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King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia accompanied by the Prince and Princess of Asturias (the two gentlemen with a new look, btw), hosted Friday night, the traditional farewell dinner with representatives of the Baleares government, at Almudaina Palace. The Royal Family is in the habit of spending summer vacations in Marivent Palace at Mallorca , where they arrived at the beginning of August this year.

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As usual the Prince of Asturias participated in the Copa del Rey Audi Mapfre Sailing Cup in its 28th edition which ended after six days of races for the seven different classes which took part in the regatta. On August 8 the king and Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia presented the trophies of this 28 Copa del Rey Audi Mapfre. The award ceremony took place at Ses Voltes gardens, next to the Cathedral of Palma.

During their vacations we had the opportunity to see Infanta Leonor and Infanta Sofia walking on the streets of Palma de Mallorca. The Prince and Princess wanted to give the appearance of normality in the island after the terrible terrorist attack some days before in the city.

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But this has been also a dynamic vacation for the little infantas as they attended their first rock concert! Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia took them to Jaume Anglada, team-mate of Prince Felipe, charity concert at Palma Club Nautico. Jauma’s performance is a tradition during the sailing competition. He has performed since 1995. But the last one was in aid of Alex Foundation, which competes with a ship called “Alex Rumbo a ti” whose crew is formed of professional competitors and physically disabled people, so maybe Felipe and Letizia thought that it was a good event for Leonor and Sofia to attend.

On August 26 King Juan Carlos met with the Prime Minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero; afterward the Queen and the Prime Minister’s wife, Sonsoles Espinosa, joined them in a private dinner.

The, royal family will be back at work this week. On Wednesday the king will meet with Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority. Among others things the Prince and the Princess of Asturias will attend the opening of the “Parc Científic” of Valencia University.

If you want to know what the Royal Family did during summer, visit this thread.

Paty Spanish Royals King Juan Carlos, Prince Felipe, Prince of Asturias, Princess Letizia, Princess of Asturias, Queen Sofia, Vacation

 Prince Willem-Alexander, Princess Máxima and their daughters, Princesses Catharina-Amalia, Alexia and Ariane, took a short holiday break at Friesland, at the region of Frisia. The region is a popular touristic area of the Netherlands, where people visit its lakes and islands of the Wadden Sea. The family seems to have opted to do just that, and is doing so aboard the Groene Draek, sailboat of HM Queen Beatrix. The yacht was a present by the Dutch people to the then Princess Beatrix to mark her 18th birthday.

They visited the village of Koudum surrounded by the Fluessen lake on Wednesday evening to follow the next day by the small town of Woudsend. There, they dined at the famous pub ‘It Ponkje’ situated in an old church. Woudsend is an important sailing village with ship-building history dating back to the 14th century. Perhaps it was because of this reason that the family decided to spend the night on the yacht at the harbour ‘De Rakken’ instead of spending the night in a hotel.

A funny anecdote occured when Catharina-Amalia chatted to a worker of the harbour and excitedly showed him a lipstick (’look what I have!’). The family reportedly visited the local supermarket on Friday morning.

The couple is expected to already be in The Hague, as they will participate in the State Visit from Chile by President Michelle Bachelet.

Carlota Dutch Royals Groene Draek, Prince of Orange, Prince Willem-Alexander, Princess Catharina-Amalia, Princess Máxima, Vacation

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 HRH Princess Eugenie of York continued her ’round-the-world gap year adventure this week in Thailand, where she was caught by paparazzi while palling around with a group of friends on the beach.

Eugenie sported a patriotic bikini-style swimsuit — but one that echoed the American flag, not the British Union Jack.

Though her bodyguards were not captured in any of the photos, it is certain that they were close by.  Both Eugenie and her sister, HRH Princess Beatrice of York, have garnered criticism for traveling the world on pleasure trips while accompanied by taxpayer-funded security officers from Scotland Yard.

Eugenie reportedly plans to attend university in the UK after her gap year draws to a close.

For more on Princess Eugenie, please visit this thread.

Ella Kay British Royals Princess Eugenie, Thailand, Vacation