Death and Funeral of HRH The Infanta Pilar,Duchess of Badajoz. January 2020

[lula]

Pilar de Borbón y Borbón, Infanta of Spain, elder sister of King Juan Carlos and aunt of King Felipe, died on Wednesday at the Ruber International Clinic in Madrid at age 83

https://www.abc.es/estilo/gente/abc...arlos-muere-83-anos-202001081445_noticia.html

The family accompanied her this morning at the hospital. The funeral chapel will be installed this afternoon at her house.

https://www.vanitatis.elconfidencia...ora-de-la-muerte-de-la-infanta-pilar_2403376/
https://look.okdiario.com/videos/rey-juan-carlos-no-falla-visita-hermana-pilar-borbon-852142
https://look.okdiario.com/videos/infanta-pilar-borbon-hospital-852114

 

[Biri]

Very sad news.
At least she doesn't suffer anymore...
May she rest in peace.

 

[Moonmaiden23]

Ohh....I had heard rumors that she had entered her final days. RIP to the Infanta.

 

[muriel]

Condolences to her family!

 

[JR76]

Such sad news. I'm glad that she went quickly and hopefully she was as comfortable as possible.

 

[iceflower]

So sad...After having seen her at the Nuevo Futuro at the end of 2019 I had hoped for an inprovement.

May she rest in peace - my condolences to her family!




** gettyimages: ESP: Family Members of Princess Pilar of Spain visit her at Ruber Internacional Hospital **

 

[An Ard Ri]

How very sad ,I had hoped there would be an improvement in the Infantas health rest in peace Infanta Pilar of Spain,Duchess of Badajoz.

What a sad start to 2020 for the Spanish RF.

 

[Stefan]

Very sad News but no too unexpected given her recent healthproblems. Hope she had not to suffer for too long.


Wonder if she will be buried in the Escorial or next to her late husband.

 

[eya]

R.I.P and my my condolences to her family.

 

[An Ard Ri]

King Juan Carlos looks devastated,yes I was wondering if she'll be interred beside her late husband Don Luis Acebo Gomez,Viscount de la Torre.

 

[lula]

Funeral chapel at her home in Puerta de Hierro

https://josepgegundez.photoshelter....r-of-Borbon/G0000v0vEoFBpflw/C000068aKG.mLQJ0

https://www.hola.com/realeza/casa_espanola/galeria/20200108157710/velatorio-infanta-pilar/1/

 

[An Ard Ri]

Over the past day Infanta Pilar had visits from Queen Sofia ,Don Carlos Zurita and his daughter Doña Maria Zurita as well as Infanta Pilars children and grandchildren,I'm not sure if the Infanta Margrita was well enough to have paid her sister a visit.

 

[Blog Real]

What a sad news!
King Juan Carlos was very close to this sister.

Rest in peace.

 

[An Ard Ri]

The King and Queen are at Infanta Pilar's Puerta de Hierro residence to pay their respects.

https://www.hola.com/realeza/casa_e...ta-pilar-capilla-ardiente-rey-felipe-letizia/

HSH Princess Nora of Liechtenstein,Dowager Marquesa de Mariño also came topay her respects.

https://elpais.com/elpais/2020/01/08/album/1578504285_149033.html#foto_gal_12

The Spanish Prime Minister and others send condolences to the King and RF at the death of the Infanta Doña Pilar de Borbón.

https://www.hola.com/realeza/casa_espanola/20200108157695/reacciones-muerte-infanta-pilar/

King Juan Carlos,Queen Sofia,Princess Irene,Infanta Doña Elena and children and Don Juan Valentín Urdangarin, (son of Infanta Cristina),the Infanta Doña Margarita,Duke of Soria arrive at the Infanta Pilar's Puerta de Hierro residence.

https://www.hola.com/realeza/casa_espanola/20200108157716/infanta-cristina-hijos-casa-infanta-pilar/

https://www.ppe-agency.com/show.php?zoektype=2&search=08-01-2020 Royals

 

