The Kings Felipe VI and Letizia received visits from the president of the Motion Picture Association, Charles H. Rivkin, and the president and general director of the Federation of Film Distributors of Spain, Estela Artacho García-Moreno. Both have traveled to Spain to attend the awards ceremony MPA Awardswhich are being held in our country for the first time.
Princess Leonor’s parents have welcomed both chief executives in one of the rooms, until now unknown, of the Zarzuela palace. An area that is loaded with meaning and that has not gone unnoticed in the images published by the Royal Family on its social networks.
The vast majority of audiences that monarchs usually have are received in the audience hall, but, on this occasion, there was an exception. The pictures They show the lobby of the Zarzuela, an area about which no details were known until now. It is believed that those who were once princes of Asturias have made the decision to bring this part of their residence to light as part of their strategy to appear closer to the citizens.
The lobby is the room that precedes the audience hall and what has attracted the most attention in this area has been the nod to the Emeritus Kings, Juan Carlos I and Sofia. Large gates, antique furniture, chandeliers that illuminate the place and the main protagonist is a large rug located right in the center of the room.
However, The centre of attention are the two busts arranged each one on one side of the vestibule and which refer to the monarch’s parents, since they represent the faces of Juan Carlos and Sofía. The sculpture inspired by the grandmother of Infanta Sofía is located very close to the exit door, while the one inspired by the father of Infantas Elena and Cristina is located in the central part of the room, just below a striking chart.
These are two details that, at first glance, can go almost unnoticed, but the Royal Family wanted to show the exact place where these two emotional details are located. Both busts are on a wooden piece of furniture and represent the 39 years in which Juan Carlos and Sofia were at the head of the Spanish monarchy. Although a decade has passed since the abdication of the Emeritus took place, the truth is that the current monarchs have wanted to preserve their sculptures in the Zarzuela.
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Audience of the King and Queen with the president of the Motion Picture Association, Charles H. Rivkin, who is visiting Spain on the occasion of the presentation of the MPA Awards, which are being held for the first time in our country.
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With this detail, the Royal House confirms the rapprochement of Felipe VI with his father, since some time ago It was unthinkable that the Zarzuela palace would share an image with a nod to the Emeritus due to the numerous scandals that he was involved in in his day and that endangered the prestige of the crown. However, everything indicates that things are changing and, now, there is greater closeness between father and son.
