On April 9, 2013, Her Royal Highness Princess Letizia of Asturias presided over the El Barco de Vapor and Gran Angula Youth Literature Awards ceremony held at the Real Casa de Corrreos in Madrid.

On April 9, 2013, His Royal Highness Prince Felipe of Asturias held audiences at Palacio Real de El Pardo with the committee of the XVIII promoción de la Academia General del Aire and a group of Spanish Naval captains and colonels.  And, that’s it.   🙂

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On April 8, 2013, His Royal Highness Prince Felipe of Asturias attended a meeting with members of the Consejo Científico del Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales and Estratégicos held at the Hotel Intercontinental Madrid.

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Disgraced former handball player, husband of Infanta Cristina of Spain, son-in-law of Their Majesties King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofia of Spain, suspect in a mega-corruption case and overall jerk, Mr. Iñaki Urdangarín, the Duke of Palma, has decided to get the heck out of Spain.

According to the Spanish newspaper, El Pais, Mr. Urdangarín was recently offered a new position in a land far, far away from Spain.  So where is this job and what will he be doing?  Well, it seems that he was offered a position as a handball coach… in Qatar.  The disgraced duke will “…work alongside the Spanish coach Valero Rivera training the Qatari national team and may be joined by his wife, Princess Cristina, and their four children at the end of the school year.  The king’s advisers spoke to Qatari officials to secure the position for Urdangarín…” according to Bloomberg News via El Pais.

Adiós muchachos!   🙂

The judge presiding over the Instituto Nóos case, José Castro, has announced that he has temporarily suspended the summons of Infanta Cristina of Spain to appear before the court in Palma de Mallorca.  The original date, April 27, 2013, was postponed in order to give the courts time to consider the appeal filed by the Infanta’s attorneys.  In a statement, Judge José Castro said, “Once a decision has been given on the appeal, if its content so allows a new date will be set…”

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And, finally, here is a news report from Euronews regarding the Spanish monarchy.

On April 4, 2013, His Royal Highness Prince Felipe of Asturias held an audience with the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, at Palacio Real de El Pardo in Madrid.  Earlier in the afternoon, the prince presented the Royal Commissions to new judges held at the Auditorio de Barcelona.