Queen Sofia Takes Philippines By Storm

Queen Sofia has taken the Philippines by storm on her third visit to the country this week. Leaders in the former Spanish colony are giving Her Majesty a warm welcome with full honors wherever she goes.

Queen Sofia with President Benigno Aquino.
© Casa de S.M. el Rey / Borja Fotógrafos

The Queen presided over a meeting about Spanish international aid to the country. She called the Philippines a priority for Spain and said she felt “truly at home.”

Arrival in Legazpi.
© Casa de S.M. el Rey / Borja Fotógrafos

The Queen opened an exhibit at the National Library about Spanish cooperation in the Philippines. She has also visited a school, a workshop and a hospital.

Meeting with students at Refugio School.
© Casa de S.M. el Rey / Borja Fotógrafos

Queen Sofia met with mayors who are working to improve local governance. She’s also promoting the increased teaching of Spanish in the country.

Advertisement

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s