[lula]

Infanta Pilar will not be buried in El Escorial. She will be cremated and the ashes deposited in the Pantheon of the Gomez Acebo family in the cemetery of San Isidro, where her husband is buried. All acts will be in privacy and later there will be an official funeral in El Escorial.

https://www.lavanguardia.com/politi...enterrada-en-el-cementerio-de-san-isidro.html

 

[An Ard Ri]

The Gomez-Acebo burial site where Infanta Pilar's late husband,Don Luis Gomez-Acebo ,Viscount de la Torre is buried.

http://www.royaltyguide.nl/images-countries/spain/madrid/sanisidro/Gomez-Acebo-1.JPG

http://www.royaltyguide.nl/images-countries/spain/madrid/sanisidro/Gomez-Acebo-2.JPG

 

[Marengo]

I am sad to hear this news. May she rest in peace.

 

[Jacknch]

I'm very sad to hear this news and had hopes that the Infanta would recover from her ill health in recent years. She was a vibrant and vivacious woman, who was happy to speak openly, honestly and plainly with the press.

May she rest in peace.

 

[Countessmeout]

Sad news for my lunch hour. Pilar was a lovely vibrant woman. I know she had been ill but her death seemed quick.

Condolences to her kids and the rest of the family. JC looks devastated.

Fitting that she buried with her late husband.

 

[carlota]

glad to know that she went without pain and quickly after battling a not long battle with cancer.

it looks like JC went to visit her today, probably hours before her death. he probably knew the death was imminent.

 

[Somebody]

glad to know that she went without pain and quickly after battling a not long battle with cancer.

it looks like JC went to visit her today, probably hours before her death. he probably knew the death was imminent.

Glad that Juan Carlos was able to visit his sister this morning. He is one of the frew people who will have known her well most of her life. Pilar was only 1 1/2 when her younger brother was born...

 

[Mbruno]

She had been ill for a while and there is a point the body simply can’t take it anymore. Some of us have experienced that with loved ones/ family members.

May she Rest In Peace and condolences to the family.

 

[HereditaryPrincess]

Sad news. Pilar was ill for a long time, so at least she'll be at peace now. RIP.

 

[rob2008]

Sad news for King Juan Carlos and for the other members of Pilar's family and friends.

 

[Prisma]

Condolences to Infanta Pilar's family and friends. May she RIP. Sad news.

 

[theroyalfly]

This is saddening but it comforts me that she's already together with our Lord. May she rest in peace.

 

[Biri]

And with her husband

 

[camelot23ca]

A very sad time for her children and grandchildren, but not unexpected, and I hope they find comfort in the presence of both the immediate and extended family.

The Infanta had a long, interesting life, and was quick and bright right through to the end of it. That's a blessing, and now she has the additional blessing of being free from pain and suffering. May she rest in peace.

 

[Tatiana Maria]

https://www.abc.es/estilo/gente/abc...arlos-muere-83-anos-202001081445_noticia.html

Thanks for sharing this interesting obituary. I knew little about the Infanta, but she struck me as a likeable individual who had a strong personality in spite of the fact that (as she says) her gender meant that her purpose in life was to be a support to her brother. She seems to have learned a strong sense of duty to Spain from her father, but not taken herself too seriously.

I did not know that Infanta Pilar's wedding was a major event for monarchists. With the record of traditionalism in monarchist groups in Europe, it is interesting that a union which was morganatic because it was unequal according to the rules at that time was followed with enthusiasm by monarchists. That being the case, it is not surprising that the requirement to marry equally was dropped after the monarchy was restored. (The marriages of Infantas Elena and Cristina in the 1990s were morganatic, titlewise, not because they were deemed unequal, but because King Juan Carlos decided in 1987 that royal status would be restricted to direct heirs and their spouses and children.)

 

[An Ard Ri]

Spanish news report on the death of the Infanta Pilar de Borbón