Spain Queen Letizia and Queen Sofia visit King Juan Carlos at Hospital

Well, well. Almost one week exactly after the Spanish Queen Drama, the two Spanish queens made an effort to pose together outside of La Moraleja Hospital on Saturday. On Easter Sunday (two weekends ago), Queen Letizia (the current queen of Spain) got into some kind of kerfuffle with her mother-in-law, former queen consort Sofia. The drama happened as the royal family was leaving the church and Queen Sofia stopped to pose for some photos (in the church) with her two granddaughters. Letizia blocked the photo and there was some kind of tense confrontation with both queens, as the two young princesses tried to disentangle themselves from Queen Sofia’s iron grip. The video of the confrontation/fight blew up in the Spanish media and beyond – it was even covered in the New York Times!

In the days that followed, sources tried to downplay what happened and sources insisted that Letizia was particularly desolate and pained by all the criticism. Well, here’s what they came up with: a casual photo-op as the two queens – plus King Felipe – exited the hospital where Felipe’s father King Juan Carlos had knee surgery. Felipe walked past his wife and his mother to address the media about his father’s condition (his dad is fine) and Letizia and Sofia seemed to hang back, giving photographers some good shots of the two queens smiling and looking okay with each other. I tend to think Letizia has the better “mask” – she can put on a diplomatic, let’s-all-get-along face better than her mother-in-law.

Felipe, Letizia and Sofia arrived in the same car and Letizia even made a point of walking to her mother-in-law’s car door and opening it for her. A sign of respect for one’s elders.

Spain Queen Letizia and Queen Sofia visit King Juan Carlos at Hospital

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Photos courtesy of Backgrid and Getty.


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