Last yr, the Royal Family acquired 301 presents, together with a devoted Ukrainian flag, a bicycle and the legionnaire's hat. | EUROtoday

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Members of the royal household acquired a complete of 301 presentsof which half have been addressed to Philip VI (150), amongst which there was a Ukrainian flag given by combatants from this nation, guayaberas, a Colombian hat, a bicycle or the Legion cap.

The King's House has posted the listing of institutional presents on its web site, a apply that started to be utilized from the start of the reign as gesture of transparency, though since 2021 it doesn’t embody King Juan Carlos after his departure to Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates).

Queen Letizia acquired 72 presents; the princess, 14; Infanta Sofa two, and Queen Sofa eight, to which we should add round fifty destined for the kings as a pair, their daughters or the 4 of them.

An excellent a part of the presents acquired by the Princess of Asturias have been on the event of her 18th birthday and the swearing in of the Constitution in Congress.

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, gave him two books: the Magna Carta of 1978 and 'Consolidated Treaties. Charter of Fundamental Rights”.

They also handed him over for his majority an image of the Virgin Mary and the baby Jesus; a Santina pendant; several books and a commemorative scabbard of the oath and her brooch.

On the sidelines of her birthday, Leonor de Borbón was given a legionnaire's hat, known as chapiri, by the command of the barracks of this unit in Ronda (Mlaga).

One of the most symbolic gifts addressed to Felipe VI is the flag of Ukraine with dedications of fighters of this country who were admitted to the General Defense Hospital of Zaragoza.

From some Latin American presidents, the monarch received several guayaberas, a cigar box (humidor), a poncho, a typical Colombian hat and two candelabras.

Other gifts to Don Felipe were a bicycle, a knife in a wooden box, a Mortadelo and Filemn comic book, a teapot set, a model of the Santiago Bernabu stadium, the script for an episode of the series 'Las Chicas del Cable'. ', a stuffed animal or a personalized San Fermn scarf.

Added to this are the traditional books, cases, sculptures, paintings, trays, coins, plaques, photos, medals or prints.

They gave Queen Letizia a traditional ukrainian blouse, along with three coins with the symbols of this country. Also several books, clothing, pendants, bracelets and some espadrilles.

Infanta Sofia took as a gift a ball signed by the Real Madrid and Osasuna teams, finalists in the last edition of the Copa del Rey.

Among the presents intended for Queen Sofia, there was a portrait of Princess Leonor, the work of the winner of a painting competition.

The rule established by the King's House is that the presents acquired by members of the royal household move into the palms of National Heritage.


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