A change in the crown
Leonor and Sofia, the daughters of King Felipe VI, have a distant relationship with the Bourbon family. Unlike what happened when they were little and met with their aunts, paternal grandparents and cousins in Zarzuela or Marivent, now the situation has changed. The kings have decided to remove their daughters from the family to protect their image and the future reign of the princess and the crown. This strategy seems to have had an effect, since Leonor has received a remarkable mark in the confidence of the citizens and has untied the well-known ‘Leonormanía’. There are those who would be delighted for the current king to abdicate and for Eleanor to inherit the throne. His image is no longer related to Juan Carlos or to everything he represented (https://correccioencatala.cat/com-estructura-text-catala/).
A void relationship
The trust between Leonor and Sofia and the Bourbons is practically nil. However, this does not mean that there is no affection between them, since they are family. Infants Elena and Cristina do not blame the girls, as they were very young when they were forced to distance themselves from their aunts and cousins. The two children see themselves in the obligation to accept the rules of their parents for the sake of the crown.
Family visits
Leonor and Sofia never visit Aunt Pecu and Queen Sofia in Zarzuela. However, King Felipe VI does visit his mother and his aunt Irene of Greece in private, who live together in the Zarzuela Palace. The monarch feels a special devotion for his mother and his aunt, and the children Cristina and Elena are also very dependent on her, considering her as a second mother. Aunt Pecu has contact with all of them, but she is not related to Leonor and Sofia. She is not happy with them because of their attitude, since she considers that they are very similar to Letizia, with whom she also does not have a good relationship. However, she tries to pretend that everything is fine with her, even though it’s not true. Since it became known that Queen Sofia’s sister suffers from Alzheimer’s, the monarch made a great commitment to her care, ordering specialized doctors 24 hours a day in Zarzuela (https://correccioencatala.cat/com-estructura-text -Catalan/).
Aunt Irene of Greece
Aunt Irene from Greece is very upset with Leonor and Sofia, not only because they have never had contact with her, but also because she sees that they are not related to her grandmother either.