assumed the Presidency Mr Ricardo Lagos, relieving in the cargo Mr Fernando Henrique Cardoso, cargo that he will show for two years.
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From terra