During their stays in Sanxenxo, which since 2022 have been repeated with increasing frequencyKing Juan Carlos He usually receives a visit from Infanta Elenaencounter has occurred once again. The Duchess of Lugo traveled to Pontevedra this Thursday afternoon to be with her father and also met her uncles, the Dukes of Soria, and her cousins, Alfonso and MarÃa Zurita. This family meeting included a private dinner that took place at Pedro Campos’ house, where the former head of state stays when he is in Galicia.
Don Juan Carlos has not left the home of the president of the Real Club Náutico de Sanxenxo, who is his personal friend, all afternoon. In this two-story chalet, located in the parish of NanÃn, surrounded by vegetation and overlooking the sea, he has been waiting to be reunited with his eldest daughter. Infanta Elena arrived at the house around 8:00 p.m., where her uncles and cousins ​​also came to enjoy a pleasant evening. The King’s sister and her family have been in the Galician town since Wednesday, where They went out to eat with the previous monarch.
This Thursday, the absence of wind has prevented the boats from leaving through the Pontevedra Estuary for the two tests that had been organized, postponed one day. Therefore, it is expected that on Friday morning Juan Carlos I will go sailing at the controls of the Bribón as part of the Xacobeo Trophy and that Infanta Elena will accompany him, as she has done on other occasions. The departure time is set for 12:00, but only weather conditions will tell if it is possible to see the images of father and daughter enjoying their common passion for sailing again. They are also present at the trophy presentation and at the private dinner that the teams have at the Real Club Náutico.
The Galician press reports that Don Juan Carlos will be in Galicia throughout the weekend and they do not rule out that he receives one more visit: that of Laurence Debray, who is preparing the memoirs of the man who has been head of the Spanish State for almost four decades. The French writer and historianhas advanced in HELLO! some details from the bookwhich still does not have a defined publication date and is titled Reconciliation: “It is the book of truth. It is true. It tries to convey to the Spaniards and the young generations what his career was and so that they can know a little more about him.” personal way and not only institutionally”.
They have been working on this project for two years, of which the magazine Point de Vue has shown some fragments, such as the following: “My father always advised me not to write memoirs. Kings do not make confidences. And even less so publicly. Their secrets are buried in the darkness of the palaces. Why should I disobey him now? Why have I finally changed my mind? I feel like my story is being stolen.”
Ten days, nine meetings
In these ten days that he has been in Galicia, the former head of State has been able to meet with nine family members. last friday He was with Kings Felipe and Letizia and with Princess Leonor at the MarÃn Naval School, where the heir to the throne receives military training. It was a private meeting coinciding with the attendance of the monarch and his wife at a dinner for the 40th anniversary of the flag oath of his Navy class. On Monday, Mrs. Cristina traveled to Sanxenxo to enjoy her father’s company after spending the weekend in Greece for the wedding of her cousin, Princess Teodora, youngest daughter of Kings Constantine and Ana MarÃa.