The Infanta Elena receives a double joy

Infanta Elena smiles twice. The daughter of don Juan Carlos and doña Sofía is experiencing a week full of emotions. The sister of King Felipe VI presided over a bullfighting awards ceremony from the Peña Las Meninas of Spain, of which she is honorary president, to the winners at the Madrid Autumn Fair. In turn, the founder of this bullfighting association, Mari Ángeles Grajal, a doctor and wife of the bullfighter Jaime Ostos, wanted to present an award to the Infanta for her great love for bullfighting at a time as complicated as the one in which the world of bullfighting lives.

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Faithful to her appointment with bullfighting, a hobby that her father, King Juan Carlos, who has lived in the United Arab Emirates for more than a year, knew how to transmit to her, the infanta had a special memory of her father for being a great bullfighting fan. Before her departure, it was common to see Doña Elena share a barrier in bullfights with some of her children, Victoria Federica or Felipe Juan Froilán, to whom she has transmitted her passion for bullfighting. Doña Sofía's daughter receives this distinction in a particularly difficult year for her due to being away from her father, with whom she maintains a very special bond. Her visits to Abu Dhabi are frequent to be close to her father. Both share the same passion, bullfighting, and together they have enjoyed bullfighting alone Presentation of the posters of the Madrid San Isidro Fair in 2019 before its departure.

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Among the attendees who recognized the great work of Doña Elena and her family in the bullfighting field were the right-handers Jose Mari Manzanares, who was also distinguished with an award, Miguel Abellán, the ex-bullfighter Jaime Ostos, the journalist Marilo Monteró or the businessman Pedro Trapote, who was dejected by the mourning he lives for the loss of his son. "Overcoming the terrible experience that for me has been the worst thing that could have happened to me. As for any parent, losing a child must be the last thing," he pointed out to the microphones of Europa Press upon his arrival at the celebration. The businessman admitted that Fortunately, he finds comfort in the legacy left by his son and his grandchildren: "The work he has done in Seville, the number of friends that even I did not know and who have come to give me satisfaction and also because I have two wonderful grandchildren who are their children whom I will always be supporting with great pleasure until they finish their careers and things".

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Awarded at Madrid Horse Week

In addition to receiving this meritorious award with pride, there is another reason that has brought more than a smile to the face of the Infanta. Doña Elena will also be honored this week at the VIII edition of Madrid Horse Week. Don Felipe's sister will receive the Madrid Horse Week award next Sunday in its 2021 edition in recognition of "her career as a horsewoman in show jumping and the enormous contribution of S.A.R. Doña Elena to the aggrandizement of our sport and its image in our country”. An award that he will receive around two in the afternoon during the celebration of the Longines World Cup Grand Prix presented by His Excellency Madrid City Council, as the culmination of the VIII edition of IFEMA Madrid Horse Week, which will be held in halls 12 and 14 of IFEMA the next days 26, 27 and 28 of November.

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Doña Elena thus joins the list of recipients of the Madrid Horse Week Award that in previous editions have received prominent figures and/or entities from the equestrian world such as Miguel Ángel Cárdenas (2012), Luis Álvarez Cervera (2014), José Álvarez de las Asturias Bohórquez (2015), Carlos López Quesada (2016), the Real Club de Polo de Barcelona (2017), Álvaro Domecq Romero (2018) and Fernando de Albornoz “Pichi” (2019).

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