King Juan Carlos returned to Madrid this Wednesday to accompany his daughter Elena in celebrating her 60th birthday. The King’s father has traveled from Geneva, accompanied by Infanta Cristina, on a private flight that landed in Barajas after 11:30 this morning and is scheduled to return this evening, given the impossibility of spending the night. in La Zarzuela and his decision not to do so in any private home or hotel establishment.
The anniversary of Infanta Elena will lead to a new family reunion since, in addition to her children, Felipe and Victoria, Kings Juan Carlos and Sofia, Infanta Cristina and other direct relatives and friends, Kings Felipe and Letizia and the Queen are also invited. Infanta Sofia The secrecy surrounding the location of the birthday party is total, although it is ruled out that it will be held in the Zarzuela palace and everything seems to indicate that a restaurant in Madrid has been chosen.
This Wednesday would be the third time that the King and his father see each other in Madrid, after their first meeting on May 23, 2022, on the occasion of the emeritus’ first visit to Spain, and last October 31 in the family celebration for Princess Leonor’s coming of age. King Juan Carlos and his son also coincided at the funeral for Elizabeth II in September of last year and at the funeral of King Constantine of Greece that took place in Athens in January of this year.
This Wednesday is the seventh visit that the King has made to Spain since he went into self-exile in Abu Dhabi in August 2020. On five occasions (one in 2022 and four this year) his destination has been Sanxenxo to participate in the regattas in the that Bribón competes, although on two occasions he has taken the opportunity to undergo a medical check-up in Vitoria. The only trip to Madrid was on October 31 and lasted barely ten hours, from shortly after noon to shortly before midnight, to attend the family celebration that took place in El Pardo, on the occasion of the majority of Age of Princess Leonor. King Juan Carlos also passed through Zarzuela, on May 23, 2022, on his way back to Abu Dhabi after his first trip to Spain since he went into self-exile in 2020. A stopover in which he met his son, the king Felipe, after the media overexposure of his first visit to Sanxenxo that has been avoided on subsequent trips.
In his latest trips, King Juan Carlos has not traveled directly from Abu Dhabi to Spain but has stopped in Geneva, from where he has flown on a private plane, in this case a Bombardier registration VJT473, belonging to VistaJets, the airline company. most important private flights in Europe which is owned by Thomas Flohr, father-in-law of his nephew Prince Phlippos of Greece.
