Christening of Infanta Leonor: January 14, 2006

[Elsa M.]

Originally Posted by fanletizia

Against the expectations, there will be no live broadcasting.The ceremony will be "sober and familiar".

We were already expecting that the ceremony would be kept as strictly familiar. Anyway, TVE International will surely have a special edition of "Corazon de Invierno" (at 14.30) and the newscast at 15h00.

[fanletizia]

Doña Leonor will be baptized tomorrow with the representatives of the high institutions of the State

Symbol of the importance of the ceremony is the fact the act is celebrated in the presence of the high institutions of the State, whose representatives have been invited to the baptism. Thus, except for unforeseen expenses, will tomorrow go to the Palace of the Zarzuela the presidents of the Congress, Manuel Marín; of the Senate, Red Javier; of the Constitutional Court, Maria Emilia Bahamonde Houses; of the Supreme Court, Francisco Jose Hernando, and of the Community of Madrid, Hope Aguirre.
Representatives of high institutions of State will add to guests habitual in baptisms of grandsons of Kings, between that they are the president of the Government, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, and his wife, Sonsoles Espinosa and the medical equipment to us that took care of Princess de Asturias during the pregnancy and the childbirth, headed by doctor Luis Ignacio Recaséns.
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http://www.abc.es/abc/pg060113/prens...AC-NAC-018.asp

[Elsa M.]

Infanta Leonor, the daughter of the Princes of Asturias and second in line to the succession to the Throne, will be baptized this Saturday in the Palace of La Zarzuela.
Unlike her father, who received the names of Felipe, Juan, Pablo and Alfonso de Todos los Santos, the Infanta will be named simply Leonor, because so have decided the Princes of Asturias. By now, the only doubt is if the infanta, fulfilling tradition, will also be named Leonor de Todos los Santos (i.e. of All Saints).

Videos from Antena3 and Telecinco:
http://www.antena3.com/a3noticias/se...si&id=10490881

http://www.informativos.telecinco.es...a/dn_18499.htm

[Elsa M.]

http://actualidad.terra.es/articulo/...yes_682757.htm

The baptism, which will be attended by the representatives of the highest institutions of the country, will take place privately in one of the halls of the residence of Their Majesties, due to the reduced dimensions of the Palace’s chapel, where the other six grandchildren of the Kings have been baptized.

The ceremony shall be attended by the president of the Government, José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, and the minister of Justice, along with the presidents of the Congress of Deputies, of the Senate, of the Constitutional Court, of the Supreme Court, of the Community of Madrid and the mayor of Madrid. All of them will be able to attend it with their respective spouses. Besides, the Royal House has sent invitations to the closest paternal and maternal relatives, as well as the medical team of the Ruber Clinic that took care of Doña Letizia Ortiz, during her pregnancy and childbirth.

In addition to the guests, a very reduced group of journalists will be present. The Royal House has authorized a photographer from EFE, who will distribute the photos to the rest of media, just like TVE will distribute the images to the rest of TV chainnels. With them, a select group of journalists will enter the Palace.


The religious ceremony will be concelebrated by the archbishop of Madrid, Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, and the military archbishop, Francisco Perez González. It is possible that they will be accompanied by the father in charge of the religious services in the Palace of Ls Zarzuela, Serafín Sedano Gutiérrez.

[Elsa M.]

http://www.prnoticias.com/prn/hojas/...idapr=1__esp_1__

The Royal House has decided that there will be no live broadcasting, but only selected images that will be sent to TVE, so to distribute them to the rest of the TV chains. The first images are expected to arrive at 13:15 PM.

[Elsa M.]

http://es.news.yahoo.com/fot/ftxt/ya...06_187966.html

Like in the previous baptisms of other grandchildren of Their Majesties, the Valencian flowers will accompany the Royal Family at the baptism of Infanta Leonor. The City Hall of Valencia has sent this afternoon the floral arrngements that will tomorrow adorn La Zarzuela: white and champagne colour roses and alelis [wallflowers?]. The flowers have been grouped in arrangements with 1.50 and 90 centimetres height, according to the requests expressed by the Royal House.

