Princess Leonor de Borbón, accompanied by her sister, Infanta Sofía, made a brief visit this Tuesday, July 4, without the press and outside the programme, to the headquarters of the Princess of Girona Foundation, in the center of the city, in the which has been his first visit to the Girona capital. There they have met with young people, who have told them about their experience in the different programs promoted by the foundation. The appointment, about 20 minutes long, was made by her accompanied by the highest officials of the institution and on the initiative of the princess herself, according to the Royal Household.
The two daughters of the King and Queen have passed through Girona on their way to elBulli1846, the museum recently opened in Roses, on the site of the restaurant that revolutionized world gastronomy until it closed its doors in 2011. Princess Leonor, in an orange long-sleeved dress , and the Infanta Sofía, in a sleeveless red jumpsuit, have toured the facilities guided by the Alma mater of the mythical restaurant: the chef Ferran Adrià.
The visit to elBuli1846, which takes its name from the number of recipes created in this temple of gastronomy and from the year of birth of the creator of modern French cuisine Auguste Escoffier, takes place on the eve of the entire Royal Family presiding over the delivery of the Princess of Girona awards, at the Camiral hotel, in Caldes de Malavella.
This is the first time that the awards have been given in the province of Girona since 2018. Until 2017, the ceremony took place at the Municipal Palace of Congresses but, as a result of Felipe VI’s speech on October 3 of that year, which opened the door to the intervention of the Catalan autonomy, the City Council of Girona declared persona non grata. Since then, the act has made a pilgrimage to different Catalan towns (last year it was in Cornellà, in Barcelona) to return this 2023 to the province of Girona, but not yet to the capital, where Lluc Salellas, from the CUP.
Catalan institutions continue to turn their backs on the Royal Family, with the exception of PSC officials. In addition to the Government delegate, Carlos Prieto, and the Secretary of State for Tourism, Ana Morillo, the only local authority present on the visit to elBulli1846 was the mayor of Roses, the socialist Josep Maria Martínez. The fleeting and almost clandestine visit of the heiress to the throne and her younger sister to the city of Girona is part of the purpose of La Zarzuela to regain ground in the province of Catalonia, which is most resistant to normalizing relations with the Crown. Last year, the daughters of Felipe VI and Doña Letizia traveled to Figueres to visit the Dalí Museum, which became their first solo act in the autonomous community.
At the end of the visit to the old elBulli, and while the family photo was being taken, Leonor de Borbón said that she found it “incredible” and that she liked it “very, very much”, while Sofía described it as “precious”. the natural environment, Cala Montjoi and Cap de Creus.
“My sister and I are very happy to see the headquarters of the foundation that I preside in the city of Girona and we thank the entire team for their dedication and effort. With our deep affect”, the Princess of Girona has written in the book of honor about the private visit that took place in the early afternoon.
This is the first public reappearance of the heir to the throne since the confirmation of the Infanta Sofía at the end of May, just five days after graduating from the boarding school in Wales where she has been studying Baccalaureate. In just over a month, the Princess of Asturias will join the General Academy of Zaragoza to begin her three-year military training. Before that moment, this Friday, July 7, Leonor will attend with her parents the delivery of dispatches to the new officers of the Army, also in Zaragoza.
Linked to the Kings since 2004, Ferran Adrià was in charge of preparing the menu that was served on the eve of his wedding at the El Pardo Palace, where a reception was held for guests from other monarchies from all over the world. Days before the wedding, they also enjoyed the elBulli menu. In 2014, the whole family attended the free exhibition Ferran Adria. Auditing the creative process, in the Espacio Fundación Telefónica. It was a visit outside the official agenda and in which they were part of a guided group.
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