This Wednesday, December 20 marks the sixtieth birthday of Elena of Spain, the eldest daughter of Juan Carlos I and Sofia of Spain. On this occasion, an intimate family celebration is being prepared between the walls of the Zarzuela Palace. While many members of the crown are expected to be present, including the former king of Spain, the arrival of Letizia of Spain and Felipe VI is not yet certainreports the media Vanitatis.
To celebrate her birthday, Elena of Spain will be able count on the presence of your parents, but also of his two children, Victoria de Marichalar y Borbón and Felipe de Marichalar y Borbón. His sister Christina and his niece, Irene, should also be there. However, at the moment it has not yet been confirmed whether Letizia of Spain and Felipe VI will participate in the celebrations. The Spanish media still reveals that the royal couple has no events planned in their diaries on this day, which could suggest that they will be present.
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Letizia from Spain and Elena from Spain can’t stand each other?
While it is difficult to know if the King and Queen of Spain will celebrate Elena of Spain’s 60th birthday with the rest of their family, we nevertheless know that the relationship between the sister and the wife of Felipe VI is not really in good shape. Indeed, according to Núria Tiburcio, journalist for Vanitatis and author of Elena, the infanta castizathe two women would not be very close: “Elena doesn’t get along very well with Letizia. They never had anything in common (…)”she confided to Gala.fr in February 2023. She notably revealed that “two episodes caused the breakdown of their relationships”. Namely, the fact that the former journalist sided with Jaime de Marichalar when he divorced Elena, and The Queen’s publicized argument with her mother-in-law Sofia in 2018. These two events would have broken their understanding which was until then friendly.
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