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Royal Flashback: Pre-Wedding Gala For Felipe And Letizia

Posted by karenl on May 21, 2026, 10:42 pm

...or the infamous pre-wedding gala, followed the next day by the infamous Froilan acting up at the wedding.
I can't believe it's been 22 yr. ago. Everyone looks so young or reasonably young. Many of the Royals have passed since that occasion.

https://royalwatcherblog.com/2018/05/21/crown-prince-felipes-pre-wedding-dinner-2004/

Re: Royal Flashback: Pre-Wedding Gala For Felipe And Letizia

Posted by Hollie24 on May 21, 2026, 10:57 pm, in reply to "Royal Flashback: Pre-Wedding Gala For Felipe And Letizia"

Letizia had a different nose and Albert had more hair, for a start...

Re: Royal Flashback: Pre-Wedding Gala For Felipe And Letizia

Posted by Martha on May 22, 2026, 9:25 am, in reply to "Re: Royal Flashback: Pre-Wedding Gala For Felipe And Letizia"

I was hoping someone got the fight on video. Felipe and Letizia have weathered a lot together.

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Re: Royal Flashback: Pre-Wedding Gala For Felipe And Letizia

Posted by Cynthia on May 22, 2026, 12:34 pm, in reply to "Royal Flashback: Pre-Wedding Gala For Felipe And Letizia"

That's where a lot of people took up "Nunca mas."

Good ol' Juan Carlos, banning his Italian cousins, the Hatfield and McCoys of royalty. I think Vittorio Emanuele started it, Amedeo hit back and JC stopped it.

Re: Royal Flashback: Pre-Wedding Gala For Felipe And Letizia

Posted by Martha on May 22, 2026, 3:06 pm, in reply to "Re: Royal Flashback: Pre-Wedding Gala For Felipe And Letizia"

Right royal punch-up at Spanish prince's wedding

This article is more than 21 years old
John Hooper in Rome
Fri 28 May 2004 20.52 EDT

There's always one at every wedding - the embarrassing guest who causes a scene.

Even, it appears, at the royal marriage of the decade.

According to Italian media reports, last weekend's wedding of Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia of Spain ended in a punch-up which left an Italian aristocrat nursing bruised lips.

Leaving a dinner given by King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia on the evening of their son's nuptials, the heir to the Italian throne, Prince Vittorio Emanuele, was said to have hit his cousin and rival, Duke Amedeo, on the steps of the Spanish royal residence.

One report said the Duke was twice punched in the mouth and would have fallen to the ground had he not been caught by deposed Queen Anne-Marie of Greece.

The daily, La Repubblica, said Duke Amedeo was then helped inside the Zarzuela palace, where an unidentified Arab potentate applied an ice pack to his bruised lips.

On learning of the affray, King Juan Carlos was said to have stormed "Nunca más" (Never again) - apparently in reference to the Italian's chances of a further invitation.

Duke Amedeo did not deny the attack. The newspaper La Stampa quoted him as saying it was "an unpleasant business that does not deserve further comment". The incident was the latest scandal in the life of Prince Vittorio Emanuele, who returned to Italy last year after 57 years in exile.

In 1991, he was acquitted of manslaughter by a French court for an incident 13 years earlier in which he fired a rifle from his yacht off Corsica, fatally wounding a German tourist.

The prince renounced all claims to the throne as part of the deal that allowed him back into Italy - a move that dismayed the country's dwindling band of monarchists and prompted many to switch their allegiance to Duke Amedeo.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/may/29/spain.johnhooper

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Re: Royal Flashback: Pre-Wedding Gala For Felipe And Letizia

Posted by Hollie24 on May 22, 2026, 5:38 pm, in reply to "Re: Royal Flashback: Pre-Wedding Gala For Felipe And Letizia"

Grown men acting like children.

I loved the wedding. It played all day on Univision and I felt sorry for the reporters who had to stand in the pouring rain. The collar of Letizia's wedding coat lost its starch and drooped, but she and Felipe were so happy that not even Froilan's antics could spoil the ceremony for them.

Flashback: The Wedding

Posted by karenl on May 23, 2026, 9:47 pm, in reply to "Re: Royal Flashback: Pre-Wedding Gala For Felipe And Letizia"

I forgot about Martha Louis and her bright yellow and red outfit.
I never noticed until today in the group photos Felipe has an iron grip on Froilan. That is too funny.

https://royalwatcherblog.com/2017/05/22/wedding-felipe-letizia/

Re: Flashback: The Wedding

Posted by Hollie24 on May 23, 2026, 10:11 pm, in reply to "Flashback: The Wedding"

Martha Louise's rooster dress has to go in the top ten list of Royal fashion disasters, right up there with Laurentian's quilted mattress pad gown, Marie Chantal's ode to Carmen Miranda suit, and Claire of Belgium head to toe toile wallpaper ensemble.

Felipe's grip on Froilan is too funny!

Re: Royal Flashback: Pre-Wedding Gala For Felipe And Letizia

Posted by karenl on May 23, 2026, 9:54 pm, in reply to "Re: Royal Flashback: Pre-Wedding Gala For Felipe And Letizia"

After the fight and JC's "Never again", the Savoys were frozen out of major Royal events. I remember that they were invited and appeared at a couple of German Noble weddings, but that was it. They also were still friendly with Charles and Camilla of BTS and appeared at some of their functions.

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