Spain's first goal against England was scored off the field and before the game. While Queen Letizia and Infanta Sofía undertook a journey of more than 24 hours from Madrid to Sydney, Prince William of Wales published a video on his X (formerly Twitter) account in which he apologized for not being present at the party soccer game that was going to pit Spain against England.
Letizia was clear from the start, she made use of her decision-making capacity and that same Tuesday, after Spain's victory over Sweden and the pass to the final, she looked at her daughter Sofía, a great soccer fan and practitioner of that sport. , and surely he said: “We are going to Australia”. In this way, she fulfilled the promise she made to the players on June 27 when she visited them in the Ciudad del Fútbol de Las Rozas (Madrid) shortly before the team traveled to the antipodes.
Since the championship began, there was already a plan that had to be activated if Spain reached the final, but the Queen herself had promoted it, aware that, on previous occasions, her absence in some sporting events had been attributed to her lack of interest when In fact, it was caused by external conditions that are not relevant now, but would refer to internal issues of the Royal Spanish Football Federation.
In all royal houses there are reasons, traditions or imponderables to do or not do things, but the lack of explanations sometimes makes the responsibility fall on the protagonists, when it is not. It happens in Spain and in this case it has also happened in the United Kingdom, since the presence of the princes of Wales at the Accor Stadium in Sydney was not possible due to an unwritten rule that states that no member of the British royal family can visit a Commonwealth country (and Australia is) until the head of state has visited it, in this case Carlos III.
The British, logically, have contrasted the rigidity of the Windsor house rules with the spontaneous presence of Queen Letizia and Infanta Sofía in Sydney. Angry with the result of the match and with the absence of their royals, they have not lost the opportunity to, once again, as they already did due to their presence and presence at the coronation ceremony of Carlos III, proclaim Letizia as their favorite queen.
Not only the British have praised the attitude and disposition of the Queen of Spain; In Australia, they have dedicated large spaces to her, as well as in sports and general media around the world. Letizia has become the first queen to dribble with the same enthusiasm as the champions, that she does not look at the clock to see how much is left to finish the game and that, honestly, she is infected with the enthusiasm of the players and shares her joy . On September 19, invited by the Kings, the champions will visit the Zarzuela and meet Letizia and Sofía.
With elegance, naturally, Letizia, always accompanied by the Infanta Sofía, also excited and happy as the fan and fan that she is, demonstrated in Sydney that in the exercise of her duties, protocol is an instrument, not a corset. Letizia dresses in majesty when the occasion requires it and it is only necessary to remember her presence in official ceremonies and solemn acts, but she also makes use of closeness and naturalness when it comes to sharing feelings with the public. Queen Letizia's attitude in Sydney was that of a woman who puts on the queen's tiara when she plays and, at the same time, does not drop her rings when she has to go down to the field.
