This Friday, December 12, the royal family made public their traditional Christmas wishes. For 2025, they have chosen a photo in which Kings Felipe VI and Letizia pose with their daughters, Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía, in a rural environment, specifically in the Asturian town of Valdesoto, an image taken as part of the recent Princess of Asturias Awards. “Example and recognition to small towns, to their livestock and agricultural regions, and to their natural landscapes,” underlines the press release with which they released the images on the message they wish to convey with this image.
“Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2026”, announces the text inside the Christmaswritten (in Spanish and English) with the Ibarra Real font, a font designed in the 18th century and used in the 1780 edition of Don Quixote made for the Royal Spanish Academy. “Coincident with the fourth centenary of the publication of the first part of Cervantes’ book, in the 21st century the digital version of this typography is recovered and created, highlighting the Spanish typographic heritage,” the press release adds. On the right side are the signatures of the four members of the royal family as well as the handwritten text: “With all our affection and best wishes”.
The photo was taken last October, when Princess Leonor, supported by her family, presented the Exemplary City of Asturias 2025 Award. “Valdesoto is full of life, that’s obvious! then declared the heir to the throne, during one of the rare escapades during which this year it was possible to see the whole family – Sofia began her training in political science and international relations in Lisbon in September and Leonor is continuing her studies. military. Valdesoto has around 1,800 residents dedicated to the countryside, mining, industry and services. “It is very nice to see how you have managed to transmit the values and the best Asturian spirit to the little ones,” said the princess.
One more year, on the same day, the congratulations of the emeritus kings Juan Carlos I and Sofía were also broadcast, who on this occasion feature their five dogs, posing in front of a Christmas tree. “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,” the inside reads, along with a handwritten “2026” and the signatures of the emeritus kings.
Juan Carlos I moved to Abu Dhabi in the summer of 2020 due to its tax problems. But his dogs stayed with Doña Sofía in Spain. “His companion is a mute parrot whose crest, when displayed, is dyed red and yellow, like the flag of Spain,” writes the magazine. Good morning! at the beginning of November, during a meeting with the emeritus at his home in Abu Dhabi on the occasion of the publication of his memoirs.
Since the proclamation of Felipe VI in 2014, Zarzuela has made two congratulations public each year. The Kings once again resorted to the traditional image of the four family members, smiling and looking at the camera, congratulating the holidays. Inside Christmas Last year, the tenth anniversary of his proclamation as King of Spain and the memory of the tragic Dana took center stage.
It was common for the emeriti to congratulate Christmas through a Christmas-themed painting, although last year was a little different, since they opted for a religious image from the altarpiece of the main chapel of the Cathedral of Toledo. In any case, this year’s is a much bigger change, but not as much as in 2018, we chose a photo of the two of them taken on the occasion of the 80th birthday of the king’s mother, and in 2019, that of a wedding taken in Sanxenxo (La Coruña) in the summer.
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