The invitation also includes Don Juan Carlos and Doña Sofía, who have not yet notified their “personal decision”
Don Felipe and Doña Letizia will attend the funeral of Isabel II next Monday, September 19 in London, as confirmed this Monday from Zarzuela. The verbal invitation, issued by the British Foreign Office, also includes Don Juan Carlos and Doña Sofía, who have not yet communicated their “personal decision.”
The invitation was also sent to Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands and it specifies that it is addressed to the Heads of State and former Heads of State and wives or husbands of those countries, as well as the Crown Prince of Denmark, Frederick of Denmark. . For this reason, the invitation is extended to Don Juan Carlos and Doña Sofía, to whom Zarzuela has sent the information.
It should be remembered that the previous monarch has a pending case with the British justice system. In mid-July, the United Kingdom Court of Appeals decided to allow Don Juan Carlos to appeal a judge’s initial decision not to grant him any immunity from the lawsuit filed by his former close friend Corinna Larsen for harassment, which would allow Mr. this stop the civil actions undertaken by the businesswoman.
Family ties
Don Felipe maintained a close relationship with Elizabeth II, whom he affectionately called “Aunt Lilibet”, as do the rest of the members of the British royal family and as was made clear in the message of condolences that he and Queen Letizia sent to the sovereign after the death of her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, in 2021.
Both royal houses are linked by blood ties. The parents of Felipe VI, Don Juan Carlos and Doña Sofía, are great-great-grandchildren of Queen Victoria of England, as is Elizabeth II and her husband was.
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