Queen Sofia was still a princess of Asturias when she dressed as a gypsy for the first and last time of her life. It was 1968 and the emeritus began and, at the same time, ended a tradition that could have meant a true political schism. 57 years later, his granddaughter Victoria Federica dares to cross the thin line of the protocol.
Infanta Elena’s daughter is not a Real family, but it is part of the king’s family. It seems the same, but it is not. It does not fulfill institutional functions, but, in a way, its face represents the crown. Not officially, but informal. That is, the real link always prevails and, each of its decisions, or not, affects its uncles, kings of Spain.
Therefore, wearing an impeccable image is obliged. Victoria Federica can never forget your family lineage and, even if you want to uncheck from it, marking your own path, the weight of the last name is always there. Does this mean that it is applied to the same protocol rules as to the rest? The truth is that Victoria Federica, as a daughter of Infanta, can live much more relaxed in terms of the strict rules to which her cousins are subject, but, even so, she must balance in this balance impossible not to make gestures or behaviors that could bother the crown. A true impossible mission.
Why does Letizia do not dress in flamenco
As impossible, it would be for his aunt Letizia to dress as flamenco and not ‘make the rest of the regional costumes. And that’s why he doesn’t. María José Verdú, an expert on label, explained that, although there is no protocol standard that indicates that you cannot wear with the flattering suit popularized by the gypsies who went to cattle fairs at the end of the 19th century, the queen does not do so not to establish differences.
“If you wear flamenco, you should also do it from other regional costumes,” he tells us. This would be another way not to exercise preferences between places, guaranteeing “a neutrality of the crown,” Verdú told us.
-Perhaps that is why, when Juan Carlos assumed the State Headquarters, Queen Sofia kept the flyers and the comb until she saw more at the bottom of her closet. We never saw her dressed again with flamenco look. Different thing happened with his daughter Elena.
Victoria follows her mother’s example
The greatest of Infantas and Mother of Victoria Federica has always been in love with everything that smells like Cañí tradition. The Bourbon branch must be. He loves bulls, is lost by a flamenco and yes, he also likes pilgrims. Years ago, when it was only a girl, the magazine Readings showed it to a rump of her horse, with her corresponding medals of the Virgen del Rocío, Cordoba hat and dressed in polka dresses. The complete pack. Juan Carlos’s daughter visited the hermitage, following the folk tradition and attached to the customs of the other Rocieros.
When Elena crossed the marshes, no one took her hands to her head or, of course, requested that she dressed in fallera in the following failures. As Verdú said “it was another social context.” Now, knowing that Letizia and, therefore, her daughters do not make this distinction with the Andalusian fair, one might ask if this non -explicit rule is also applied to the king’s niece.
The truth is that no. Victoria Federica, like her mother, her grandfather and her great -grandmother, has always been in love with Sevillian folklore; So it is not striking that, punctual, every year, visit the April Fair. In addition, he usually does or dressed as a gypsy, or short, showing another face much more ‘genderless’ of the proposals that are seen by the real one.
In addition, taking into account how Victoria Federica is managing her professional career, she is closer to Lola Lolita than her cousin Leonor. Elena’s daughter has embraced, without regrets, fame; He has hired the services of an influencers representation agency, has participated in ‘The Challenge’ and also stars in fashion campaigns. With each of these decisions, sister Felipe Juan Froilán unchecks the rigid rules surrounding her family and proudly claims her way of introducing herself to the world. And that flamenco look is only one more sample of the same.
