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SPANISH ROYALS SNUB THE QUEENS JUBILEE DUE TO GIBRALTAR

 
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PostPosted: Thu May 17, 2012 7:46 pm    Post subject: SPANISH ROYALS SNUB THE QUEENS JUBILEE DUE TO GIBRALTAR Reply with quote

Spanish royals snub the Queen's Jubilee bash claiming their attendance is inappropriate in row over Gibraltar
By Richard Kay
PUBLISHED: 01:26, 17 May 2012 | UPDATED: 11:40, 17 May 2012
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The Queen was dealt an extraordinary and calculated snub last night that threatens to tarnish her Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
Just two days before Her Majesty was due to welcome the crowned heads of Europe�s royal houses to an elaborate Windsor Castle lunch, Spain�s Queen Sofia dramatically pulled out of the event.

A spokesman for the Spanish royals snootily declared that Sofia�s presence would be �inappropriate in the current circumstances.�

Snub: Royal insiders say the Queen will be dismayed by Queen Sofia's (left) absence
The 11th-hour cancellation, engineered by the Spanish government, came just a week after it made a formal protest to Britain over Prince Edward�s visit to Gibraltar.

The Prince and the Countess of Wessex are due to make a three-day visit to the fiercely British rock on June 13 as part of a Commonwealth-wide effort to mark the Jubilee with royal events.
Last night the decision was still being digested, but royal insiders say the Queen will be dismayed that what should have been a joyful celebration for her royal kinsmen and women has been hijacked by political machinations.
It is not the first time Spain has jolted the royals � in 1981 King Juan Carlos stayed away from Prince Charles�s wedding to Lady Diana Spencer because on their honeymoon the Royal Yacht Britannia was to stop at Gibraltar.
But this time it seems somehow more personal.
Like the Queen, Queen Sofia is a direct descendant of Queen Victoria � she is a great-great-great-granddaughter - and the two are cousins.

Her brother is the exiled King Constantine of Greece, who lives in London and is close to Prince Philip and the Prince of Wales.

The decision is going to strain family relations.
Queen Sofia was due to attend tomorrow�s lunch alone because her husband Juan Carlos is recovering from a fall following a controversial safari.
The lunch for sovereign monarchs - plus the Emperor of Japan - is the biggest royal event since the funeral of the Queen Mother in 2002 and the Queen�s Golden Jubilee celebrations.


If there's one thing more enjoyable than getting up Argentina's nose over the Falklands it's seeing the Spanish having one of their frothing spats over Gibraltar. I can't imagine why they bother. The Gibraltarians - to a man - would rather put their heads down their toilets than be Spanish. And the Spanish must know that we could bankrupt their flaky country at a stroke by simply putting a block on Spanish holidays.

It would probably be inappropriate for British tourists to travel to Spain for their holidays too, given the Gibraltar situation.
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