This Sunday, January 30, King Felipe VI turns 54, what should be a reason for family reunion is now a very intimate celebration.
The Spanish royal family is experiencing a moment of maximum media exposure as a result of the separation of Infanta Cristina and Iñaki Urdangarin after the images of the former Duke of Palma with his new girlfriend, Ainhoa Armentia, came to light.
The kings have remained oblivious to this controversy and have gone ahead with their institutional commitments. The king has returned from a trip to Puerto Rico and is already back in Zarzuela to celebrate a birthday full of absences.
Absences on King Felipe’s birthday
The most notable absence on the birthday of Felipe VI is that of Princess Leonor, since it will be the first time she does not share this special date. Although he will probably congratulate his father via video call.
But this will not be the only absence that the King of Spain will feel. Felipe VI will also not have the visit of his sisters, who according to Spanish media are in Abu Dhabi with their father, the king emeritus, Juan Carlos I.
It is unknown how the King will celebrate his 54th birthday but what is obvious is that he will blow out the candles with Queen Letizia, his daughter Sofia and probably his mother, Queen Emerita Sofia, will accompany him.
