The Royal Family of Spain, Current Events Part 9: May 2006

[iceflower]

Thanks for sharing these great HOLA pics with us, Elsa M!

 

[lula]

http://sevilla.abc.es/20060527/sevilla-sevilla/reyes-presiden-manana-sevilla_200605270328.html
http://sevilla.abc.es/20060527/sevilla-sevilla/reyes-presiden-manana-sevilla_200605270328.html

The Kings preside tomorrow in Seville at the parade of the Day of the Armed Forces

JOSE LUIS GARCÍA/SEVILLA After an intense week of diverse activities, Seville receives tomorrow on Sunday the central act of the Day of the Armed Forces, consisting of a parade of human means and materials of Earth, Air, Navy and Police that will give beginning at twelve o'clock at midday and will pass for one of the principal urban axes of the city, formed by the avenues of Maria Luisa and of Menéndez Pelayo.

As it is traditional from the institution of this military festivity, the parade will be presided by Their Majesties the Kings, Don Juan Carlos and Dona Sofía, whom there will accompany the Princes of Asturias, the minister of Defense, Jose Antonio Alonso; the president of the Meeting of Andalusia, Manuel Chaves; the mayor of Seville, Alfredo Sanchez Monteseirín, and the chief of the General staff of the Defense, general of Army Félix Sanz Roldán, between other authorities.
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http://sevilla.abc.es/20060527/sevilla-sevilla/musica-explosion-plaza-espana_200605270329.html

Music and explosion of light in the Plaza of Spain to join the Army and Seville

JOSE LUIS GARCÍA SEVILLE. Eight bands of music, so much Sevillian as military arrivals of different points of Spain, will take part in the spectacle " Village we are and together we sing ", that this night it will take place in the Plaza of Spain as colophon to the cultural activities that have surrounded the acts organized on the occasion of the Day of the Armed Forces that tomorrow they conclude with the parade that it will pass for the avenues of Maria Luisa, Cid and Menéndez Pelayo.

The act is conceived, in conformity with its title, as an element of cohesion between the people and the Army, with what it gives response to the pretensions that in 1978 they encouraged the creation of the Day of the Armed Forces.

The spectacle is designed concerning the alternation of musical interpretations by games of lights that will take as an incomparable backdrop the front of the Plaza of Spain. The access will be free, for what it hopes that the public meets in good number to attending it.

They will not be the Sevillian ones the only spectators, since it is inside the foreseen that Their Majesties the Kings attend the same one, have in account of which this one will give beginning at eleven o'clock in the night, after the dinner at that Don Juan Carlos and Dona Sofía will preside, accompanied by the Princes of Asturias, in the palace of Captaincy.

 

[Avalon]

Thanks for the Hola! pics, Elsa! They are really precious!
And lula, thanks to you to for sharing the article! Looks like we will have more great pics tomorrow!

 

[infanteleonor]

on TVE international

11:45:00 DIA DE LAS FUERZAS ARMADAS 2006

Desde Sevilla, retransmisión del DESFILE DE LAS FUERZAS ARMADAS.

Comentarios: PEDRO V. GARCÍA, MANUEL LOMBAO y YOLANDA FERRER

ASISTIRÁN SS.MM. LOS REYES, SS.AA.RR. LOS PRÍNCIPES DE ASTURIAS; EL
PRESIDENTE DE LA JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA, MANUEL CHAVES; EL MINISTRO DE
DEFENSA, JOSÉ ANTONIO ALONSO ;EL ALCALDE DE SEVILLA, ALFREDO SÁNCHEZ
MONTESEIRIN; EL JEFE DEL ESTADO MAYOR DE LA DEFENSA, GENERAL DE
EJERCITO, FÉLIX SANZ ROLDAN.

 

[Adry]

The Kings and Princes of Asturias tonight
Terra

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[fanletizia]

Kings arrive at Seville to preside over Day of the Armed Forces

Kings Juan Carlos and Sofía, along with Princes de Asturias, arrived at the 20,45 hours from today to the Military Captainship of Seville, where they attend a supper in the occasion of the Day of the Armed Forces that tomorrow will preside over in the capital Andalusian.
The Kings were complimented to their arrival by the president Andalusian, Manuel Chaves, and by the minister of Defense, Jose Antonio Alonso, and received the regulation honorses on the part of a military unit. Also they were the mayor of Seville, Alfredo Sanchez Monteseirín, the delegate of the Government in Andalusia, Juan Jose Lopez Garzón, the Head of the General Staff of the Defense, Felix Sanz, and the commander of the Ground forces, Pedro Pitarch.
In addition, some people concentrated themselves in the neighborhoods of Captainship, a beautiful regionalistic building constructed by Aníbal architect González for the Universal Exhibition of Seville of 1929, where she lodged to the Pavilion of Spain.
Doña Sofía and the princess of Asturias dressed suits jacket in drapeada skirt of similar cut, the one of green queen in and the one of Letizia Ortiz in celestial.
Once within Captainship, the Kings greeted to the numerous civilian authorities, military and religious guests to the supper, that will agree with a concert anticipated to the 23,00 hours in the adjacent Seat of Spain, in that will participate several military bands

http://actualidad.terra.es/familia-real/articulo/reyes_sevilla_dia_fuerzas_armadas_901575.htm

 

[adelaide]

Not any agencies's pics at this time ? What are they doing ?

 

[lula]

Not any agencies's pics at this time ? What are they doing ?

