The Kings in the Alhambra and Letizia in their best clothes in the Patio de los Leones, where late this Thursday afternoon, they received the heads of State and Government attending the summit of the European Political Community and the which they entertain with a dinner and a flamenco show in the Arab palace, a world heritage site.
For the occasion, and with a nod to Andalusia, the Queen wore a Carolina Herrera dress, with a black bodice with transparencies and a white ruffled skirt with black prints. Many of the attendees came accompanied by their spouses, as did the acting President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, along with his wife, Begoña Gómez, who wore a turquoise satin midi dress.
The president and his wife are the ones who, in the first instance, received the guests in the Arrayanes patio, inside the Pomares palace, while the Kings greeted the president of Ukraine, Vlodimir Zelesnky, who after holding a meeting with Felipe VI He has left the Alhambra before the start of dinner.
The official reception of the Kings to the attendees took place in the Patio de los Leones and afterwards everyone posed for a family photo, before beginning a brief tour of different rooms of the Alhambra that closed with a flamenco show at performed by the singer Marina Heredia. The evening concludes with an agape, which was served in the parador (adjacent to the monumental site) where an Andalusian menu was served by the Cordoba chef – two Michelin stars – Paco Morales, in which his most famous dish was not missing. emblematic, karim, a cream made of almonds or pistachio, from which ajoblanco was derived and, later, with the arrival of the tomato from America, salmorejo.
The dinner on the occasion of the Granada summit was attended, among others, by the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen and the president of the European Council, Charles Michel, as well as the president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, as well as the French president, Emmanuel Macron (who attended without his wife, Brigitte); the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz; The Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, and the Prime Minister of Portugal, Antonio Costa, have also attended the reception. The High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, who has partnered with the President, has also been seen. President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola
