King Juan Carlos has already got used to his new living situation after overcoming his three years of self-exile in Abu Dhabi. Residence in the emirate and continuous trips, some to Spain (six this year) and other stays in London, Monaco, and mainly in Geneva, where he will spend the Christmas holidays in the company of his daughters, the infants Elena and Cristina and the children of both.
From the Swiss city, where Cristina de Borbó took up residence in 2013, and on board a private plane, King Juan Carlos traveled to Madrid on Wednesday after attending the lunch that celebrated the Infanta Elena's 60th birthday. He made the outward journey in the company of Cristina and the return journey, alone. The infanta moved from Madrid to Barcelona, where on Thursday she attended the Christmas lunch of the La Caixa Foundation served by Semon, the same house that on October 4, 1997 was in charge of the menu for her wedding banquet . Still pending the signing of her divorce, Cristina is still legally married to Iñaki Urdangarin, when two years have passed since the appearance of photographs that proved the romantic relationship between the Exduke of Palma and the Vitoria Ainhoa Armentia.
Currently, with her four children outside of Switzerland, Cristina de Borbó lives alone in Geneva, but these days she will be accompanied by her father, her four children, Joan, Pau, Miquel and Irene; his sister Elena and his nephews Felip and Victòria de Marichalar. There is no record of the presence of Queen Sofia in Geneva with her husband and daughters, and from this it follows that she will spend Christmas in , with the kings Felipe and , and their granddaughters, Eleonor and Sofia.
For King Juan Carlos, the festivities will continue beyond the 25th, since two days later he will travel to Rome, the city where he was born on January 5, 1938, to attend the celebration of his cousin Olímpia Torlonia's 80th birthday , daughter of the late Infanta Beatriu. Many of the descendants of Alfonso XIII and also the members of the grand ducal family of Luxembourg will attend the party, since Sybilla Weiller, Olímpia's daughter, is married to Prince William of Luxembourg.
The travels do not end here, as King Juan Carlos, after the New Year's celebrations, which he plans to celebrate with a group of friends in an as yet unspecified destination, will return to Abu Dhabi to prepare the party with plans to celebrate his 86th birthday on the 5th. Incidentally, he wants to present and offer his residence in the emirates of Al-Bateen to his closest friends to thank them for their closeness and, in some cases, their company since it left Spain. About a hundred people have already responded affirmatively to the invitation and many more have received these days a Christmas greeting, the first he has sent alone since his self-exile, in which he has included a photo of his last stay in Sanxenxo. He signs it as Joan Carles R, remembering his title (honorary, in this case) of king.
