Infanta Elena turns her 60th birthday into a Bourbon 'summit': the Zarzuela family event

60 candles are not blown out every day and Don Juan Carlos He couldn't miss that appointment with his daughter. Infanta Elena prepares her birthday for next December 20 in a private and family format. His father flies from Abu Dhabi to Madrid and it is most likely that his grandson Froilán will accompany him on that trip. It will be his seventh visit to Spain for the emeritus since his self-expatriation to the Emirates in August 2020. A new pre-Christmas Bourbon conclave is approaching. The place, in Zarzuela. Although there are dissenting voices that place the event in Sanxenxo (Pontevedra).

They join Elena's party with her mother, Mrs. Sofia; of course, his daughter, Victoria Federica; her sister, Infanta Cristina, to whom she is very close; and her children, Juan, Pablo, Miguel e Irene. Still to be confirmed, the assistance of Philip VI, Joy and his daughters, Leonor y Sofia.

Even so, it is about second Bourbon conclave in less than two months. The first took place at the El Pardo palace on the occasion of Leonor's 18th birthday. If the attendance of the Kings and her daughters is confirmed, Elena would replicate the format of her niece. The date is clear, next December 20, the same day that the Princess of Asturias finishes her exams at the General Military Academy of Zaragoza. The place, yet to be cleared. The Palacio de la Zarzuela takes all the votes. So they drop it in Fiesta. However, Alessandro Lequio opts for Sanxenxo, where Felipe VI's father has already set up the logistics of lodging him at his friend's house. Pedro Campos, president of the Royal Nautical Club of the Pontevedra town. There Don Juan Carlos has his friends, his Bribón 500 and his fish and seafood from Piliña.

The format of Elena's birthday, a family meal, as shown The Digital Confidential. A lunch, in addition, would allow the king emeritus to resolve the issue of the overnight stay. Let us remember the strong reluctance to spend the night in an official residence of the Royal House. Let us also remember that after Leonor's birthday party, on October 31, she saved that obstacle by taking a plane that same night and arriving in London. The presence of the emeritus in Zarzuela is thorny. It was his former official residence and its entrance to the palace tightens the rope with Moncloa.

This birthday event for the infanta becomes the pre-Christmas party of the Bourbons. Four days later it is Christmas Eve. Elena and Cristina, who adore their father, are preparing a trip to Abu Dhabi for after Christmas, says the aforementioned digital. This trip would be the best birthday gift for the emeritus, who turns 86 on January 5.