Posted by Eric VdV on 5/5/2008, 23:07:22, in reply to "Any different to Queen Sofia or Infanta Cristina?"
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Oh, maybe I misunderstood and you weren't referring to the year 1981 with the coup.
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: When the Spanish bombings occured, I recall
: the BBC News showing the visible tears of
: Queen Sofia as she embraced one of the
: family members. Infanta Cristina looked
: absolutely devastated.
:
: It might not fit with some views that
: royalty shouldn't express emotion but I
: don't think their clear upset detracted one
: tiny bit from
: their position. If anything it just showed
: they in a very positive and moving light and
: of course you'd be hard pressed to find a
: more royal lady than Queen Sofia so I don't
: think it has anything to do with royal blood
: or training before that issue appears again.
:
: It just showed the Royal family sharing the
: feeling of the nation and ultimately isn't
: that part of their reason of existence? To
: be the focus of the sadness and joy of a
: nation.
:
: "With nearly choking and collapsing she
: almost lost her self-control."
:
: The thing I found most strange was that
: Felipe and Letizia talked at some point to
: the waiting media, it clearly had the
: effect of making her even more upset so why
: they did it, I do not understand.
:
: Perhaps it was just a Spanish thing, simply
: being polite or something, I think it was
: last year or the year before and I was
: rather dumbfounded when my husband was
: watching Formula One racing and watching the
: Spanish Grand Prix and the UK TV commentator
: quite literally bumped into the King of
: Spain and started chatting to him for a few
: minutes live on air. I was quite surprised
: how jovial and polite the Spanish King
: appeared.
:
: That said it seems to be becoming more
: common, a few days ago I saw the Dubai
: Sheikh and Princess Haya being interviewed
: at the racing on UK TV so who knows perhaps
: its a British thing, I somehow can't quite
: imagine Queen Elizabeth II simply addressing
: some random media cameras.
:
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