Not, for the present time only this photo exists, let's hope that tomorrow it is more. At 11 p.m. it was beginning the concert and the fireworks, if finally also they come, probably the agencies expect to have all the photos.

 

[lucys]

Spain's King Juan Carlos (L) and Queen Sophia (2ndL) pose with Crown Prince Felipe de Borbon (2ndR) and his wife, Princess Letizia, as they arrive at headquarters of Army Land Forces in Sevilla, southern Spain, to preside the institutional dinner on Saturday 27 May to conmemorate the Armed Forces Day, which will be held on Sunday 28 May. EPA/CHEMA MOYA via AAP

 

[lula]

http://actualidad.terra.es/nacional/articulo/reyes_sevilla_dia_fuerzas_armadas_901690.htm

The Kings will preside today in Seville the Day of the Armed Forces

The Kings accompanied by the Princes of Asturias, will preside today in Seville at the central act of the Day of the Armed Forces, which will culminate with a military parade for the streets of the Andalusian capital, it informed the Department of Defense.
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[agm]

Captures from tve

 

[clymène]

Thanks for those captures. I can't wait to see the pictures of last night!

 

[lula]

http://actualidad.terra.es/nacional/articulo/reyes_dia_fuerzas_armadas_901922.htm

The Kings preside at the parade of the Day of the Armed Forces

The military parade of the Day of the Armed Forces began passed 12 hours with the arrival of the Kings to the avenue of the Cid of Seville, from where they will attend the march of 1.700 military men, more than 60 terrestrial vehicles and approximately 40 aircraft.

Don Juan Carlos and Dona Sofía came accompanied by the Princes of Asturias, were received by honors of ordinance and later assistants greeted the authorities.

Before beginning the act, the minister of Defense, Jose Antonio Alonso, greeted a dozen of relatives of the military men died in the accident of helicopter Cougar in Afghanistan last summer that they belonged to the base of The Copero (Seville).
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[clymène]

Lula, how come there are no pictures of those two events?

 

[LaChicaMadrilena]

http://www.canalsur.es/Informativos/-ArchivoNoticias/2006/05.Mayo/28/280506-mr-010-LSE.htm

From Canal Sur:

 

[agm]

more captures from tve

 

[adelaide]

Many thanks agm for this TV's captures. You are the best reporter of this event. How hot is temperature today at Seville ? It's look very hight! Poor soldiers !

 

[mtbcm]

Than you agm for these pictures.

The abanicos were very useful for the Ladies.

Must have been hot.

Regards,
mtbcm

 

[lula]

http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2006/05/28/espana/1148803599.html

 

[LaChicaMadrilena]

Felipe in uniform...

 

[lula]

Video

http://www.antena3.com/a3noticias/servlet/Noticias?destino=../a3n/noticia/noticia.jsp&sidicom=si&id=11082412

From terra and afp getty

 

[adelaide]

Felipe in uniform...

Yes, especially with this of summer navy one, What a dream !

 

[lula]

Video of yesterday dinner from EFE via yahoo

http://es.news.yahoo.com/videos/desf...ada-reyes.html

Photos

http://www.mde.es/Home



From AP and Reuters via yahoo, Afp- Getty

 

[ldt20]

Here is another picture from today.

Can anybody see what Letizia's fan says? I can only read the "2006"

The picture is from EFE

 

[lula]

Here is another picture from today.
Can anybody see what Letizia's fan says? I can only read the "2006"
The picture is from EFE

I think the word is "Sevilla", a soldier and a bridge of the city. The Armed Forces were giving the fan to the people and also they were given to the Queen and the Princess , it was an object very coveted today, together with the bottles of water and the places of shade. It is a May and today in Seville it was sunny, it means that it was a day of a lot of heat, more than 30 centigrate degrees (they were saying that in some moment almost 40). A soldier fainted away through the fault of the heat.

http://actualidad.terra.es/articulo/decenas_ejercito_desafian_calor_vitorean_902198.htm

Dozens of thousands of persons defy heat and vitorean Army

Dozens of thousands of persons defied today the stifling heat in the streets of Seville to attend the parade of the Armed Forces, under the presidency of the Kings and the princes of Asturias, and vitorear especially to the Police and to the Legion.

The Department of Defense gave protagonism forthwith to the relatives of the military men died in last August in Afghanistan in an accident of helicopter, proceeding from the Sevillian base of The Copero, which carried the flag of big dimensions that was hoisted during the ceremony and also the laurel with the one that yielded itself honoring to all the fallen for Spain.

The boxes with water bottles became exhausted in the platforms of press and of guests and the most valued object of the parade were a few fans with the colors of the national flag, given by the Department of Defense, which also there used profusely the queen and the princess of Asturias.
Between the guests, the duchess of Alba sat down in the first row of the platform placed to the right of the Kings together with her major son, Carlos, and protected from the Sun with a pink parasol with lace.

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[micas]

Wonderful pics like always...thanks a lot in did!
Still posting pics from teh event, would be great to see more close up from the Queen anda Princes

 

[purple_platinum]

from abc.es

 

[adelaide]

At TVE they said that the temperature is very hot today, very near the 40°centigrad, if I had well heared.

We can imagine how difficult it was for every body, the soldiers first to work today. I find even the King looks a little disturbing by the hot.

 

[lula]

Video from Terra

http://actualidad.terra.es/nacional/articulo/reyes_dia_fuerzas_armadas_901922.htm

 

[Mathilde1286]

Yikes!! And here I am complaining on how hot is it is over here...glad I'm not over there!!