King Juan Carlos’s phone went into airplane mode a few days ago. The father of Felipe VI, aware of the little favor that controversies over the family’s private life do to the image of the Crown, accepted the desire to seek family peace and, after listening to his son’s arguments in a telephone conversation , obeyed the request to try to ensure that the noise did not cloud the celebration of the coming of age of the Princess of Asturias. For this reason, Don Juan Carlos avoided responding to the messages that some journalists sent him in the days before the event, and submitted to the request to comply with the idea of ??a private party to honor the Princess of Asturias.

The meeting was conceived so privately that at the end of the afternoon it was ruled out that Zarzuela was going to distribute that same day an image in which the Princess of Asturias could be seen with her paternal grandfather, who became the white elephant of all acts. The King Father arrived in Spain on a private flight and crossed the threshold of the Pardo Palace fence five minutes before eight in the afternoon. In the back seat was Queen Doña Sofía, whom he picked up in Zarzuela. There, he was reunited with almost his entire family. He had not met with the Kings and Infanta Sofía since May 23, 2022, when they had lunch in Zarzuela after having “ample time for conversation” with Felipe VI. It had been a long time since he had seen the Princess of Asturias, at least since July 2020, a month before he decided to leave Spain for Abu Dhabi.

In any case, more than the Princess’s party, the meeting in El Pardo seemed like a day of reunions for Don Juan Carlos. The Infantas Elena, with her son Felipe de Marichalar, and Cristina, accompanied by Miguel and Irene, covered him. Victoria Federica and Pablo and Juan Urdangarin were missing, since the delay in receiving the invitations prevented some from organizing their agendas to attend.

The Infanta Margarita, Don Juan Carlos’s only surviving sister, was not missing, accompanied by her husband and her daughter, María Zurita. Also Beltrán Gómez Acebo, along with Andrea Pascual and the two children he had with Laura Ponte. She was seen entering several princes of Panagyurishte, Kubrat and Carla, with her two children; to Kalina and Kitín from Bulgaria with his son. Konstantin, godfather of Infanta Sofía, was also invited. And Mirian Ungria, widow of Kardam of Bulgaria and now a Jordanian princess, came with her two children. Felipe VI’s maternal cousins, children of Constantine and Ana María de los Helenos, were all invited. Princess Alexia was seen entering with Carlos Morales. Pedro de Borbón Dos Sicilias was also there with Sofía Landaluce and her sister Victoria with Pedro López Quesada. They, children of the Infante Don Carlos, have a fraternal relationship with Felipe VI.

The Kings of Spain arrived at the Palace in a car driven by Felipe VI. Doña Letizia, despite it being a private event, took out of the jewelry box the chaton earrings and the twin Cartier bracelets that Queen Victoria Eugenia left as an inheritance to the Queens of Spain and that are some of the most valuable assets of the House. Someday, those jewels will dress Leonor.

So far, there is no image of the Princess of Asturias, who also received some friends from school and the General Military Academy in El Pardo.