Friday, May 4, 2012

The Royal Family

Something interesting in the country in Spain that appears quite a bit in the media and other communication sources, is the royal family. Unlike other monarchies in Europe (i,e England) the Royal Family holds no actual power, in fact the king is the one spaniard who can not vote. More about concerning themselves with diplomacy and international affairs, they do not dictate or rule any power of the state. Yet this past year has been quite temultous for the royal family and spaniards have had enough.

El Pais, the socialist left winged paper of Madrid with the largest circulation, is quite critical and always monitoring the happenings of the royal family. Most recently, it was El Pais who published the stories of the King and his infamous trip to hunt elephants, but they also included an interesting twist for rthe people; the rey was with his lover. Spain, which was also the country who made a big deal about Obama shelling out thousands for one his beloved to go to Mexico with a team of over 10 security guards, are known for keeping powers in check without fear of publishing the truth.With an impressive list of freedom of speech laws in the constitution the spanish press is sure to publish the truth and dispell the ugly truth.

This month was not the best for the spanish royal family, from a scandal with a son in law, to a nephew shooting himself in the foot, to finally the romantic get away affair of the king, they have surely kept themselves in the spotlight this month.

Lets look at some cover pages they made this year.

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