The Queen Emeritus of Spain, Sofia of Greece, continues unstoppable in her mission as a representative of the Iberian country’s royalty. The mother of King Felipe traveled this week to New York where she fulfilled commitments and participated in the Sophia Awards ceremony and other events related to the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute.
The grandmother of Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofia, arrived in the Big Apple directly to participate in the Roosevelt House and consisted in the presentation of the electronic Biographical Dictionary of the Royal Academy of History.
▶️Así ha sido el programa de actividades del @qssi_ny que ha presidido la Reina Sofía en Nueva York:⁰
🔹La presentación del Diccionario Biográfico electrónico de la Real Academia de la Historia
🔹La entrega de los #SophiaAwards2022 a la Excelencia⁰➡️https://t.co/gfmGQEBLnQ pic.twitter.com/J3fA8V0dnS
— Casa de S.M. el Rey (@CasaReal) April 1, 2022
On Thursday, he presided over the presentation of the Sophia Awards for Excellence, given by the organization founded in the 1950s with the purpose of promoting Hispanic language and culture in the United States.
At this event, the Queen presented an award to the renowned Spanish chef José Andrés, the Mexican businessman Carlos Slim and the Spanish historian Carmen Iglesias.
La Reina Sofía ha entregado los #SophiaAwards2022 que @qssi_ny ha concedido, por su contribución al enriquecimiento del mundo hispanohablante, a:
🔹la historiadora Carmen Iglesias
🔹el empresario Carlos Slim
🔹el chef José Andrés➡️https://t.co/lIsEIawFnd pic.twitter.com/d1NPDAJg9P
— Casa de S.M. el Rey (@CasaReal) April 1, 2022
For Queen Sofia’s first event in New York she wore a purple velvet jacket and tuxedo collar, always true to her style, she adorned it with a multi strand pearl necklace and a brooch. While for the awards ceremony she wore a dress like coat with floral brocade, a garment she premiered last September at the opening of the Teatro Real’s season.
At this event she coincided with the Venezuelan designer Carolina Herrera, with whom she was very pleased and animated.
