April 30, 1954 was the last day the Spanish Consulate General of Gibraltar remained open to the public. Dictator Francisco Franco, Queen. Elizabeth decided to close it before she reached the port of the British colony. He had just been crowned and He had toured the CommonwealthA group of countries belonging to the British Empire, from South Africa to New Zealand. The British colony The Rock was his last stop. Franco did not want the Spanish consul to show respect to the regent, as the diplomatic troops stationed in Gibraltar would do, and asked for protocol. But to the Prensa Ibérica group and to EL PERIÓDICO DE ESPAÑA, a newspaper belonging to this media, after World War II. He explains to Elizabeth that he doesn’t want to make an ugly diplomat either, louis romero, the author of the Spanish Consulate General in Gibraltar, an almost unknown story. “Since it would be a crime for the Spanish consul to be absent from the reception, it was decided to close the consulate before he arrived. Without the consulate, there would be no crime,” says the professor. Never again would a Spanish consulate be opened in the disputed area, as it has since been one of the main points of friction between Spain and the United Kingdom, which claims the area as its own. II. After Elizabeth’s hospitality, the newspaper El Calpense read: “Her Majesty the Queen stressed the strength, loyalty and strategic importance of Gibraltar.”
This will not be the only disagreement between Spain and the UK over Gibraltar. In 1981, the American newspaper The New York Times had the front page headline: “Juan Carlos is refusing the royal wedding. [entre Carlos y Diana] For honeymoon plans in Gibraltar”. Spanish kings, after their flamboyant wedding, Prince Carlos and “Lady Di” they used to stop at the Rock as part of their honeymoon. King Juan Carlos I offered them to moor the royal yacht Britannia to any nearby Spanish port. They refused and she reacted angrily by refusing to attend the wedding. Since then, the legend has spread, impossible to verify, World War II. Elizabeth enraged: “He is my son, my yacht and my rock”. El Peñon (“The Rock”) was effectively ceded to the British Crown in 1715 as part of the Peace Treaty of Utrecht.
This tension dissipated over the years and the waters returned to their course. In 1986, Juan Carlos made an official visit to the United Kingdom, where he met Queen Elizabeth II in London. Greeted by Elizabeth. He would do the same two years later. In 1988, he went to Madrid with his wife, the Duke of Edinburgh. They spent five days touring the country. First, the official dinner with King Juan Carlos and King Sofia at the Royal Palace. Then they visited Seville and Barcelona. They completed their stay in Mallorca on 22 October. “They disembarked from Britannia at the western quay.According to Diario de Mallorca, Prensa Ibérica belonged to the same group as this newspaper. “Although the weather was autumn, it was totally like summer. Boarding shortly after leaving port to tour the west coast of the island, the Queen and her husband greeted Don Juan Carlos and Doña Sofia: a quick trip to Camp de Mar, La Mola and Port d’Andratx.
Thirty years later, in 2017, the new kings of Spain, Felipe VI and Letizia, made their next state visit and, after their arrival, World War II. They were hosted by Elizabeth with a state dinner at Buckingham Palace. he came Lady Brennan, She is married to the Spaniard Lord Brennan and resides in the United Kingdom. Queen In a conversation with this newspaper, who had met Elizabeth, she describes her as “a highly intelligent woman with a sense of humor and who, unlike what she appears on television, gestures and acts like any human being.” Brennan, II. It describes Elizabeth’s concern and interest in the great English community in Spain.
prudent in political matters
II. Elizabeth practically did not interfere in British political affairs or her country’s foreign relations with other countries such as Spain. “He’s always been very cautious in his political views, always wanting to follow the rules,” she explains to this newspaper. British journalist Guy Hedgecoe in Spain. “Everything he does is just protocol. He didn’t have to do anything like Juan Carlos I (intervention after the coup attempt) in 1981” or as Felipe VI did in his speech after the illegal independence referendum in Catalonia in 2017. “He never spoke of independence or independence in Scotland. About Northern Ireland,” explains the reporter.
In 2015, Gibraltar was preparing to celebrate the anniversary of its “national day” on September 10. They marked the 68th anniversary of Gibraltar’s voters voting in a referendum to remain under British colonial rule. The Rock Government sent an invitation to Isabel IITo join the fanfare backed by Gibraltar’s 10,000 signatures. Queen of England II. Elizabeth refused to participate. He said he “highly appreciated the loyalty of the people of Gibraltar”, but that his travel outside the UK was “very limited”, according to a statement from the Gibraltar Government.
Correspondent Guy Hedgecoe, World War II between the UK and Spain. He recalls another of the chapters connected with Elizabeth’s Royal Household. In 1994, Lady Diana was on holiday in Mijas (Malaga) with some friends. Two Spanish paparazzi took topless pictures of him. European Press agency presented the images to the British press for a large amount of money. However, Hola magazine bought them. They never saw the light. The British Daily Mail assured that the magazine bought the negatives to destroy them.
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