Felipe VI and Letizia wait a few minutes for Sánchez inside the car because the president has arrived late

Four minutes. It has been the time that it has taken Pedro Sánchez to arrive at the Plaza de Lima, where the parade of the National Holiday Day is celebrated. A delay that has caused the Kings, Felipe VI and Letizia, and his daughter Sofía to wait for him inside the Rolls Royce. It was at 11:04 when Sánchez arrived just to join the greeting line, which welcomed the King and Queen.

Plaza de Lima, in Madrid. The acts of the traditional military parade of the Armed Forces on the occasion of the National Holiday begin. At 11:00 in the morning, Don Felipe and Doña Letizia arrived in their Rolls Royce with the monarch’s red script. After waiting a few minutes for Sánchez, they occupied the gallery installed in the Plaza de Lima, in Madrid.

In the greeting line were the president, Margarita Robles, the JEMAD, chief of the Defense Staff, Teodoro López Calderón; the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, who this year has broken her trend for the Spanish red look with a lady dress in blue klein. The mayor of the city, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, was also there. In the previous minutes, Cuca Gamarra and Santiago Abascal had a long conversation. Together with them, Patxi López, spokesperson for the PSOE, and Alberto Núñez Feijóo, who opens on October 12 as president of the PP.

The ministers of the Government and the presidents of the autonomous communities have attended, except (as in previous years) the Basque lehendakari Íñigo Urkullu; and the president of the Generalitat, Pere Aragonès.

The Kings, located on the platform, and their daughter have listened to the national anthem, which has marked the beginning of the act. The 21 ordinance salvos from the Schneider cannons, dating from 1906, by the royal battery have also been heard.

After receiving the military honours, the Head of State, wearing the full dress uniform of the Navy and the Golden Fleece, reviewed the honors battalion of the Royal Guard. During those minutes, the Queen has been very aware of Sofia.