[fanletizia]

Music will be interpreted by the Choir of the Religious Daughters of Santa Maria of the Heart of Jesus de Galapagar

www.casareal.es

The only presence of other real houses will be the one of King Constantino, Queen Ana Maria and princess Irene of Greece.

http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/325143.html

[lula]

http://actualidad.terra.es/especiale...man_682697.htm

Leonor will be baptized in the sink of Guzmán's Santo Domingo

The Infanta Leonor will be baptized in the Palace of the Zarzuela, in a ceremony in which there will be in use the sink of the XIIth century of Guzmán's Santo Domingo, saved for princes and Infantes.

The sink, of white stone and adornments of silver and considered a jewel of the Romanesque one, was used by the first time in a royal baptism in the XVIIth century, with the son of Philip III, who would reign as Philip IV of the House of Austria, and, therefore, before the arrival to the Spanish Throne of Borbón's House.
The Inheritor of the Wreath, the Prince of Asturias, and his sisters, the Infantas Elenas and Cristina, also received the waters of the baptism in this sink with golden adornments that represent the royal weapon and the shields of the order of the Dominicans, and that guards in the Monastery of Santo Domingo the Royal, in Madrid.
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Since it is a tradition in the Spanish Royal Family, on the head of the first-born one of the Princes of Asturias water of the river will spill Jordan, brought to Spain from Holy Land for so historical occasion.
Last October 17, the Franciscan friar Ovidio Dueñas delivered several packings with water of the Jordan to the Consul General of Spain in Jerusalem and in the Palestinian territories, Jose Maria Ferré, who them sent immediately to Spain, to the Royal House.
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[fanletizia]

This day, the chains of television will be pending to cover type with detail the baptism of Infant Leonor, one of the social events more important in Spain.

Antenna 3 will do it in its space ' Ahora'. On the other hand, Cristina Saavedra will inform in morning in direct of all the development of the ceremony, from the arrival of the guests to the Zarzuela to the images of the small Leonor in a day so indicated.

TVE will emite a news article ' Baptism in Palace ' in the program 'Informe semanal'.

Telecinco will make in the ' Informativos' and the program of the heart 'Salsa Rosa'.

http://www.laguiatv.com/actualidad/n...nor-television

[purple_platinum]

from casareal

Baptism of HRH Infanta Doña Leonor
Palace of the Zarzuela. Madrid, 14 of January of 2006

The baptism of HRH Infanta Doña Leonor will take place to 12:30 hours of the 14 of January of 2006 in the Palace of the Zarzuela.

The godparents will be Their Majestys the Kings. The baptism will be celebrated with water of the Jordán river, following a tradition of the Spanish Royal Family, being used salts of the salt mines of San Fernando.

Doña Leonor, following the familiar custom, will wear a christening dress that the King used for the S.M. baptisms, S.A.R. Prince de Asturias, and SS.AA.RR. the Infants Doña Elena and Doña Cristina, in addition to the children of both.

The baptismal battery of Santo Domingo de Guzmán will be used, as it were already made in the baptisms of HRH Prince de Asturias and the Infants Doña Elena and Doña Cristina. It is of white stone without carving and is covered of silver with golden adornments, that include the shields of the Order of Santo Domingo.

Santo Domingo de Guzmán was baptized in this relic in the Church of the Castle of the Guzmanes, Parish of the villa of Caleruega, its birthplace. To the being sanctified in the 1234 by His Sanctity Pope Gregorio IX, it began to venerate. In 1605, Felipe III transferred the battery of Santo Domingo from Caleruega to Valladolid to baptize his son, the future Felipe IV, later to be deposited in the Monastery of Santo Domingo the Real one.

