He accompanied his son, King Felipe VI, and his wife, Queen Letizia, at the annual soiree for local dignitaries and representatives from across the island. Traditionally, Spanish royalty stay in Mallorca at the beginning of August and the reception is part of their agenda.
However, for the first time, King Felipe received his guests at the Marivent Palace for the annual party.
The Marivent is the place where the kings stay during their stay in Mallorca.
Previously, the function was held at the Almudaina Palace, which is the official residence of the Spanish royalty on the island.
Queen Sofia, 84, joined King Felipe and Queen Letizia to shake hands with hundreds of guests.
They later met some of them again during the main reception.
It was the first time that Queen Sofia had been engaged in public in several weeks.
The two daughters of King Felipe and Queen Letizia, Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía, were not present at the event.
However, the two girls continue their stay on the island.
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Queen Sofia was born in Greece in 1938 and spent her childhood in Egypt before moving to South Africa with her family during World War II.
He later studied at Fitzwilliam College, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.
At the 1960 Olympics in Rome, he was a reserve member of Greece’s gold medal-winning sailing team.
Having met Juan Carlos in 1954, the couple married in 1962 and she converted to Catholicism.
His brother Constantine II was the last king of Greece who reigned from 1964 until the formal abolition of the monarchy in 1973.
"खाना विशेषज्ञ। जोम्बी प्रेमी। अति कफी अधिवक्ता। बियर ट्रेलब्लाजर। अप्रिय यात्रा फ्यान।"
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