Philip VI began in 2014 its expected renewal process … – Correo del Caroni

Philip VI began in 2014 its expected renewal process … – Correo del Caroni

Madrid .- It was 10:32 pm on June 2 when the Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, made the announcement that marked the beginning of a new era in the Spanish monarchy ” His Majesty King Juan Carlos just communicate his decision to abdicate. “

The news caused uproar in the country. Health problems of Juan Carlos and scandals that peppered him had long open discussion on its possible abdication. But the monarch, 76, zanjaba the subject whenever I had time.

“I want to convey as king of Spain my determination to continue to stimulate civic life in the faithful discharge of the mandate and competencies me attributes the constitutional order “, specified in his last speech on Christmas Eve, a year ago. Six months later, on June 19, his son, the then heir to the Spanish throne, aged 46, he became King Philip VI in a solemn ceremony at the Congress of Deputies.

The gestures of change loomed that day. In his first speech at serene and close pitch, the new monarch spoke of the future and renewal. He appealed to the unity of Spain, but showing his respect for regional differences in full voltage by the independence challenge of Catalonia, northeastern region of the country.

Unlike the ceremony led by Juan Carlos in 1976, few days after the death of dictator Francisco Franco, Felipe swore to the Constitution and not to the Bible. Religious elements

were removed and the Mass that followed the proclamation of his father was replaced by a secular act. After those details came others. Philip VI and his wife Queen Letizia, received a few days later for the first time representatives from gay groups in an unprecedented gesture of the Spanish royal family, who never invited them during the 39 year reign of Juan Carlos.

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The new kings is closest to citizens. In these months has seen them casually in film, where Letizia surprised at one of the occasions becoming a “selfie” with two young. But they have also launched measures for transparency and modernization of the monarchy.

Philip VI can not accept yachts or Ferraris, as his father did. The king forbade few days ago the royal family receive gifts of high economic value and favors that might compromise the “dignity” of their duties. Moreover, neither may work in the private sector, an order which was interpreted as a response to corruption case which is imputed his sister, Princess Cristina, and her husband, for which the Prosecution asks almost 20 years in prison .

For other European monarchies, 2014 was a much less eventful year. Willem-Alexander and Maxima of the Netherlands, together with Belgium protagonists of generational change in 2013, celebrated the 200th anniversary of the Oranje on the throne with a big party, while in neighboring central European country Felipe debuted in the shade avoiding a repeat of the confrontation between Flemish and Walloons who lived his father. Alberto, who holds the title of king, has yet to sue for paternity judgment.

In London, the news again starring the Dukes of Cambridge, William and Catherine, the new pregnancy this . However, Prince George will have to wait until next year to meet his brother year. And those who did were able to welcome new members of the family were Monegasque: Princess Charlène gave birth on December 10 a girl and a boy, Gabriella Marie Thérèse and Jacques Honoré Rainier, who will inherit the throne of Prince Albert .