This Sunday, the Kings and their daughters made a personal household go to to Catarroja (Valencia), one of many cities most affected by dana on October 29. Felipe VI and Letizia, accompanied by the Princess of Asturias, Doña Leonor, and Infanta Sofía, made a shock journey to that municipality this Sunday on a go to that was not deliberate on the agenda of the Royal House.
The monarchs and their daughters toured some streets of the city, which this Sunday was awarded third prize within the Christmas Raffle, and visited the municipal market, which was full of individuals. Subsequently, they moved to the Albufera, which additionally suffered the consequences of the harm since it’s into this tongue of water the place one of many overflowing ravines empties. In addition to checking the state of the world, the royal household has eaten at one of many Palmar eating places.
This is the third time that the Kings have visited the Valencian Community because the floods that hit quite a few municipalities.
Felipe VI and Letizia attended the funeral for the victims of the Dana on December 9, held in Valencia, the place they have been in a position to specific their condolences to the relations.
Previously, on November 3, they visited Paiporta along with the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, and the Valencian President, Carlos Mazón, and on November 19 they traveled to Chiva and Utiel, in Valencia, and Letur, in Albacete, and held They met volunteers and emergency companies personnel and toured the affected areas on foot.
A resident of Catarroja who was at the moment on one of many terraces of the Plaza Mayor subsequent to the municipal market reported that the Kings appeared unexpectedly “around two in the afternoon” and appeared “very close.” “I had previously been walking and everything was normal, people shopping, having something on the terraces and, suddenly, an acquaintance called us to go to the market because the Kings were there,” he stated.
“As we are in a Christmas moment, at first I thought it was the Three Wise Men but, suddenly, they told me no, it was King Philip and we all started running towards the market,” he continued. “We went inside and, obviously, because of the King’s height, you saw him immediately and said ‘oh, but it’s them,'” he added.
According to this particular person’s testimony, the Kings have greeted and shaken palms “with all the people” who have been contained in the market, who’ve thanked the monarchs for his or her presence within the city. “Everything has been very close, there was nothing about politicians because apparently no one knew anything, it was all like a surprise,” he assured.
“They let us approach them and they walked around, they talked to people and little by little they left the market. Then they got into the cars and left,” he added.
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