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May 20th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
Born into the Greek Royal family, Queen Sofia was eagerly anticipating seeing
her brother King Constantine – godfather to Prince William – and her many
cousins. Given that it was a meeting of equals, protocol was forgotten –
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands even threw her arms around the British
Queen in a warm greeting.
Yesterday (SAT) Spanish newspaper El Mundo featured a huge picture of
the 27 royals, with the headline: “The only absence was Cousin Sofia”.
The newspaper also pointed out that protocol would have probably seen Queen
Sofia seated next to Queen Elizabeth, owing to their close family ties.
“It was to be a real treat for her to see her family, get dressed up and
also relax with friends who live similar lifestyles,” said Ms Eyre.
“But now she has to return to her role of supporting the King in silence,
and just keep her head down. She is suffering a huge amount.”
The Queen’s resigned acceptance of her duty – her inability to carve her own
path – is a poignant reminder of how isolated and powerless she really is.
Where as her husband King Juan Carlos is known for speaking his mind, the
Queen has no voice. Unlike her British equivalent Prince Philip, Queen Sofia
is frequently sidelined and simply told what to do.
And her sadness at being told to shun the family gathering must have been all
the more painful, given her recent marital problems.
Monday was the King and Queen’s 50th wedding anniversary. Needless to say,
they did not celebrate the occasion.
“It would have been a bit ironic,” said Jaime Peñafiel, one of
Spain’s most influential royal commentators. “There’s nothing to
celebrate.”
King Juan Carlos tripped on a hunting trip to Botswana last month, breaking
his hip and triggering a furious reaction back in Spain.
What was the King doing waltzing around the world shooting elephants, the
people asked, while they were in the midst of an economic crisis?
That the King was accompanied on the trip by a glamorous blonde German
princess raised even more eyebrows at home. Did the Queen know he was on a “private
holiday” with a woman almost 30 years his junior?
The Queen has kept her dignity throughout the scandal. On Thursday evening at
their home, the Zarzuela Palace, she presented awards for contribution to
the arts to opera singer Placido Domingo and film director Pablo Almodovar,
among others looking strained, perhaps, but composed. The King was also
present; it was the first time the couple had been seen together in public
since Easter.
Yet the publication the next day of an in-dept portrait of the German princess
who accompanied her husband to Botswana must have infuriated the 73-year-old.
Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, 46, features on the cover of this month’s
Spanish edition of Vanity Fair magazine, described as “the mysterious
friend of the King”. Yesterday newspaper sellers in Madrid said the
magazine was flying off the shelves.
Miss zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, a twice-divorced German businesswoman who
reportedly acted as an adviser to the King, was said to be “shocked”
at the attention, and to have fled to Monaco.
“Who wouldn’t be if suddenly the world’s press appeared at your door,
attacking you and accusing you of being the King’s lover?” said her
first husband, Philip Adkins, an American shipping magnate, in the magazine.
“The only thing she told me was that the King was her friend, and an
amazing man who she admired. Nothing else, because if there is one thing
that characterises her it is discretion and loyalty.” She has
vehemently denied being romantically involved with the King, and has
instructed her lawyers to pursue anyone who claims otherwise.
But that she and the King had a meeting of minds is not in doubt.
Miss zu Sayn-Wittgenstein worked for the prestigious London-based hunting
company Boss Co, and organised adventures in Mozambique, a shooting
party at Blenheim Palace, and visits to Saudi Arabia for the King.
Cap Lesesne, a high-society plastic surgeon based on Park Avenue in New York,
said: “She’s a wonderful woman: intelligent, attractive, fun. She’s the
perfect date.” But the King has now been forced to distance himself
from the German princess.
“The King knew that he couldn’t be seen as frivolous in these tough
economic times,” said Pilar Eyre, columnist for El Mundo and author of
eight books on the Spanish royal family. “All his life has been about
sacrifice and the preservation of the reputation of the monarchy.
Everything else comes second.” And the King’s dedication to the throne is
unquestionable.
He acceded to the throne in 1975 two days after the death of General Franco
and oversaw the transition from dictatorship to democracy. The Spanish
people appreciate his no-nonsense manner, and remember how the he thwarted
an attempted military coup in 1981, when he made a televised broadcast
calling on people to respect democracy.
Spain’s royal couple are, however, now coming under unprecedented scrutiny,
along with their three children the heir to the throne, Felipe, 44; Infanta
Elena, 48; and Infanta Cristina, 46.
Infanta Cristina’s husband, Iñaki Urdangarin, has been declared a suspect in a
fraud case involving millions of euros of public money and appeared in court
in February; the first royal family member ever to do so.
The case has driven a stake right through the heart of the family, with the
King furious about the scandal – Mr Urdangarin denies all charges – and the
Queen only interested in comforting her daughter, Mr Urdangarin’s wife.
In a further public relations mishap, in early April the King’s grandson,
13-year-old Felipe Juan Froilan, was himself taken to hospital after
shooting himself in the foot during target practice outside the family home,
despite being too young legally to use such a weapon.
The Queen, who studied childcare in Athens and has stated that her priority is
looking after her children, has been horrified by the mess which has
engulfed her family. But unlike the King, she is powerless to act.
The King realised that the luxury Botswana hunting trip at a time of soaring
unemployment and economic unrest was causing yet more controversy, and made
an unprecedented apology.
“I’m very sorry, I made a mistake. It won’t happen again,” he said,
as he left San Jose hospital in Madrid at the end of April.
It was the first time he had ever apologised for his actions.
Royal expert Jaime Peñafiel said: “He took the decision to apologise
no one asked him to. He runs his own show.” The King’s strong personal
management of the situation only serves to heighten the contrast with his
wife.
Ms Eyre spent two years researching her biography of the Queen, and says the
quietly elegant grandmother has few real friends in Spain. Inside the
Zarzuela Palace, there is open rivalry between the King’s “team”
and the Queen’s ladies in waiting.
As a vegetarian who dislikes bullfighting and rarely speaks in public owing to
her heavily-accented Spanish, she could not be more different from her red
blooded, straight talking husband, with his passion for fast cars, sailing
and skiing.
“It was a marriage of convenience,” she said. “They have been
living separate lives for a long time.
“But it is fair to say that, in a long and unhappy history, this is a
particularly painful moment.”
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