Every year, the King receives at La Zarzuela, or at the El Pardo palace, the schoolchildren who participate in the "What is a king for you" contest, in which primary school boys and girls exhibit their work in which they deal with to explain what they understand about the figure and role of the King. Other children, however, meet the Kings on a visit and innocently react spontaneously, asking them anything with the only references being fairy tales. The gesture of a girl who, on Thursday, pinched the King's hand in Las Palmas, has gone viral and the photo, captured by the official photographer of the Zarzuela, goes around social networks to certify the closeness of Felipe and Letizia with the More smalls.
This Thursday, in Las Palmas, where the Kings attended the presentation of the national Innovation and Design awards, a tender scene occurred when upon arrival at the Miller Building, in the capital of Gran Canaria, Felipe and Letizia approached a group of schoolchildren , who with their backpacks on their shoulders, and accompanied by their teachers were waiting for them.
Queen Letizia crouched down to speak at the height of the little ones, while the King shook the hands of others. A girl, very willing, could not quite believe that this nice man was a king and, if he was, that he was not an illusion but a person of flesh and blood; Without thinking twice when the King extended his hand to her, the little girl took the opportunity to pinch him, which caused a big smile on the King himself who, more than surprised, was delighted with the detail and the girl's innocence. The gesture went unnoticed by those who were not nearby, but the official photographer of the Zarzuela, Francisco Gómez, captured the nice moment and the Casa del Rey posted the photos on X's account.
On another occasion, while the Kings and their daughters, Leonor and Sofía, visited the Lluc monastery, in Mallorca, during their vacations in August 2021, a child approached the King to ask where he kept the crown, to which the monarch , unable to hide his laughter, replied, "They ask me that many times."
