Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia, Current Events Part 26: July - August 2006

[Elsa M.]

Welcome to the new thread for the current events of the Prince and Princess of Asturias.

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[lula]

http://www.infobolsa.es/v2002/Noticias/noticias_titulares2.asp?Fuente=EPRE&FechaNot=20060630&Clasif=C&Numnot=110892

- 11.30 hours: The Princes of Asturias realize the delivery of roya offices.
The Minister of Defense, is present at the act.
In the General Academy of the Air.

 

[Ariel]

- 11.30 hours: The Princes of Asturias realize the delivery of roya offices.
The Minister of Defense, is present at the act.
In the General Academy of the Air.

This mean that they just couldnt make it to go to Luxembourg. Maybe some light health condition or schedule problems in the last moment. Remember they went to the lunch with the philipine president. What is nice is to see how Elena and her husband were there ready to help them. In the past i didnt pay much attention to Elena, but day by day im starting to think that she is really a jewel of the crown.

 

[Avalon]

I agree wiith you, Ariel, Elena is really jewel in the crown, I always liked her very much. The SRF is very gifted with Royal ladies. Both Infantas are absolutely great and Princess Letizia fitted in perfectly, not speaking of Queen Sofia, who is just marvellous.

 

[xicamaluca]

This mean that they just couldnt make it to go to Luxembourg...

If you notice the top of the page, it says: "Agenda informativa de Europa Press para el 3 de julio ( 1 ) "

Means that those acts posted by lula are in their agenda for tomorrow, July 3rd, nothing to do with yesterday.

 

[Ariel]

If you notice the top of the page, it says: "Agenda informativa de Europa Press para el 3 de julio ( 1 ) "

Means that those acts posted by lula are in their agenda for tomorrow, July 3rd, nothing to do with yesterday.

Yes ive noticed that, what i meant is that if they can go on with their normal agenda tomorrow, means that there is not a major issue that has caused their absense in yesterday dinner. Whatever it was, just affected their plans for yesterday.

 

[xicamaluca]

Well, was a pity not to see them yesterday, but we'll have plenty more ocasions Something happened yes, but let´s hope that wasn't nothing serious and that we will see them tomorrow because that is what realy matters!

 

[adelaide]

Well, was a pity not to see them yesterday, but we'll have plenty more ocasions Something happened yes, but let´s hope that wasn't nothing serious and that we will see them tomorrow because that is what realy matters!

Yes, you are totaly right and I'm sharing your opinion. It's too bad to didn't see the Princess in gown but as we can follw this week a lot of official acts we can have a lot of pics of the Princess

 

[Paty]

http://actualidad.terra.es/nacional/articulo/principes_asturias_academia_aire_963958.htm

The Princes of Asturias will deliver today the offices of the Academy of the Air

The Princes of Asturias, accompanied by the minister of Defense, Jose Antonio Alonso, will preside today at the act of delivery of Royal Offices to them near 80 new lieutenants and ensign of the Army of the Air in an act that will take place in the General Academy of the Air, in San Javier (Murcia).

According to sources of Defense, the prince will take charge delivering the office and imposing a decoration to the number one of every promotion of the different bodies to which ensign and lieutenants belong new.

Don Felipe obtained in 1989 the lieutenant's office in this school, to where he will return, accompanied of his wife, to take part in the solemn act, in that both already were in July, 2004.

The act will begin on 11:30, with the arrival of the Princes, which they will inspect a formation of honors before proceeds to the delivery of offices and decorations, to which it will follow a speech of the colonel Rubén García Servet, the director of the General Academy of the Air.

After the interpretation of the anthem of the Army of the Air, the princes will approach the pupils who have received his offices after the traditional moment in which these throw their caps to the air as a sign of joy.

A parade and an act of honoring to those who gave their life for Spain will complete the act, to which it will follow a wine of honor.




http://www.laverdad.es/murcia/pg060703/actualidad/comarca/200607/03/RL-principes-entrega-despachos.html

The Princes of Asturias, accompanied by the minister of Defense, Jose Antonio Alonso, presided today at the delivery of offices to them near 80 new lieutenants and ensign of the Army of the Air in an act that took place in the General Academy of the Air (AGA), in San Javier.

Don Felipe and Dona Leticia came at 11:20 to the headquarters of the Academy, where the Prince, who was dressing commander's uniform of the Army of the Air in the Toisón of Gold and the Great Cross of the Aeronautical Merit, inspected to the formation of honors before the delivery of the offices, which took place under an intense heat.

Dona Leticia was taking a white jacket and a skirt of flight in gray tones, besides a fan of black color that she used continuously during the act, which it concluded on 12:30, after the interpretation of the anthem of the Army of the Air.