The baptismal battery of Santo Domingo de Guzmán conserves in the Church of the Monastery of Santo Domingo the Real one, located in the street Claudius It nº 112 of Madrid the first Monastery of Santo Domingo the Real one was founded on Madrid by Santo Domingo de Guzmán in 1218, and was located in which now it is known like Seat of Santo Domingo. It was demolished in 1870, losing great part of the relics that were conserved there. The new Monastery was inaugurated in 1882.

The baptism Princes de Asturias will attend relatives of Their Heights Reales, as well as representing of the High Magistratures of the State and the medical equipment that the birth of Doña Leonor attended.

The ceremony will be celebrated by the Cardinal Don Antonio Maria Rouco Varela, Cardinal Archbishop of Madrid and Monsignor Don Francisco Perez González, Military Archbishop of Spain.

Music will be interpreted by the Choir of the Religious Daughters of Santa Maria of the Heart of Jesus de Galapagar.

[carlota]

i really can't wait to see leonor again and to the christening. hope the videos and photos are online soon! :)

does anyone know if we will have photos of the banquet after the ceremony?

[lula]

Originally Posted by carlota

i really can't wait to see leonor again and to the christening. hope the videos and photos are online soon! :)

does anyone know if we will have photos of the banquet after the ceremony?

Not, I do not believe that there are photos of this food. What I have read, is that first a coctail will be served for all the guests, and later the most next family will come to a luncheon in house of the Princes.

[Warren]

I'm sure our members will be posting whatever pics and videos are available as soon as they are able to.

Please be patient. :)

thanks,
Warren
Royal Forums SuperModerator

[carlota]

to start calmin our desire of photos, here's a photo of the preparation number one of the infanta's christening: the pila bautismal brought to madrid.

(taken from gremb, posted by ademar, source: casa real)

[lula]

Originally Posted by carlota

to start calmin our desire of photos, here's a photo of the preparation number one of the infanta's christening: the pila bautismal brought to madrid.

(taken from gremb, posted by ademar, source: casa real)

This photography is already taken in the hall where the baptism will be celebrated, this way we are doing an idea to us of how it will be the ceremony.

[agm]

TELEMADRID TV - LIVE HERE:

http://mfile.akamai.com/19048/live/reflector:42503.asx

[purple_platinum]

articles with pre-christening / preparation video..

http://www.informativos.telecinco.es...r/dn_18506.htm

Infant Leonor today receives baptism in the Palace of the Zarzuela
The Kings will be the padrinos of infant Lonor, who will be baptized today to 12:30 in the Zarzuela. The ceremony, that will be of deprived character, they will attend representatives of the highest institutions of the country. The place chosen for the act is one of the halls the palace, due to the reduced dimensions of the hermitage in which the other six grandsons of the Kings were baptized.

http://www.antena3.com/a3noticias/se...si&id=10490881

Everything prepared in Zarzuela for the baptism of Infant Leonor
Infant Leonor, daughter of the Principes de Asturias and second in the succession to the throne, will be baptized east Saturday in the Palace of the Zarzuela. The Kings of Spain will be the padrinos. A ceremony to which the highest institutions of the State will go. They will be fulfilled all the traditions, although in this baptism some things will be different.

[Danielle]

Originally Posted by agm

TELEMADRID TV - LIVE HERE:

http://mfile.akamai.com/19048/live/reflector:42503.asx

Thanks for that link. May I ask, because I can't speak Spanish, who are the two people talking, and what is footage being shown on the TV screen behind them?

[LaChicaMadrilena]

Here you have an article from "La Vanguardia". although I don't knoew if it says anything new:
http://www.lavanguardia.es/web/20060...217410342.html

[purple_platinum]

thanks for the link, agm.
are there more from other tv station? too bad TVE is not bringing it live.

here are more articles, but i don't think it's anything new.
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2006/0...137188725.html
http://www.elpais.es/articulo/elppor...o/futura/Reina
http://www.abc.es/abc/pg060114/actua...as-letizia.asp

in the mean time, we can only wait..