“He didn’t feel comfortable”

When there are only a couple of days left to welcome the new year and while the Royal Family shares on their social networks an emotional compilation of images of Their Majesties, Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofia, the journalist Pilar Eyre has revealed what the Royal Family’s most complicated Christmases were.

To do this, we must go back to 1975, when Don Juan Carlos and Doña Sofía lived their last Christmas holidays before becoming Kings. At that time, Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía planned to enjoy the festivities in Estoril together with the parents of the former Head of State. However, Doña Sofia said “it just is“, given that “he didn’t feel comfortable“with the family of Don Juan Carlos. Since then, “They started celebrating Christmas in Zarzuela“said the Royal Houses expert through her YouTube channel.

Likewise, Pilar Eyre has revealed that on Christmas 1974 they met with Sofía’s entire family. “They stayed in Zarzuela and spent Christmas Eve and Christmas there. 20 or 30 people gathered around the Christmas tree and then attended the traditional mass“, she revealed. As the writer points out, at that time, Juan Carlos I was still keeping up appearances and pretending that everything was going wonderfully with Queen Sofia.

During the Christmas holidays, the family also enjoyed a few days of skiing in the Aran Valley. “The Queen was not very nice, she kept her distance. She could be heard shouting at Don Felipe as they went down the track. At that time they did not have a home, they stayed at the Hotel Montarto, which is at the foot of the slopes.“he revealed.

Regarding the attitude of Don Juan Carlos, Pilar Eyre has assured that “He went into the kitchen of restaurants, refused to let people get up from the tables or drank a wine while waiting for his turn.“.

Thus, the journalist has revealed details about the activities carried out by members of the Royal Family during their snow vacations. “First thing in the morning they went skiing and at night they went down to the hotel disco. There, they met on several occasions with Carmen Martínez-Bordiú and her then husband, Alfonso de Borbón.“, confessed the expert in Royal Houses.

In her speech, Pilar stressed that this lack of understanding between Doña Sofía and Don Juan Carlos’s sisters “remembers the current situation of Letizia and her sisters-in-law“, alluding to the relationship that the Queen maintains with Infanta Elena and Cristina today.