 

[Elsa M.]

The posts about the Princes of Asturias' attendence to the silver wedding in Luxembourg were moved to the respective thread.

Elsa M.
(TRF's Supermoderator)

 

[Ariel]

Ive just heard about the terrible incident that happened in Valencia, in the tv they have said that 30 people have died in an incident in the metro. Im really sorry about this tragedy and i hope all of our spanish posters and their families are doing fine. God help the families of the victims to cope and the people that got injured to cope with it.

 

[lula]

Ive just heard about the terrible incident that happened in Valencia, in the tv they have said that 30 people have died in an incident in the metro. Im really sorry about this tragedy and i hope all of our spanish posters and their families are doing fine. God help the families of the victims to cope and the people that got injured to cope with it.

http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/468788-post97.html

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http://www.laverdad.es/murcia/pg060703/actualidad/comarca/200607/03/RL-principes-entrega-despachos.html

The Princes of Asturias preside at the delivery of offices in the Academy of the Air of San Javier

To the delivery there represented the regional prime minister, Ramon Luis Valcárcel; the president of the Regional Assembly, Francisco Celdrán; the delegate of the Government, Angel Gonzalez; the chief of the General staff of the Defense, Félix Sanz Roldán and the chief of the General staff of the Air, Francisco Jose García of the Vega

The Princes of Asturias, accompanied by the minister of Defense, Jose Antonio Alonso, presided today at the delivery of offices to them near 80 new lieutenants and ensign of the Army of the Air in an act that took place in the General Academy of the Air (AGA), in San Javier.

Don Felipe and Dona Leticia came at 11:20 to the headquarters of the Academy, where the Prince, who was dressing commander's uniform of the Army of the Air in the Toisón of Gold and the Great Cross of the Aeronautical Merit, inspected to the formation of honors before the delivery of the offices, which took place under an intense heat.

Dona Leticia was taking a white jacket and a skirt of flight in gray tones, besides a fan of black color that she used continuously during the act, which concluded on 12:30, after the interpretation of the anthem of the Army of the Air.

From terra and laverdad

 

[lula]

http://www.hola.com/actualidad/imgActualidad/index.html?currentDay=03-07-2006&currentImg=1

The Princes of Asturias preside at the delivery of offices of the Academy of the Air

The Princes of Asturias have been present today at the act of delivery of offices of the new lieutenants and ensign of the Army of the Air in the General Academy of the air of San Javier. Don Felipe dressed for the occasion the commander's uniform of the Army of the Air in the Toisón of Gold and the Great Cross to the Merit Aeronaútico



From ANP

 

[LaChicaMadrilena]

Picture from casa real:

 

[adelaide]

I have some idea that the wether is very hot, isen't it ? if it's the same thing than in Paris, oufa !

 

[lula]

http://www.diariodecadiz.com/diariodecadiz/articulo.asp?idart=3036347&idcat=823

The Princes will preside tomorrow at the delivery of Royal Offices

The Princes of Asturias preside tomorrow at the delivery, in San Fernando, of the Royal Offices of a Subofficials' new promotion of the marine corps and specialists of the Navy, which will be celebrated in the Plaza of Weapon in the Subofficials' own School, as informed the Defense Department Europa Press in a communique.
In this edition they will return to be the Princes of Asturias, as they did in the year 2004 delivering then those of the promotion LXVI, in what it was their first visit to the province since they were marrying.
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http://www.laopiniondemurcia.es/secciones/noticia.jsp?pIdNoticia=36042&pIdSeccion=2#

Letizia chats with the journalists during the appetizer

That of yesterday was the second visit of the princess Letizia to the General Academy of the Air. The first occasion was in 2004, when she accompanied her husband on this traditional ceremony of delivery of offices presided normally by some member of the royal house. Last year, he was the king the manager of inspecting to the troops and of presiding at the acts of honoring to the fallen.

Since already it is habitual, the Princess proved to be very near with all the attendees to the ceremony, so much soldiers, relatives and friends of these as journalists.

During the wine that the Army of the Air offered on having concluded the official acts, Letizia greeted the professionals of the mass media who came to cover the visit, being interested for their current situation and chatting friendly with several about them.

Leticia there greeted specially Santiago Sanchez, journalist who was a companion of studies of the princess, and to Belen Pardo, the corresponsal of Cataluya's Newspaper that has published recently the book ' A region in the life of the Prince of Asturias ', that Felipe dedicated her.

 

[Paty]

Delivery of Royal Offices in the Subofficials' School of the Navy
San Fernando (Cadiz), on July 4, 2006

It will be presided by His Royal Highness the Princes of Asturias

www.casareal.es

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The Princes of Asturias will inaugurate the Institute Cervantes of Pekin.

