Charles III of England, a king who looks like Spain

He made his first (and last) official visit to Spain 11 years ago with his now-queen wife, Camilla Parkle Bowles. They arrived at the Palacio Real del Pardo in a Mercedes. There they were received with military honors by the princes of Asturias.

After the English anthem, they held a ceremony in which the Spanish anthem was played. They were greeted by a delegation headed by the former Foreign Minister. Trinidad Jimenez; Esperanza Aguirre, current former president of the Community of Madrid; and Alberto Ruiz Gallardón, the city’s then-mayor.

Aguirre went on to show Prince Madrid. They first saw Puerta del Sol in the regional government headquarters. After that, Queen Elizabeth’s son visits Plaza Mayor. He also chatted with children from the English school King’s College and the Bilingual Center of Federico García Lorca. According to various agencies, he was very close to the minors and asked them how long it took them to go to school, when they left and if they liked Madrid.

He took advantage of being in the region. Walk through the San Miguel tourist market With Camilla and buy some items. At one of the stalls, at a yogurt shop, they tried the apricot yogurt cream, which they described as “very good.” However, the monarch refused to taste the Serrano ham.

Holidays in Palma

This was his last trip, but long before that, he had made many other trips with his wife, the popular Lady Di. Because when it comes to the Princes of Wales, he was not much different from other Britons. choosing Palma de Mallorca as a vacation destination. Except, of course, that they spend them there Marivent Palace, invited by the Spanish Royal House.

For several years in a row, the couple vacationed with their two sons, William and Harry. The first trip to use the same plane was quite controversial in England.

“The Prince and Princess of Wales will spend most of the day sunbathing on the deck of the royal yacht during their stay in Palma. Luck They will bathe in the pool of Marivent”, collected a chronicle Country in the third summer of 1988, they also said it here Princess Diana would try to win King Juan Carlos at the palace tennis court. In 1986 the Spanish monarch had defeated him; He managed to win one game in 1987.

Visiting Lady Di

But they didn’t just set foot on the island. journalist Maruja Torres He wrote a column titled ‘Jet queued up at the Ritz this afternoon’, in which he describes how the monarch enjoyed a party at the Ritz by the British embassy aimed at promoting British products. It was 1987.

At the event, the journalist found a few things: among the princes they spoke little to each other, but Carlos spoke a lot to the others; “lower models are much more attractive than waist-up models”; and he was almost ecstatic when he saw “one of the exhibitionist gentlemen” glide down the podiums dressed as a cricketer.

According to Jesús Málaga, the city’s former mayor, their next stop in the country on this trip was Salamanca, where they ate a menu of appetizers, a menu of leek cream, sea bass, sirloin, puff pastry, and fruit to Diana’s delight. , with Salamanca Chroniclea. They continued through Toledo. The weekend was spent in the living room. Granada estate Molino del Rey in ÍlloraIt is owned by the Duke and Duchess of Wellington.

with Lady Di Seville Expo in 1992, a city he visited three times. There, the current king enjoyed performances, aerial exhibitions and different acts held in his honor in the pavilions of La Cartuja. The image of spontaneous tears of Diana, whose father died only two months ago, remained for posterity. Several witnesses of the moment told Vanitatis, “The Princess’ sadness was impressive, she was a beautiful woman, but her eyes were filled with pain, the photographs reflected that she was going through a very difficult moment.” The image will be revived in the fifth season of ‘The Crown’.

As a bachelor, Prince Charles attended Wedding ceremony of Jaime de Marichalar and infanta Elenaat the Cathedral of Seville on March 18, 1995. He returned in 2011 to repeat his official visit with the Duchess of Cornwall. Together they made one City tour to see monuments such as the Alcázar, San Telmo Palace or again the Cathedral.