Prince & Princess of Asturias's Official Visit to Balearic Islands: May 9-13, 2005

[HMQueenElizabethII]

Some more pics from Corbis of the first day that have not posted before:

 

[Elsa M.]

This afternoon, in Formentera. In one of the photos I'm posting bellow, you can see the Princess showing the traditional earrings and ring they were presented with (see article previously posted).

From Terra:

 

[marezdote]

This afternoon, in Formentera. In one of the photos I'm posting bellow, you can see the Princess showing the traditional earrings and ring they were presented with (see article previously posted).

From Terra:

Thanks for the pics Elsa! I saw in the video Terra posted today he wasn't originally holding the umbrella, she was but while walking behind him bumped him in the head with the umbrella

 

[marezdote]

From Getty. More to come.

 

[marezdote]

One more to come!

 

[marezdote]

Last one from Getty!

 

[marezdote]

http://www.antena3.com/a3n2004/servlet/Noticias?destino=../a3n/noticia/noticia.jsp&sidicom=si&id=9337286

 

[bubbles]

Thank you to everyone who posted pictures...i really really appreciate it!! I am very much enjoying them.

thanks again!

 

[marezdote]

From Terra.

 

[lapopdiva]

Anectoda:
Letizia did not go to the lunch with the island authorities, but she moved until a hospitable center of Eivissa to visit a group of children with mental problems. This visit was not predicted in the program, but Letizia wanted to m eet again herself with a friend who works in Eivissa with discapacitados children. After Eivissa, Felipe and a more rested Letizia visited the island of Formentera, where they were received by hundreds of his inhabitants in the city council of Sant Francesc Xavier. The pair appeared in the balcony of the city council to salute.

 

[lapopdiva]

Letizia resists the Princess could not fulfill the program of the visit to the Pitiüses by nauseas yet, but even so she arrived at Formentera in helicopter.

Without a doubt the neighbors of Formentera knew to thank for the effort made by the princess of Asturias, that rose a helicopter in the evening with Don Felipe to arrive at pitiüsa smaller from Eivissa although at several moments during all the morning she gave samples of the physical malaise caused by nauseas. During the official Twig act of King, Don Felipe was at any moment pending of the Princess, whose face demonstrated that she was not absolutely well. Doña Letizia abanicó with calm and stayed the type, was able to enjoy after the stroll the Prince by the positions of local crafts in which she gathered numerous gifts, and responded to the tokens of affection warmly. Without a doubt the flattery that surprised the pair more was the puppy of podenco native of ibiza, call "Valent", that received from "colles" of payeses of Eivissa.

Letizia later returned to feel bad and had to leave the meeting with pitiusos industralists that was celebrated in the seat of the Consell because own nauseas of the third month of pregnancy could more than her. Letizia could not go either to the food celebrated in the same hotel, the Mills, where the real pair in Eivissa was stayed. Only Don Felipe met to table cloths with the authorities and the industralists while the Princess rested. The doubts untied on their Doña Letizia would travel or not to Formentera, but "formenterers" breathed alleviated when they saw her descend determined from the helicopter that moved her with the Prince until the minor of pitiüsas.

The shower, brief but intense, that fell then on the Island did not diminish the popular heat with which the Princes were received who, in spite of the umbrellas, got wet. And again the images were repeated that have accompanied the visit by the real pair from Monday: the affectionate greetings of the people congregated corresponded with the same affection on the part of the Princes. Today it finalizes, again in Majorca, the official visit to Balears. It is predicted that they go in the morning to Fields, the center ses Sitjoles, and Valldemossa, to Nord Coast. Already in the evening, a cocktail will take place in the Market that will offer the Princes to 800 guests.
http://www.ultimahora.es/segunda.dba?-1+7+318936

 

[agm]

From seegerpress-online

 

[Elsa M.]

A few more from yesterday in Ibiza. From ImagineScandinavia:

 

[Elsa M.]

http://actualidad.terra.es/familia-real/articulo/principes_asturias_baleares_292575.htm


The Princes of Asturias complete today their official visit to Balears, the first they carried out together to an Independent Community, with an extensive program of five days that allowed them to cross the whole archipelago.

On this last day, Don Felipe and Doña Letizia will visit in Campos the therapeutic community Ses Sitjoles (which belongs to the Project Hombre), and later they will go to Valdemosa. In this Mallorcan village, they will visit the Foundation for Sustainable Development and will meet the press and media directors of the Islands, and afterwards they will have lunch with representatives of environmental organizations. La Lonja de Palm, with a farewell reception, will conclude this official visit, that has agreed with the announcement of the pregnancy of the Princess.

 

[Elsa M.]

http://actualidad.terra.es/articulo/html/av2297526.htm


The President of Balearic Govern, Jaume Matas, qualified the official visit of the Princes de Asturias as “magnificient”, since, in his opinion, they are now “absolutely imbued and conscientious” of the problems caused by the insularity of Mallorca and the double or triple insularity of Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera.

In declarations to press, Matas described the answer of the citizens as “extraordinary” and recognized that he “did not expect less, neither so much”, since it has overflowed all expectations, mainly in Formentera, Ibiza, Ciutadella and Inca.

