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HRH Princess Letizia of Asturias Participates in the AECC

On January 14, 2011, HRH Princess Letizia of Asturias participated in the Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer (The Spanish Association Against Cancer) in Madrid, Spain.

The gorgeous and intelligent Princess met with various leaders within the organization and participated in the meeting as their President of Honor.  The Princess goal is to “…promote cancer research and help those suffering from the disease.”  Bravo!  Letizia!!  Bravo!!

To learn more about the Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer please visit their official website at AECC

Click to watch a short video clip from the meeting at: Lainformacion.com

Source and photos courtesy of: Telecinco.es, Noticias.terra.es, and Zimbio.com by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images Europe.

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TRH Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia of Asturias Visit the New Galician Library and Newspaper Archive

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On January 10, 2011, TRH Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia of Asturias attended the inauguration of the Galician Library and Newspaper Archive in Galicia, Spain.

Designed by American architect, Peter Eisenman, the building as well as construction caused somewhat of a controversy in the beginning.  Now, all is well.

According to Design Build Network, the new Galician Library and Newspaper Archive will:

… form a depository for Galicia’s rich bibliographic and publication heritage. The library building will have six floors with a total height of 42m, different rooms for reading and researchers, and will also include a central book deposit with capacity for storing more than a million volumes.

There will also be exhibition areas for books of interest, an auditorium and seminar rooms for training. The newspaper archive will have more than 1,400m² for reading rooms and 1,200m² for storage areas. There will also be areas for reception and classification, and for microfilming and digitalizing.

This new library and archive building sounds and looks amazing.  A great place for nerdy researchers such as myself.  LOL.

To watch a clip from the inauguration please click the link: Vtelevision.es

Source: lavozdegalicia.es and Design Build Network

Photos courtesy of noticias.terra.es

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The Spanish Royal Family Attend the 2011 Pascua Militar

On January 6, 2011, The Spanish royal family attended the 2011 Pascua Militar this afternoon.  After the military parade the family along with many attendees enjoyed a lovely reception at the royal palace in Madrid.

Click on the link to watch a news clip of the event: RTVE.es

Photos courtesy of Noticias.terra.es, AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano, Zimbio.com by Eduardo Parra/Getty Images Europe, and DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images.

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HRH Princess Letizia of Asturias at Zarzuela Palace

This afternoon, December 20, 2010, HRH Princess Letizia of Asturias received several members from the Spanish Association Against Cancer at Zarzuela Palace in Madrid, Spain.

Princess Letizia if the Honorary President of this organization, and one in which she seems to be quite proud of.

Princess Letizia took several photos for the occasion and as you can see, everyone was in good spirits

Photos courtesy of Daylife.com by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images

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TRH Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia of Asturias At the Real Academia de la Lenga

This afternoon TRH Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia of Asturias were at the Academia de la Lengua in Madrid, Spain.  The couple were apart of the presentation of “… the new spelling of Spanish Language…”

According to the Spanish channel, RTVE.es:

One of the novelties of the new spelling is that Prince is written in lowercase p. All titles, positions or employment of any rank are common, and therefore should be initial lower case. Examples include king and pope.

Here is a video clip, in Spanish, with some explanations.

http://www.rtve.es/mediateca/videos/20101217/principe-minuscula-presenta-nueva-ortografia/967367.shtml

Photos courtesy of Daylife.com by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images and noticias.terra.es

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TRH Crown Prince Felipe and Crown Princess Letizia of Spain Participate in the Opening of the AVE High Speed Line in Madrid

TRH Crown Prince Felipe and Crown Princess Letizia of Spain attended the opening of the AVE high speed train in Madrid this morning.

The Crown Princely couple along with dignitaries, which included the Minister for Development, José Blanco, the President of Congress, José Bono, and the President of the Madrid region, Esperanza Aguirre, and the Madrid Mayor, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, listened to speeches whilst at the Madrid station prior to boarding the train.

According to the site, Typically Spanish:

The line is part of the new link to the Levante coast, which will be officially opened as far as Valencia this coming Saturday, when it will be up to King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía to make the trip.

Prince Felipe said that high speed trains had ‘given us international prestige, and strengthened the image of the Spain brand in a lasting way’.

Crown Prince Felipe and Crown Princess Letizia also had the chance to visit the control center (the driving thingy) within the high speed train as well as spending time with various attendees at the event.

 

 

To read more about this event please visit this link below.

.http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_28319.shtml

Source: www.typicallyspanish.com and Photos courtesy of Ministerio de Fomento.

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TRH Crown Prince Felipe and Crown Princess Letizia Attend the Patronage of the Foundation Prince of Girona

On December 13, 2010, TRH Crown Prince Felipe and Crown Princess Letizia attended the Patronage of the Foundation Prince of Girona at the El Pardo Royal Palace in Madrid, Spain.

Crown Felipe gave a speech while Crown Princess Letizia sat and listened… and looked amazing while doing so.

Photos courtesy of noticias.terra.es