The King turns 56 this Tuesday, an anniversary that like the previous ones since the proclamation is not officially commemorated, except on the occasion of his 50th anniversary when the day was used to celebrate the ceremony of imposition of the Golden Fleece on Princess Leonor , who was 13 years old at the time. On this occasion, with the heiress at the Zaragoza academy and Infanta Sofía, at the Welsh boarding school, the King will celebrate, at the end of the day, with Queen Letizia, in the privacy of the Zarzuela. This morning, the King receives three official audiences and in the afternoon he plans to follow, on television, the plenary session in Congress in which the amnesty law is being debated. Before the first audience, the King received congratulations from the media who came to cover the event and, to the question: How do you feel at 56?, he answered, in a funny tone: "we're going ".
It was not the only congratulations, shortly after the mayor of Badalona, Xavier García-Albiol, who attended as a member of the governing board of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP), and has the particularity of being taller than the Rey commented at the beginning of the hearing that there was no better way to celebrate a birthday than by meeting with the mayors of the FEMP. All the councilors present have taken the opportunity to convey their best wishes on behalf of the citizens they represent.
In addition to Albiol, the board includes the mayors of Jerez de la Frontera, Santander, Valencia, A Coruña, Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Zarazoza, Avilés, Palencia, the president of the Palencia Provincial Council, as well as the mayors of Mataró, Estepona, Mérida, Vedra, Palma, Murcia, Móstoles, Logroño, Córdoba and Cáceres, as well as the president of the Jaén Provincial Council.
This morning the King also receives the board of directors of the Brazil-Spain Chamber of Commerce (CCBE) and a representation from the Higher Technical School of Forestry, Forestry and Natural Environment Engineering of the Polytechnic University of Madrid on the occasion of its 175th anniversary.
The 56th birthday of Felipe VI takes place in the midst of a changeover process in the Headquarters of the King's House, following the announcement on the 19th that Jaime Alfonsín will leave office during the month of February after almost 30 years of service. along with Felipe de Borbón and that he will be replaced by the diplomat Camilo Villarino. This year two significant anniversaries are also celebrated, the tenth anniversary of the proclamation of Felipe VI which took place on June 19, 2014 and the twentieth anniversary of his wedding with Letizia Ortiz which took place on May 22, 2004.
