Welded in the ordeal. This Tuesday, April 9, the Zarzuela Palace announced the hospitalization of Sofia of Spain in a hospital in Madrid. “We inform you that Her Majesty Queen Sofia was transferred to the Ruber Clinic yesterday evening due to a urinary infection. The evolution is very rapid and favorable“, we could read in a press release revealed by our colleagues at Vanitatis. The day after this announcement, King Felipe VI went to his mother’s bedside to check on her. Upon leaving the clinic, Queen Letizia’s husband was seen driving a black sedan. He then said a few words to the press about his mother.
Faced with the journalists present, the father of Leonor and Sofia wanted to be reassuring: “She is doing very well“, he assured, according to comments reported by Hello !. Before leaving the premises, the monarch announced that his mother “is excited and eager to get out of the hospital and go home as soon as possible.” The day before the announcement of her hospitalization, the former Queen Sofia was seen at the funeral mass given for Fernando Gómez-Acebo, nephew of Juan Carlos, who died on March 1, at the age of 49 An event she attended alongside other members of the royal family.
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Letizia from Spain: this very symbolic decision which did not go unnoticed
During his visit to the Ruber Clinic in Madrid, Felipe VI appeared without his wife. As a reminder, the latter recently made a historic and highly symbolic decision: the appointment of María Dolores Ocaña Madrid as secretary to the Queen, on April 5, reported the newspaper El Mundo. This eminent 51-year-old lawyer, who replaces José Manuel Zuleta, who has been in office for two decades, becomes the first woman to occupy such a position within the Spanish royalty.
María Dolores Ocaña Madrid, previously assigned to the Ministry of Education, brings with her a renewed vision and legal expertise that promises to contribute to the evolution of the King’s House, according to El Mundo. Her appointment is a step forward towards the diversification of leadership roles, and even a powerful message about the role of women in spheres of power traditionally dominated by men. This decision, in addition to its innovative nature, also underlines the desire of Queen Letizia and King Felipe VI to rejuvenate and diversify the management team of the royal family, which had barely evolved over the last decade, since its members were generally over 60 years old…
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