2023-07-29 14:02:00
Juan Carlos I has joined the rest of the crew of the Bribn for this morning’s test
29 jul 2023 . Updated at 3:00 p.m.
It was not foreseen, and it was the surprise of the day in Sanxenxo. The Infanta Elenase has appeared this Saturday in the town of Pontevedra to accompany her father, Juan Carlos I, who on this occasion has been able to join the crew of the Bribn 500 to participate in the first test of the Hotel Carlos I de Silgar Trophy.
The daughter of the emeritus king has already waited for him at the Sanxenxo marina, where the ex-monarch has arrived, as usual, aboard the car of Pedro Campos, his host during his last stays in Galicia. It was past twelve noon when the father of Felipe VI and the president of the Sanxenxo Yacht Club left Nann’s shawl, where he has been installed since Wednesday. As in previous days, he greeted the media and the fifteen onlookers who were waiting at the door from behind the window, but did not make statements.
Pedro Campos and Cristina Franze, the discreet host friends of the emeritus
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Already at the jetty, the emeritus got out of the vehicle, uniformed for the competition, with dark pants and vest, and a light-colored shirt and cap, like the rest of the Bribn’s team. all he met his daughter Elena de Borbónbefore the curious gaze of more than a hundred spectators located in the upper part of the promenade, who let out a few cheers, and were reciprocated with some greetings.
The former head of state lowered his pants helped by another person. Once at the jetty, there was time to take a group photo, which included the crew and also the infanta, dressed like the rest of the team.
The emeritus, the infanta and the crew of the Bribn taking a picture If Oliva | EUROPAPRESS
Later, Juan Carlos I embarked and stood at the helm of the sailboat. His daughter, whom she saw lively and talkative, also went to sea, but in another boat, the semi-rigid Cristina, in charge of towing the Bribn out of the jetty. It was a few minutes after one in the afternoon when the emeritus’s boat entered the estuary, to join the rest of the participating boats in the six-meter category, such as Titia, Ian, Stardust or Alibaba. The test started at 2:30 p.m. with the attention signal.
on this occasion, the king emeritus has been able to join the Bribn team to compete in the regatta, scoring for the V Circuit of the Spanish League, which his boat leads, but which will also serve as preparation for the World Cup that will start at the end of August on the Isle of Wight, in the United Kingdom. During his visit in April, bad weather prevented him from taking part in the official trials, and he was only able to go sailing for one day, for training.
Morning visits and a protest
Before going to the regatta, Juan Carlos I received some visits to the house of Pedro Campos, including that of the mayor of Sanxenxo, the popular Telmo Martín. On his previous visit, in April, the politician said that he had not met the emeritus, of whom he always says that he is welcome in the tourist village.
On the other hand, at the entrance of the Real Club Nutico de Sanxenxo this year is celebrated a concentration of Galiza Nova (the youth organization of the BNG) toshow your refusal to visit of the father of Felipe VI, in which republican songs were heard and in which the BNG deputy in Congress participated, Nstor Rego. The Spanish monarchy makes the privileges due to the birth of a family prevail, it perpetuates the centralist and imperialist idea of the Spanish State, defended the nationalist, who spoke of an unjust regime and recalled that his formation had already shown its rejection in Congress during the previous visits of the king I salute Sanxenxo. It is not tolerable that a government of a State that calls itself democratic allows a person who left it fleeing from justice to return whenever he wanted, unpunished and without being tried for his crimes, criticized Rego.
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