SPANISH ROYAL FAMILY

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SPANISH ROYAL FAMILY

• ENGAGEMENT OF PRINCE FELIPE DE BORBON
• http//story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmplstoryu/afp
  /20031106/ts_afp/spain_royals_031106153449
• BY MELISSA MAWILAI, EDU 290

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News in Spain

• WHO Prince of Spain
• WHAT Hes engaged to a popular Spanish
  journalist.
• WHEN He proposed to her earlier this November.

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Spain?

• Located in the Iberian Peninsula in Western
  Europe.
• Type of Government democracy, monarchy,
  parliament
• They have a royal family, but the king doesnt
  have much real power. (Like in England)

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The Royal Family of Spain

• King Juan Carlos (1975-present)
• Queen Sofia (his wife)
• Their only son and the heir to the thronePrince
  Felipe de Borbon
• The princessesCristina and Elena.

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Los Borbones

• The current royal family are descendents of the
  Borbones
• The Borbones were a royal family in France.
• After the last King of the Habsburgos family in
  Spain died without an heir to the throne, the
  Borbones of France came to power in Spain in
  1700.

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And nowBack to the Prince

• Name Prince Felipe de Borbon, or Prince Felipe
  de Asturias
• Age 35 years old
• Education Army, Air force, and Navy Institutes
  masters degree in law from the Autonomous
  University of Madrid, masters degree in
  international relations from the University of
  Georgetown in Washington

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Prince Felipe de Borbon

• He was a sailor in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics
• Also likes to fly helicopters.
• He is a passionate environmentalist
• Over the past 8 years, has become significantly
  involved in official royal engagements, such as
  building Spanish relations with Latin America

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Importance of this event to Spain

• Prince Felipes father, King Juan Carlos, became
  king in 1975 after the fall of dictator Francisco
  Franco, who took over the country after the
  Spanish Civil War in 1939. Prince Felipes
  marriage is considered important to ensure a heir
  to the Spanish throne.

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His future wife

• Name Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano
• Age 31
• Occupation presenter and reporter for Spanish
  national television (TVE) for the past 3 years.
  Reported in Iraq last April.

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Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano

• Family parents-Jesus Ortiz and Paloma
  Rocasolano, sisters- Telma and Erika.
• At 25, Letizia married her former literature
  teacher, Alonso Guerrero but divorced after less
  than a year

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What to royal-watchers say about the engagement?

• Some criticize the engagement because Letizia is
  a divorcee.
• Others say the marriage will help to modernize
  the monarchy.
• The Royal Family has given the couple their
  blessings.

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What does Prince Felipe have to say about Letizia?

• She has principles, a rectitude and an exemplary
  nature in her work which always impressed me, all
  the more so since I have come to know her.