Warm greetings from the Queen Letizia to the Minister of Housing, Isabel Rodriguez. They both agreed on the choice of the white of the jacket. It was at the presentation of the Francisco Cerecedo Award to Carlos Alsina. A night of journalism that Mrs. Letizia really likes because it represents her reunion with her former profession. These are the anecdotes that this evening of letters and politics left us.
The line greeting the Kings formed at the doors of the Westin Palace Hotel in Madrid. In addition to the minister, there were Alberto Núñez Feijóo, president of the PP; and Diego Carcedo, historical Asturian journalist, former director of Radio Nacional de España. The Queen’s gaze of admiration towards Carcedo, president of the Association of European Journalists, was more than evident. She unites them with her Asturian roots and her love for the profession. Also attending were the general secretary of the Association of European Journalists, Miguel Angel Aguilary Carlos Franganillo, that has moved from the TVE News to the Telecinco News.
Dinner at a round table in the hotel rooms. Doña Letizia was sitting next to Carlos Alsina, who accepted the award from the King. The winner, who has a close relationship with the Kings, in his speech winked at the Virgin of Covadonga, an Asturian icon, which made her consort smile. He also spoke of his team “who is the one who breaks stones”, and of “comrade Amón”; He remembered David Gistau, mentioned Manuel Jabois and the ‘culturetas’. That sector of culture that has declared itself (without declaring itself) letizista for so many common spaces they share about art, cinema and books. Alsina’s shouts sounded at the Government of Pedro Sánchez.
The monarch, in his speech, spoke of the director of Más de uno on Onda Cero, “as a reference in radio journalism. (…) A journalist who has stated that the radio station is his family, which lets him make mistakes every morning and that, thanks to that, from time to time, they get it right…” The Kings shared a table with Carcedo, who was accompanied by his wife, Cristina García Ramos, and with Aguilar.
There was another detail: when the Queen dropped her napkin to the floor and bent down with the intention of picking it up in a gesture of total spontaneity. In the end, a hotel employee managed to rescue the napkin, as he says. Woman Today.