The Princes of Asturias will inaugurate next July 14 the new Institute Cervantes of Pekin, who will do the number 58 of the net of centers, and he will be the first one that is opened in China.

With his more than 3.000 square meters in a central building of six floors the headquarters of Pekin will be one of the biggest of the Institute. It will have a score of classrooms to teach Spanish, room of exhibitions, lounge of acts and library, which will take the name of the writer Antonio Machado.

http://www.laregion.net/content/view/14516/246/

 

[lula]

http://www.laverdad.es/murcia/pg060704/prensa/noticias/Region_Murcia/200607/04/MUR-REG-005.html

Dona Letizia: " The Infanta Leonor does not give a bad night "

As inexperienced couple, they could not stop speaking on their daughter. And as young couple, they left to see their complicity and, more relaxed that in their previous visit, they did not stop reporting between the two at all time that left the military protocol. Even in the wait of the air and terrestrial parade, which reaches the delivery of Offices, dona Letizia re-placed to the Prince the band of Great Cross of the Aeronautical Merit in a spontaneous gesture, while alone they were chatting inspired. Nothing was mattering that behind they were waiting for the maximum authorities of the Army and of the Defense, as the minister, Jose Antonio Alonso and the chief of the General Staff of Defense, Félix Sanz Roldán.

The Princess of Asturias chose for the act in San Javier, always warmly, a white jacket penetrated on a lack of sedates in gray tones, which she combined with a small white purse and a sandals in color beige. She did not give rest to a black fan, with which aireaba her lock, since the sun radiated strongly his any more powerful beams. Itdid not pass unnoticed that dona Letizia had familiarized herself already with the traditional meeting in July with San Javier's base, so she could live through it with fewer inflexibility than two years ago. She stopped to chat with the journalists and commented that the infanta Leonor " does not give a bad night ", before the questions of her exconmpanions-in-arms. The Prince Felipe was useful to greet to that they were his teachers and assistants in the base of La Ribera during the course 1987-88, as the major Carlos García Sanchez, to the one who remembered his training in the Academy.

Don Felipe did not go away with the empty hands. The journalist murciana Belen pardo delivered the book that she has elaborated on the visits of the Prince to the Region, of whom she commented on the photographies together with dona Letizia, who remembered the heat of her visit to Mule, when still she was pregnant. The high temperatures did not stop to stop the fans between the invited ones, which illuminated hats and summer shows for the occasion not also. More there suffered the president of the Federation of Peñas Huestanas, Antonio Avilés covered by the black traditional suit of velvet. Nobody wanted to change for the Queen of the Garden, decked with the regional suit either. There did not get away themselves from the heat the mayors of San Javier, Jose Hernández; Los Alcazares, Juan Escudero and of San Pedro del Pinatar, Pedro Jose Perez. Between the guests to the act, there were the director of La Verdad, Jose Maria Esteban and the rectors of the UMU, Jose Antonio Cobacho, and the UPCT, Félix Faura.

 

[lula]

More photos from laverdad

 

[Paty]

The Princes of Asturias come to the Subofficials' School

Don Felipe and Dona Letizia they came this midday to preside at the delivery of Royal Offices.
The Princes of Asturias came at 11.28 hours to the Subofficials' School of San Fernando, where there will preside the official delivery of Royal Offices of the promotion LXVII Subofficials' of the bodies of Infantry of Marina and Specialists of the Navy. The Princes have been got by the admiral chief of the General staff of the Navy, Sebastián Zaragoza Soto; the admiral of Personnel of the Navy, Rafael Lapique Dobarro; the admiral of the Fleet, Angel Tello Valero, and the commander the director of the School of Subofficials, Enrique Gonzalez Ecija.

The military act of the Navy puts end to a year of two years of duration for the access to the sergeants' scale by means of internal promotion.

Besides, the Princes of Asturias will attend the delivery of the representative sabers of his employments as military men of career to Juan Simón Santalla Martínez and Marco Antonio Castro Vigo, sergeants pupils of the Bodies of Infantry of Marina and of Specialists (ELS), who have obtained the number one of his promotion in the respective scales.

http://www.diariodecadiz.com/diariodecadiz/articulo.asp?idart=3040716&idcat=823

 

[lucien]

The posts discussing the Princes of Asturias' attendence to the silver wedding in Luxembourg were moved to the respective thread.

Excuse my ignorance,but which thread would that be Elsa?Been looking,couldn't find it,yet.Btw,they were there,as well as A & M and Queen B.They were among the guests already at Berg Castle,so the photographers "missed" them,that's all.

