This time the Don Juan Carlos He has not returned to his exile from Abu Dhabi alone: his granddaughter Victoria Federica traveled directly to the Persian Gulf from Athens, and is there together with her mother and Froilán.
The family reunion that we have all seen these days, on the occasion of the last goodbye to Constantino of Greece, has served to see the Bourbons together and observe scenes of affection and good understanding. The affectionate gesture of Felipe VI towards the Emeritus, with a kiss and a hug, was undoubtedly the most illustrative image, because it provides a real vision of the relationship between father and son, different from the institutional distance displayed in public by the head of state and his father, after the scandals that ended with don Juan Carlos residing outside of Spain.
We also saw the closeness of Dona Letizia towards her mother-in-law, consoling the pain of Doña Sofía after having lost her little brother. The same thing happened between our Queen and Mary Chantal, the daughter-in-law of the deceased, who publicly attacked the wife of Felipe VI after the famous scuffle between the consort and the queen emeritus in the cathedral of Palma in that unforgettable Easter mass.
The attendance of the daughters of the emeritus kings and all their children at the obsequies has completed the photograph of peace, or at least of a truce: it is increasingly rare to see the infantas Elena and Cristina together with their brother and his wife . The same has happened with the children of Urdangarin, all of them with exemplary behavior, and with those of Jaime de Marichalar, whose appearances in the press often have more to do with late-night parties or other events; or, in the case of Victoria Federica, on the covers of magazines or attending public events related to fashion or show business, where she has found a way of life that has little to do with her parents’ wishes for how her young daughter should earn her bread.
Pax borbónica the family truce
But after this parenthesis governed by the pax borbónica, Under the black cloak of mourning and sadness, the Bourbon diaspora repeats itself and each one returns to their chores. The Queen Sofia He continues in Greece, arranging family issues with his sister Irene and his sister-in-law, the widow, Ana María, although his arrival in Spain is scheduled to settle again in Zarzuela starting tomorrow, Saturday. The King returned earlier to fulfill his institutional role, just like Doña Letizia, who visit and inaugurate Fitur, for example.
In the case of Urdangarin, Cristina returns to Geneva with Irene, where the young woman resumes her studies, and the children do the same with their lives: playing handball in Barcelona, etc. In the case of Dona Elena and the children Marichalar his chores are others. Doña Elena has a less institutional role, she hardly assumes public commitments since she is not formally part of the Royal Family, and she has time to travel. The same seems to happen with froilan y Victoria Federica. The first, as I had anticipated lectures, he returned to Abu Dhabi for a while, it seems that due to some issues related to a stage or to work in the area, although some journalists such as Mariángel Alcázar, correspondent for Casa Real de The vanguard, They clarify that it is not that he is going to live with his grandfather but that he will spend some time there and perhaps continue his studies remotely or telework.
The big surprise is not that Elena is there, helping her son settle into his new destination, but that she accompanies them Victoria Federica, who is supposed not to dedicate too much time to his studies, at least not in person, given the colossal amount of trips that he exhibits on his Social Networks or that we often collect in the media.
Well, the daughter of Jaime de Marichalar he also traveled from Athens to Abu Dhabi, just like his mother or brother. We do not know if it is a brief visit, to spend more time with her maternal grandfather, or because she also hopes to spend some time there to dilute to some extent the media frenzy that she stars in and lower the souffle of his overwhelming fame, a bit outdated.
Return of Don Juan Carlos to Spain?
Nothing indicates that Victoria Federica go to establish your residence in the Arab country; neither is his brother, nor the Infanta Elena, so we understand that this triple visit has more to do with the desire to spend a few days with Don Juan Carlos, who is rumored to be able to return to Spain in February, perhaps on a new visit. , after the alleged conversations between Felipe VI and Moncloa to facilitate this return, even if it is under certain conditions, such as not residing in Zarzuela and not doing exhibitions as ostentatious as the one we saw in Sanxenxo at the beginning of last summer.
It is taken for granted that Don Juan Carlos I wishes to return to Spain and misses his homeland; and he can formally do it whenever he wants and has the right to do it; Another thing is that he wants the explicit permission of his son, in agreement with the Government, to return. Everyone fears that, at the age of 85, a former head of state, a Transition pilot, could die thousands of kilometers from his country. His presence will not be comfortable for a part of public opinion, no matter how much his troubles with Justice have ended, if we except the case that he has open in London for complaints of harassment of Corinna, but it would be a mistake of great magnitude to allow something serious to happen to him far from Spain. Maybe Elena, Froilán and Victoria Federica are there helping grandfather pick up his things.