After two weeks spent at the Olympic Games in Paris, the Spanish Royal Family is experiencing pain once again, as they announced the death of Juan Gómez-Acebo, cousin to King Felipe.
Juan was the second of Infanta Pilar’s five children; he passed away on Monday, 12th August following a battle with cancer. The funeral date hasn’t been revealed; however, we know that he has expressed a wish to be cremated in Mallorca, where he passed away, and for his ashes to be carried to the family chapel in the San Isidro Monumental Cemetery.
[getty src=”2147619168″ width=”594″ height=”370″ tld=”com”]He is the second of Infanta Pilar’s children to pass in 2024; on March 1st, the family lost the youngest child, Fernando, who passed because of a worsening of his chronic pulmonary condition following a bout of CoViD-19.
Infanta Pilar, who herself passed away in March of 2020 at 83 following a battle with colon cancer, was King Juan Carlos’ older sister, making her children first cousins to King Felipe.
Queen Sofía was seen at a Mallorca morgue, where she reunited with her nieces and nephews, mourning with them the loss of a second brother in less than 6 months.
King Felipe and his family have not been seen in Mallorca; however, it is expected that they will take part in the ceremony that will mark the burial in the San Isidro Monumental Cemetery, located in Madrid.
