Queen Sofia has cancelled all of her upcoming engagements after her sister’s health deteriorated.
Sofia, 88, has put all of her diary on hold after her younger sibling, Princess Irene, underwent a decline. It’s understood that Queen Sofia doesn’t want to leave her sister’s side.
Princess Irene has been ill for sometime and Sofia has been a constant support as her health declined.
Just hours before Queen Sofia was due to undertake engagements in Palma de Mallorca, Spain’s royals announced she wouldn’t be attending and said that she needed to be with Irene.
The princess, who is 83, had suffered cognitive decline in recent years and her health has got worse in the past months.
The last time she was seen in public was in early 2025 when she attended the wedding of her nephew, Prince Nikolas of Greece, in Athens.
Irene is the youngest of the three children of King Paul and Queen Federica of the Hellenes. As well as Sofia, she was a sister of King Constantine of the Hellenes who died in 2023.
She never married and has always been close to Sofia who has been one of her greatest friends as well as her sister.
Sofia was seen at the weekend in Paris with her own three children as they attended a memorial service. King Felipe VI accompanied his mother out of the church in the French capital while his older sisters, Infanta Elena and Infanta Cristina, remained at a discreet distance.
Queen Sofia was due to receive a prize for her sustainability work.
