Members of the Spanish Royal Family have held their annual
summer photo session in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. King Felipe
and Queen Letizia posed for the press alongside their two
daughters, Leonor, Princess of Asturias (12) and Infanta Sofía (11)
at the Royal Palace of Almudaina Palace on Sunday,
29 July instead of the traditional Marivent Palace.
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Palma de Mallorca is the traditional location of Their Majesties
and Their Royal Highnesses summer holiday. Leonor and Sofía just
returned to Spain from a month-long summer camp in the United
States just in time for the photocall. The daughters of Their
Majesties had never before been
to the Royal Palace of Almudaina Palace.
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The royals also took time to greet the media and speak to them
before their stay in Mallorca officially began. Future monarch
Leonor, when questioned about her and Sofía’s trip to the United
States, remarked to the press, “It has been fun. We have done
a lot of sport, and we have met people from other countries.” They
both explained how they were able to improve their English, as
well, while they were across the Atlantic.
King Felipe also spoke to the journalists about how his father, King Juan Carlos is feeling following his hip surgery a few months ago saying that his father was “very annoyed.” He added, “He really wanted to come, but the doctors told him he should not move much. He looked forward to it, had practised and was eager to come.”
The Royal Palace of La Almudaina. By Antoni I. Alomar Canyelles – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4793488
The Royal Palace of La Almudaina is the official summer
residence of His Majesty, and its current state is a modification
of an Arabic fortress that was first constructed in the late 1200s.
The castle’s construction began under the guidance of
King Jaime II at the beginning of the 14th century. More
information, including touring and ticketing information, can be
found here.
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