 

[lula]

http://actualidad.terra.es/articulo/principes_cadiz_armada_valencia_966968.htm

The Princes deliver in Cadiz the offices to the sergeants of the Navy in an act marked by the event of Valencia

The Princes of Asturias, don Felipe de Borbón and dona Letizia Ortiz, did delivery today in San Fernando (Cadiz) of the Royal Offices to the Subofficials' new promotion of the Bodies of Infantry of Marina and specialists of the Navy, in an act that was marked by the recollection to the victims and relatives of the accident registered yesterday in the underground of Valencia, which did that there was suspended the glass of spanish wine programmed in the gardens of the school.

In the ceremony of the delivery of Royal Offices, the Prince of Asturias gave the congratulation to 180 subofficials, 26 belonging ones to the body of Infantry of Marina and 154 new recruits to the Specialists' body of the Navy, and did delivery of the offices to the numbers one of every body, they imposing the Cross of the Naval Merit, on Juan Simón Santalla and Marco Antonio Castro, who besides received a saber as prize end of career of the president of the Deputation of Cadiz, Francisco Gonzalez Cabaña.

After the delivery of offices there took place the movement of the flag and the celebration of a mass in honor to the fallen. Later, the military archbishop, Francisco Perez, before going to the sergeants' new promotion referred to the deceaseds and relatives of the event of Valencia, qualifying the fact of ' horrible accident ' and having them ' present in the prayer '.

In the same way there began his allocution the commander the director of the School of Subofficials, Enrique Gonzalez Ecija, who showed his ' pain for the tragic event ' and his 'solidarity' with the relatives of the victims.

Later, there took place the interpretation of the anthem of the Navy, a parade and the retreat of the Subofficials, remaining suspended the glass of Spanish wine that the new subofficials and their relatives had to share with the Princes of Asturias.
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Terra

 

[lucys]

Excuse my ignorance,but which thread would that be Elsa?Been looking,couldn't find it,yet.Btw,they were there,as well as A & M and Queen B.They were among the guests already at Berg Castle,so the photographers "missed" them,that's all.

I just posted a thumbnail over on that photo/thread ... they were in attendance, as the photograph proves, so all the strange anger spilt out at them for their absence was nonsense.

 

[Olka]

Excuse my ignorance,but which thread would that be Elsa?Been looking,couldn't find it,yet.Btw,they were there,as well as A & M and Queen B.They were among the guests already at Berg Castle,so the photographers "missed" them,that's all.

You are right about their presence, there is a picture of the guests on the silver wedding thread and the Prince and Princess were there. For the moment the picture is very small, not much to see, but we'll see better ones for sure.

 

[Paty]

I have seen the Princess in TV, and she is beautiful today.She takes a beig garment with a brown belt and her hair this one gathered in a cue

 

[mtbcm]

I just posted a thumbnail over on that photo/thread ... they were in attendance, as the photograph proves, so all the strange anger spilt out at them for their absence was nonsense.

I would add that ANY anger split on Princes or anyone else is so sad. But what can we do . I'm glad they were there... what can you tell us about that tiny pic?... or I could go to the thread .

Thank you for sharing lucys .

Regards,
mtbcm

 

[lula]

July 3 MURCIA

From Ministerio de Defensa

 

[Roxsteve]

Has Felipe ever served in any of the three branches? Air Force, Army or Navy? He seems to wear or have in his closet every uniform--has he earned it? Has he been to training? Has he served in the army? Has he been deployed anywhere?

 

[lula]

Has Felipe ever served in any of the three branches? Air Force, Army or Navy? He seems to wear or have in his closet every uniform--has he earned it? Has he been to training? Has he served in the army? Has he been deployed anywhere?

http://www.casareal.es/ingles/sar_principe/index.html

From September 1985 to July 1988, His Royal Highness trained at the General Military Academy in Zaragoza, the Naval School in Marin and the General Academy of the Air Force in San Javier, and in July 1989 received despatches as Infantry Lieutenant, Sub-Lieutenant and Lieutenant of the Air Arm.

The ranks he holds in the Spanish Armed Forces today are those of Commander of the General Land Army Corps (Infantry), Lieutenant Commander in the General Navy and Commander of the General Air Force. He is also a helicopter pilot, qualified for instrument flight in Air Force Squadron 402. He has his Helicopter Pilot's Wings for both the Land Army and the Navy.
From September 1999 to June 2000, he attended a refresher course in Security and Defence.

 

[Elsa M.]

Has Felipe ever served in any of the three branches? Air Force, Army or Navy? He seems to wear or have in his closet every uniform--has he earned it? Has he been to training? Has he served in the army? Has he been deployed anywhere?

Roxsteve, please take a look at his biography thread, where the details are given about his military training:
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/198713-post3.html