The Queen of Spain, and Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia have been expelled from the Mixed Zone at the London Olympics.
They had travelled to London to give their support to Nico García in his attempt for gold en taekwondo.
He managed the Silver and the Royal Family wanted to congratulate him, and some 20 people arrived in the Mixed Zone, where the journalists were waiting, and where the Queen and Prince and Princess wanted to go.
But a volunteer stopped them entering. After several minutes of confusion the volunteer said.....
‘Who is the future King of Spain, Well I did not know!
.........but you aren’t carrying the accreditation needed for this zone, you
are not going in. He then turned his back on the Prince of Asturias and
told him to go.
Felipe, Letizia and the Queen then waited for five minutes for Nico García to come out, but he did not arrive. Letizia did not stop taking photos, and we can expect the volunteer to be on the front pages in both the UK and Spain.
The President of the COE, Alejandro Blanco, and the Spanish Ambassador in London, Federico Trillo, arrived at the scene, and Blanco has quite a reputation for Judo, they say by force.
Finally, a little later, out came Nico García, and then another volunteer said they could go inside.
Article from typicallyspanish.com
Comments
Ron 11-8-2012 17:40
Haha - I can't stop laughing. Brilliant.
Ani 11-8-2012 17:42
And is every volunteer expected to know
what every King, Queen, plus families and heads of state looks like. If
they didn't have the correct accreditation for that zone then good on
that volunteer.He is doing his job properly.
Bob 11-8-2012 17:58
He is not a volunteer. Not everyone that works at the games is. Stop calling everyone volunteers!
Mick Costa Blanca 11-8-2012 17:58
Stay out of the Mixed Zone AND Gibraltar!
How embarrassing!
How embarrassing!
shak 11-8-2012 18:30 If you employ cheap labour.Do you really expected him or her to have the general or be winner of master mind.
If there was such a situation the staff should have made effort to find out with out turning his/her back and not a caring a s..t.
There would be a big scandel if this has happened to Queen Elizabeth or her family.
I remember when an Austrailan primister had held the queen hands or suppoorted her from the waist there was uproar. Simliary the late King of Morocco turned up twenty minutes late to meet the Queen there was a similar reaction.
I am no fan of Royalty. However while they are there they must be bestowed the protocal.
If there was such a situation the staff should have made effort to find out with out turning his/her back and not a caring a s..t.
There would be a big scandel if this has happened to Queen Elizabeth or her family.
I remember when an Austrailan primister had held the queen hands or suppoorted her from the waist there was uproar. Simliary the late King of Morocco turned up twenty minutes late to meet the Queen there was a similar reaction.
I am no fan of Royalty. However while they are there they must be bestowed the protocal.
shak 11-8-2012 18:35
Instead of asking accreditation. The
staff should have asked them for the first licence of occupation. That
way the King & his folks would have never entered.
Gary 11-8-2012 19:08
Maybe if they'd turned up for the Diamond
Wedding someone would have recognised them. Anyway as they say in Spain
if you aintt got the right papers.Adios
Gary 11-8-2012 19:10
Where was the king anyway off shooting elephants or with the girlfriend?
shak 11-8-2012 22:27
The King was tripping over footpaths.
Angela 12-8-2012 0:07
Lighten up it's funny. @Mick costa blanca. Tell it to the people of Gibralter it's up to them.12VQMP
UPDATE
Today, a much truncated story has been published by the 'Olive Press' instead of the original story, without the picture of the so called 'volunteer' and without any of the original comments!
15th August 2012
