MADRID.- Los King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia will attend the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games On July 26, and the day before, a reception will be held for the Spanish athletes who will participate in them, according to information provided by the Zarzuela Palace.
Later from the King’s House It has been stated that both the King and Queen, the Princess of Asturias and the Infanta Sofia, as well as Queen Sofia, plan to travel successively to Paris to support Spanish athletes by attending various competitions.
Commitments in Paris
The King and Queen will travel to the French capital on Thursday, where a reception is planned for the afternoon at the Spanish Embassy for the Spanish Olympic team that will participate in these Games.
Later, Don Felipe and Doña Letizia will attend the dinner offered by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the Louvre Museum as a prelude to the sporting event, which starts on Friday and will last until August 11.
On Friday, the King and Queen will attend the reception that French President Emmanuel Macron has organised that afternoon at the Elysee Palace for the dignitaries who will travel to the French capital for the start of the Olympic Games.
Finally, the two will attend the opening ceremony at the Place du Trocadero.
For the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, the ceremony will not be held in a stadium but will be moved to the Seine, where the delegations will parade on board boats. The parade will end in the square, where the final part of the show will take place.
FUENTE: Europa Press
