The summer of our royals is bubbling with energy, as thermometers stand at this point in July. King Felipe and Queen Letizia, together with their daughters Leonor and Sofia, have planned their arrival in Mallorca at the end of this week. There, at the Marivent Palace, Queen Sofía is already with Infanta Elena. And also on the island, Froilán de Marichalar attended last Thursday the opening of a nightclub. Meanwhile, King Juan Carlos and Infanta Elena are sailing on Lake Geneva in Geneva.
And what plans do Juan, Pablo, Miguel and Irene Urdangarín have for these holidays? The always discreet children of Infanta Cristina and Iñaki Urdangarin do not announce on their social networks whether they are at a beach, on a yacht, or at a five-star resort. That does not prevent this summer, the siblings remaining faithful to family traditions that will take them to their usual summer destinations with their parents and their grandmothers.
Those with the longest vacations are Pablo and Irene. The former has finished the handball league with Granollers following the good news of renewing his contract with the Catalan club until 2028. His sister is enjoying a few months of rest after completing the second year of the degree in Hospitality Management, Tourism and Events that she is studying in the United Kingdom.
As revealed by their father, Miguel has a new job in Madrid as a junior technical advisor at a technology-focused investment fund. Recently independent, he shares an apartment in the capital with his girlfriend, the Venezuelan Olympia Beracasa. Who has not yet been seen in Spain this summer is Juan. The eldest of the four siblings works in London for Extreme X, Alejandro Agag’s company that develops the Formula E speed championship, the eco-friendly version of Formula 1.
The Urdangarins: from Bidart to Marivent
Like many other children of separated parents, the four siblings will have to square their summer schedules to coincide with their parents during the holidays. The common link will again be the family apartment in Bidart. In this flat in the French Basque Country that Infanta Cristina and Iñaki Urdangarin take turns using, the siblings will be able to enjoy the beach there this August and also visit their paternal grandmother, Claire Liebaert.
It is expected that the Infanta Cristina will travel to Bidart in the coming weeks, but with a stay different from past summers. Her intention, as she has done in recent years, is to spend a few days there with her children and the partners of these. This year her holidays in the north will be shorter in order to devote more time to being with her mother, Queen Sofía.
Irene and Victoria Federica, with their grandmother Sofía in Palma.
It will be precisely together with Queen Sofía at Marivent that we will also be able to see some of the Urdangarín siblings this summer. In a Mallorcan stay that is challenging for the queen emerita as it is the first since her sister’s death, both Irene and their cousin Victoria Federica could travel to the island to keep her company. This seems natural after the youngest daughter of Infanta Cristina has shown a special connection with her grandmother in recent times.
Cousins’ celebration for the World Cup
One of the most media-covered moments of Irene and Miguel Urdangarín’s Spanish summer was during the recent World Cup final. While the Kings and their daughters were in New York for the Spain vs Argentina match, both brothers celebrated the victory at a venue in the capital together with their cousin Victoria Federica and her boyfriend, Jorge Navalpotro.
Victoria Federica, with her cousins Irene and Miguel.
The three cousins wore red shirts of the Spanish national team, they painted flags on their faces and celebrated the victory of our team with ecstatic hugs. The images shared on their social networks by Victoria Federica confirmed both her rapport with the Urdangaríns and the fact that her boyfriend is already fully integrated into the family’s inner circle.
