Overview
- Casa Real confirmed on January 13 that Queen Sofía removed two engagements in Las Palmas: an award at the Poema del Mar aquarium and an honorary doctorate at the University of Las Palmas.
- The honors have been rescheduled to February 19 and 20, according to The Objective.
- Media citing palace sources report that Princess Irene’s condition has worsened and that Queen Sofía will not leave her side at the Zarzuela Palace.
- Princess Irene, 83, has a long-term cognitive illness with significant mobility problems and has been living at Zarzuela for several months.
- Her last public appearance was in February 2025 at her nephew Prince Nikolaos’s wedding in Athens, where she used a wheelchair.