The Princes receive the Awardees in OviedoOviedo. EFE
Don Felipe and Doña Letizia had a hearing this noon with the awardees of this year’s Prince of Asturias Prizes, which in its twentieth sixth edition has been granted by the Foundation that the Heir to the Crown presides over. The Princes saluted each of the awardees, and (with them) posed in a group photo after Don Felipe gave them the standard/pins of the prestigious awards.
First in greeting the Princes were the representatives of the National Geographic, awardee of the prize on Communication and Humanities; followed by the players of the Spanish Basketball Team, headed by their coach, Pepu Hernandez, who also traveled to Oviedo.
Others that were presented before the Princes were: the awardee of the prize on Scientific and Technical Research, Juan Ignacio Cirac; the one on Letters, the New York writer Paul Auster; and the Spanish film director Pedro Almodóvar, prize on the Arts, who was accompanied by his brother and producer, Agustín. The last ones in greeting the Princes were: the father of Bill Gates, William Gates (who is in Oviedo to receive the prize on International Cooperation on behalf of his son and his daughter-in-law – the only absentees in this afternoon’s ceremony); ex- president of Ireland Mary Robinson (Social Sciences) and the director of UNICEF, Isabel Croqwley, (Concord).
All of them will be present at 18:30 hours in the Campoamor Theater of Oviedo, where the Princes of Asturias will preside over the solemn ceremony of the delivery of the awards that, as in every year, the Queen will follow from the theater’s box of honor.
… Before greeting the awardees, the Princes de Asturias also shook hands with the presidents of the juries who this year have screened/selected the awardees – the representatives were headed today by the ex-president of the Xunta of Galicia and senator Manuel Fraga.
The princes also received the patrons of the Prince of Asturias Foundation and at mid-morning, they also met with trustees of the institution who have contributed financially to support the foundation’s activities since its creation.
This group is composed of personalities with different social backgrounds, who have lent some form on direction/guidance or have contributed to the economic sustainability of the institution. The Princes will attend an informal lunch with the awardees and the guests to the ceremony at the Campoamor Theater -- which will take place at 6:30 this afternoon.
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