King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia, Current Events Part 9: March - April 2006

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More photos of the King in Sevilla

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Originally Posted by ...JuAnItA...

It's just my impression or in the last times the Queen is wearing a lot of purple outfits???
But the Queen looks beautiful!

Not only her, I've seen a lot of purple ties on the King, wonder why?

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All posts regarding the King and Queen's trip to Saudi Arabia have been moved to the Other Reigning Houses forum to this thread.

Please post pictures or articles there.

Thank you.

Alexandria
Spanish Forum Moderator

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From diario de navarra

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Diario de navarra 2

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Diario de navarra 3

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Diario de navarra 4

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Diario de Navarra 5

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http://www.elcorreodigital.com/vizca...Z-RIO-130.html

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King will preside over promise before positions takings possession in Ministries

The new ministers chosen by the president of the Government, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, to comprise of his Cabinet will tomorrow promise or swear his position before the King in the Palace of the Zarzuela and, later, they will take possession from its new portfolios.
The 9:30 hours are predicted the act in which the new ministers will swear or promise their positions in the Hall Hearings of the Palace of the Zarzuela in the presence of the King.

http://actualidad.terra.es/nacional/...gos_827845.htm

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From cover:

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http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2006/0...144724700.html

Rubalcaba, Alonso and Cabrera promise their new charges as the ministers before the King

MADRID. - Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, Jose Antonio Alonso and Mercedes Cabrera, the new ministers of Jose Luis Rodríguez Zapatero's Cabinet, they have promised their charges before the King in an act celebrated in the Palace of the Zarzuela.
Alonso's appointments as the minister of Defense, Rubalcaba like holder of Interior and Cabrera as new person in charge for the Department of Education will work out published also today in the Official Bulletin of the State.
The three have promised their charges before the King forthwith celebrated in the Lounge of Hearings of the Palace of the Zarzuela, where also there has been present the prime minister, Jose Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, the first vice-president, Maria Teresa Fernandez of the Vega and the minister of Justice, Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar, as major notary of the Kingdom.
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The new ministers of Defense, Jose Antonio Alonso; of the Interior, Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, and of Education, Mercedes Calvo-Sotelo Goatherd, has promised their positions before the King in the Palace of the Zarzuela. The act, celebrated in the Hall Hearings, they attended the president of the Government, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, and the minister of Justice, Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar, like greater notary of the Kingdom. After promising their positions, the new ministers will go throughout the morning to the Ministries of Defense, Interior and Education to take possession from their positions and to receive the respective portfolios of hands of their predecessors.

http://www.informativos.telecinco.es/dn_23534.htm

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Presided over by Their Majestys the Kings.

Their Majestys the Kings have presided over in the Palace of the Zarzuela the act in which Jose Antonio Alonso Suárez, Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba and Mercedes Calvo-Sotelo Goatherd have promised their positions like new ministers of Defense, Interior and Education, respectively. He was present also the minister of Justice, Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar, like greater notary of the Kingdom.

http://www.casareal.es/esp/cronicas/Acto.jsp?acto=3230

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Images from terra

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More from terra

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From Casa Real

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Video

http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2006/0...144746297.html

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11 April 2006. AFP PHOTO/ Pierre-Philippe MARCOU

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From reuters via yahoo