[QUOTE][B]King Felipe VI has called for "a new Spain that we will build together" after being proclaimed head of state in a ceremony in parliament.
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Earlier, King Felipe received the royal sash from his father, Juan Carlos, at the Zarzuela Palace near Madrid.
He acceded to the throne at the stroke of midnight after King Juan Carlos formally abdicated on Wednesday.
The proceedings have been kept low key, as many Spaniards are suffering economic hardship.
The swearing-in ceremony took the form of a proclamation rather than a coronation. It is the first royal transition in Spain since democracy was restored in the 1970s.[/QUOTE]
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[URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27918094"]Source: BBC[/URL]
And nothing changes. See. See. The old king is right there to his right!
monarchys are neat
Anything to take their eyes off the World Cup...
[QUOTE=Elfy;45155525]Anything to take their eyes off the World Cup...[/QUOTE]
Let's be honest, this is probably a little bit more important than fucking football.
[QUOTE=Elfy;45155525]Anything to take their eyes off the World Cup...[/QUOTE]
Anything to take their eyes off the goverment stripping away social rights and families going out of home to look for food on trash cans, yes.
It is a pretty obvious distracting movement, now that european elections shaked the political panorama by introducing a new alternative party to the stablished two they are clearly trying to drive away attention from all the social problems and poverty with royal staged drama and shit.
I won't be participating in this shitty mediocre gossip, who cares about a king without power?
/rant, sorry, it is just frustatring to walk on my city and see so many people asking for food in social kitchens and/or trying to recover food that supermarkets throw in the the trash, left alone the problem of 5.000.000 unemployed (and in work age) people in a country of 40.000.000, can you believe we aren't beheading our politicians and kings already?
Say what you want about the Spanish monarchy, but they do know how to dress for an occasion.
[QUOTE=Elfy;45155525]Anything to take their eyes off the World Cup...[/QUOTE]
First time a football team got beaten so hard, their royalty abdicated.
[QUOTE=DowntownTiger;45155500]monarchys are neat[/QUOTE]
Parliamentarian monarchies are the best, you get all the benefits of a parliamentarian republic with the shinies of monarchy.
[QUOTE=maxumym;45155626]Parliamentarian monarchies are the best, you get all the benefits of a parliamentarian republic with the shinies of monarchy.[/QUOTE]
You should know *wink
[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;45155713]You should know *wink[/QUOTE]
I said parliamentarian, not absolute. :eng101:
[QUOTE=Chief Martini;45155611]Say what you want about the Spanish monarchy, but they do know how to dress for an occasion.[/QUOTE]
Capcom took some of the king's suits for alternate Magneto costumes on MvC.
Kingtastic.
[QUOTE=maxumym;45155626]Parliamentarian monarchies are the best, you get all the benefits of a parliamentarian republic with the shinies of monarchy.[/QUOTE]
IMO it depends on how much of a tax sink the royal family ends up being.
[QUOTE=Chief Martini;45155611]Say what you want about the Spanish monarchy, but they do know how to dress for an occasion.[/QUOTE]
Meh, I always felt the reign in Spain fell mainly on the plain.
[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;45155453]And nothing changes. See. See. The old king is right there to his right![/QUOTE]
Families are forever.
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