On the other hand, he said that he is conscious of 'the efforts made by TRH, during these five intense days and thanked the 'detail and predisposition' of the Princes to personally visit the four islands and to meet almost all the citizens.

Finally, the president of the Govern emphasized that throughout this official visit, that started last Monday, the Princes of Asturias “have demonstrated all their greatness and prosperity” and, for that reason, he’s truly “enchanted”.

 

[marezdote]

Official pics from casareal.es

1.Sus Altezas Reales los Pripes de Asturias, en el balcón del Ayuntamiento de Formentera, durante la visita que ambos realizaron a la isla, en la cuarta jornada de su viaje oficial a Baleares.
(Ibiza, 12 de mayo de 2005)

2.Sus Altezas Reales los Pripes de Asturias firman en el Libro de Honor del Ayuntamiento de Formentera.
(Formentera, 12 de mayo de 2005)

3.Sus Altezas Reales los Pripes de Asturias saludan al nuevo obispo de Ibiza, monseVicente Juan Segura, durante la recepción ofrecida en Ibiza a las autoridades y sociedad civil de Ibiza y Formentera.
(Ibiza, 12 de mayo de 2005)

 

[marezdote]

First pics I've found of today.

 

[Elsa M.]

First pics I've found of today.

Wow! I LOVE this outfit of Letizia!... Love the skirt, love the shoes, love the combination of colours... JUST GORGEOUS!

 

[marezdote]

Wow! I LOVE this outfit of Letizia!... Love the skirt, love the shoes, love the combination of colours... JUST GORGEOUS!

I love it too! Can't wait to see more pics of it!

 

[micas]

ALL IS PERFECT, PERFECT AND MORE THAN PERFECT!!!!!

I LOVE THE DOG IS SO SWETY!!!! I JUST EXPECT SEE MORE PICS OF HIM NOW AND AFTER.


STILL POSTING, I LOVE YOU ALL

 

[Ennyllorac]

Some how I have lost track of what is going on. Was the dog a present to them?

 

[marezdote]

Some how I have lost track of what is going on. Was the dog a present to them?

Yes. It was a present they recived on Thursday in Ibizia.

 

[Elsa M.]

Some how I have lost track of what is going on. Was the dog a present to them?

Read this:
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=212145&postcount=287

 

[carlota]

yes and his name is valiente

 

[marezdote]

Reuters pics from today.

 

[Sue-]

Wow! I LOVE this outfit of Letizia!... Love the skirt, love the shoes, love the combination of colours... JUST GORGEOUS!

Yeah! This picture makes it perfect, like in paradise
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=142499

The fact with the dog is so cool. I hope we will see them now more often with Valiente
And thanks again, specially to you marezdote and Elsa, for all the pictures and articles!!! You're great.

 

[Elsa M.]

http://actualidad.terra.es/articulo/html/av2298259.htm

The Prince of Asturias visited today the therapeutic community of Ses Sitjoles, a centre for drug addicts, to whom he transmitted a message of hope and confidence in the future. Don Felipe visited alone this place, located in the middle of Nature, in the municipality of Campos, south of Mallorca, since Doña Letizia, who was initially supposed to accompany him, had nauseas, and thus had to cancel her presence.

Without the presence of journalists, in respect to the privacy of the people who are trying to leave drug addiction, this was an exciting and touching visit, according to a spokesman of the House of the King; a meeting in which the residents in Ses Sitjoles asked the Prince to help them in demolishing the barriers that the society creates against their definitive rehabilitation and the consequent return to a normal life. Don Felipe accepted the commitment, took coffee with them and visited the occupational orchard and garden, warehouse, kitchen, dining room, dormitories and factories. In addition, the Prince also kindly listened to the explanations of the director of the centre, Manuel Sanmartí, on the methods and techniques of rehabilitation.

The residents of Ses Sitjoles told a secret to the Prince: all nights, they write a concise desire or thought in a paper that is introduces in a box until the following day. In one of the papers of last night, somebody wrote the words “fear, affection and thankfulness”, referring to the visit of the Prince. Don Felipe asked them to write a note as well and to put it in the box. In it, he wrote two words: “hope and confidence”.

From the south of Mallorca, Don Felipe, also without the company of his wife, flew in helicopter to one of the most beautiful places of the north, the village of Valldemossa, in the heat of mountain range of Tramuntana. There, he visited the Foundation for the Sustainable Development, an initiative impelled by Jaume Matas, president of Balears, which work on the defence of the Environment.

After this visit, Don Felipe met Doña Letizia, to have lunch in a hotel of Valldemossa, with representatives of environmental organizations.

This afternoon, the Princes will also meet in Marivent the directors of the mass media of the islands, and will offer a social reception to authorities and representatives at la Lonja.

 

[pdas1201]

From Face to Face...


Felipe looks very handsome in pic #3

 

[marezdote]

http://www.antena3.com/a3n2004/servlet/Noticias?destino=../a3n/noticia/noticia.jsp&sidicom=si&id=9341137

 

[Amira]

waw !! i love this outfit , the combination of the colours , just beautiful and so fresh . summer time