Queen Letizia and King Felipe pelted with mud over deadly Spain floods
Spain ’s national broadcaster reported that the barrage included a few rocks and other objects and that two bodyguards were treated for injuries. One could be seen with a bloody wound on his forehead.
“Get out! Get out!” and “Killers!” the crowd in the town of Paiporta shouted, among other insults. Bodyguards opened umbrellas to protect the royals and other officials from the tossed muck.Mud-caked volunteers clean flood debris in a Spanish town as authorities struggle to respondPolice had to step in, some officers on horseback, to keep back the crowd of several dozen, some wielding shovels and poles.
While far from awakening the passion that the British hold for their royals, Felipe and Letizia’s public events are usually greeted by crowds of fans. The floods had already hit Paiporta when the regional officials issued an alert to mobile phones. It sounded two hours too late. “I understand the indignation and of course I stayed to receive it,” Mazón said on X. “It was my moral and political obligation. The attitude of the king this morning was exemplary.”
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