He has a very good relationship with the King and is the only Bourbon male available to carry out certain responsibilities that the king prefers to delegate - so, for example, interaction with any of the various nobiliary organisations. These are not state bodies, but organisations of which the King is the head, or holds the highest position. So Don Pedro stands in his place at many of their ceremonies, etc. This is not dissimilar to the position of junior members of the British royal family who hold senior positions in organisations which are under royal patronage, but which are not state organisations (and he is not a member of "The royal family" as it is now defined, but rather the "family of the king". He succeeded his father as President of Fondena, the Spanish WWF, that is not a state body but something that the present King and his father care about. These are some of the positions he holds: Presidente de la Fundación Fondena (the Spanish branch of the WWF), Preside la Fundación Lux Hispaniarum, Presidente de la Fundación Hospital de Santiago de Cuenca; Patrono de la Fundación Comendadoras de Santiago. Decano-Presidente del Real Consejo de las Ordenes Militares de Santiago, Calatrava, Alcántara y Montesa Comendador Mayor en la Orden de Alcántara; Caballero de las cinco Reales Maestranzas de España (Ronda, Sevilla, Grenada, Valencia, Zaragoza), Protector del Real Cuerpo de la Nobleza de Madrid; Primer Caballero del Real Cuerpo de la Nobleza de Cataluña; Hermano Protector de la Real Hdad. de Infanzones de Nuestra Sra. de la C. de Illescas; Protector de la Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía
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No, he is only attending family events or events related to the military orders. But no official duties.
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Is it me or is Don Pedro attending more events? Is anything known of his relationship with the current king. They don't come across as close friends but there seems to be a mutual trust.
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