Juan Carlos I has received a new visit in Sanxenxo, a town where he arrived on September 24 to participate in two regattas as skipper of the Bribón. After meeting ten relatives during these days in Galicia, he has now met again with Laurence Debray, his biographer and the person with whom he is preparing his memoirs. The French writer has joined to Infanta Elena who arrived this Thursday to the Pontevedra municipality to accompany his father.
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After enjoying a private dinner at Pedro Campospresident of the Royal Nautical Club of Sanxenxo and host of the King, along with her uncles the Dukes of Soria and her cousins María and Alfonso Zurita, the Infanta went sailing this morning, taking advantage of the fact that the weather conditions allowed it. Upon arrival at the port he greeted the staff warmly and helped Don Juan Carlos to take control of the “Bribón”. The absence of wind on Thursday prevented the fourth day of the Xacobeo Trophy that is now being played, so it was this afternoon when the boats raised the sails to continue with the competition that until now had been marked by inclement weather. of the storm Isaac.
While the King was sailing the Pontevedra estuary, his daughter got on another auxiliary boat, “Cristina”, accompanied by Laurence Debray with whom she showed great harmony. The two women greeted the crew of the “Bribón” and chatted with each other while they enjoyed sailing. The biographer took the opportunity to take out her mobile phone and take some photographs of the spectacular coastal landscape of the Rías Baixas and the exciting regattas.
Debray has advanced in HELLO! some details of the biography of King Juan Carloswhich does not yet 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 he can be known a little more personally 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.”
The writer’s is the last visit that the former monarch has received after a week full of family reunions. The first was with Kings Felipe and Letizia and with Princess Leonor last Friday at the Marín Naval School, where the heir to the throne receives military training. It was a private meeting coinciding with the attendance of the King and his wife at a dinner for the 40th anniversary of the flag oath of their promotion to the Navy. On Monday, Mrs. Cristina arrived in Sanxenxo to visit her father after spending the weekend in Greece for the wedding of her cousin, Princess Teodora, youngest daughter of Kings Constantine and Ana María. The next day, he received his sister, Infanta Margarita and his brother-in-law Carlos Zurita, as well as his nephews Alfonso and María Zurita, and her son, Carlitoswho is also the godson of Don Juan Carlos. That of Infanta Elena and now Laurence Debray have been the last visits, although taking into account that their stay is expected to last until Sunday, it is not ruled out that they will also enjoy the weekend accompanied.
