spanishroyalnews:

May 23, 2013, Quito, Ecuador.

Ecuador’s Foreign Affairs Minister Ricardo Patiño welcomes Prince Felipe upon his arrival at Mariscal Sucre airport in Quito. Don Felipe meets with the newly re-elected president this afternoon before meeting the Spanish community at the Ambassador’s Residence. Tomorrow His Royal Highness will attend the inauguration ceremony of Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa, who will be sworn in on May 24 for a second four-year term. 

The Infanta Pilar and the Infanta Margarita with their families.

IItalian bronze bust of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558) wearing etched and chased armour, with the collar and badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece. A sash hangs across the figure’s left shoulder. An oval relief at the centre of the breastplate depicts the Risen Christ (after Michelangelo). Inscribed in centre of base: IMP CAES / CAR v AUG.

In his life of the Milanese sculptor Leone Leoni, Vasari records a commission from Ferdando, Duke of Alba, Captain-General of the Imperial army, for busts of Charles V, Philip II and himself. All three busts depict the sitters as Christian knights, wearing armour delineated with painstaking accuracy. By means of his medals and busts, Leoni shares with Titian responsibility for creating the historical image of the Emperor.

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Obviously her hair straightened itself. Even at the beach after swimming it’s straight. 

Seven generations of Royal Sisters→  Infantas of Spain.

1. Isabel II and the Infanta Luisa Fernanda, daughters of Fernando VII
2. The Infanta Isabel, the Infanta Pilar, the Infanta Paz and the Infanta Eulalia, daughters of Isabel II
3. The Infanta María de las Mercedes and the Infanta María Teresa, daughters of Alfonso XII
4. The Infanta Beatriz and the Infanta María Cristina, daughters of Alfonso XIII
5. The Infanta Pilar and the Infanta Margarita, daughters of the Count of Barcelona
6. The Infanta Elena and the Infanta Cristina, daughters of Juan Carlos I
7. The Infanta Leonor and the Infanta Sofía, daughters of Felipe de Borbón y Grecia, Prince of Asturias.

The Infanta Elena, 2012.

Queen Isabel II and King consort Francisco de Asís circa 1860.

Easter in Mallorca

(Source: lvkruss, via royalbabies)

misshonoriaglossop:

mcqueenkate:

So…Letizia and Felipe wont go to Madeleine s wedding

misshonoriaglossop:

carolathhabsburg:

In fact, the royal spanish family wont send anyone to the event…



Maybe they are preparing for Naruhitos visit or they don´t think it´s necessary to attend the wedding of the 4th in line? They often didn´t attended the weddings of spares (please correct me if I´m wrong).

I never thought Felipe and Letizia were an option for two reasons, they’ve only gone to heirs events in the last years and Letizia in a tiara, gown…in a “decadent” foreign wedding would receive a lot of press in Spain while the authorities are trying to send a message of austerity. I always thought that at least Elena would go, she doesn’t get an 1/8 of Letizia’s attention. 

Obviously if this was the wedding of the CPss they would send someone, but saying that they don’t consider the younger daughter of the King important enough when they’ve sent someone to the weddings of Martha-Louise, Joachim(first one), the Earl of Wessex, Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg, Astrid of Belgium… is crap. (Not that what you said was crap, but what hola said is ;) )

(Source: carolathhabsburg, via misshonoriaglossop)

ifreakingloveroyals:

Letizia: little more than a year ago we took the first steps that, with love and serenity, have brought us here. It is not a long time, it is not too short a time, but enough to have discovered mutually, sincerely and transparently, that we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together.

Happy 9th Wedding Anniversary to The Prince & Princess of Asturias (22 May 2004)