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The Princess of Asturias's First Communion: May 2015
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Felipe and Victoria Marichalar also made their first communion at school.
I thought I remember having read that Felipe and Victoria was the "uniform" for receiving communion at their schools. All the boys wore the same sailor outfits Felipe's year and all the girls wore the same dresses Victoria's year. Could that be what they mean by uniform for Leonor? I've never seen girls receive their first communion without a white dress or tunic. I was hoping to see her in a white dress like Victoria.
I wonder if we'll get pictures. I hope so, even if they want privacy, she's no longer the Infanta of Spain, she is the Princess of Asturias. They can have their privacy, and release some pictures at the same time.The article mentions it will be a celebration later (the next weekend) at Zarzuela, which seems pretty logical. I`m guessing we'll get pictures from that party, even if it is only a group picture of the family at the stairs (as they did for Miguel Urdangarin's first communion:
http://www.hola.com/imagenes//reale...in-comunion/0-177-594/comunion-miguel2--z.jpg
http://archivoimagenes.heraldo.es/uploads/imagenes/bajacalidad/2011/05/28/_famtod_f715c8bf.jpg
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I think it's good for Leonor and the guests that her communion will be low key, even though I'm hoping that we'll get to see some photos.
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I think it will be impossible to prevent the press take pictures of the family at the entrance and exit of the church.
Actually, at least in Spain, the very conservative Catholic schools (like Leonor's, although labelled as "laic", seems to be) are the ones promoting these low key celebrations since they consider the excessive spending and big parties are distracting from the real purpose of the sacrament, hence the not-fancy-dresses-everybody-must-wear-the-same-tunic, the just-six-familiar-for-each-kid, and the communion celebrated on a working day (all of these things are uncommon on traditional ceremonies).
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If there are only to be 6 invited guests it takes the pressure off Felipe from having to invite the entire family and seeing as Cristina/Inaki are in disgrace it might not be bad thing!
Probably kids are excluded of the rule, so Sofia can attend and make seven.
To me seems logical six adult people (mother, father, maternal grandparents, paternal grandparents), but then it is a rule that excludes the kid's siblings.
That's true, the fact that it's a workday makes difficult for the kids siblings to attend anyway. I think I don't get the concept of the modern 'low-key' First Communions at allIf its a workday, maybe Sofia won't be there because she attends school. I would be surprised to see Juan Carlos at the school.