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Conveyed to Cabrera its “concern” about the presence of Doña Sofía at the tribute to Isabel II. The diplomats argued that it was not the time to make this move , since it did "a disservice to Spanish interests and image, especially vis-à-vis the United Kingdom." -- Despite the message from Foreign Affairs, the King's House decided to distance itself from the ministry and did not cancel the trip to London. La Zarzuela described the queen's trip as a “ private visit ,” despite the fact that Isabel II's invitation was not addressed to individuals but to the Spanish Crown. -- The Ministry resignedly accepted La Zarzuela's response, although it did not agree. -- At that moment, given the evidence that Doña Sofía planned to travel to London, the minister, García Margallo, declared that the visit was of an "absolutely private" nature, so he had " few things to say ." The minister tried to avoid the problem of the clash between the queen's interests and the general interests of the nation. -- Suddenly, the atmosphere heated up in a matter of hours : several incidents occurred on the Rock, the Gibraltarian police began to threaten the Spanish fishermen... -- In those delicate moments, several internal notes were exchanged between the Spanish and British Foreign Ministries . It was Tuesday of last week and the tension was increasing.
The Government of Spain expressed, through notes to its British colleagues, that the United Kingdom was behaving in the waters of the Bay of Algeciras, not as an allied country, but as an aggressor . Foreign Affairs showed that general Qatar Mobile Number List Spanish interests were being threatened. -- The same message was transferred to the queen's secretariat. And they again advised against Doña Sofía's trip to the United Kingdom for the second time. -- Foreign Affairs insisted, but the queen continued to resist canceling her trip. -- Wednesday was the key day. It was then that a pact was sealed between the ministry and La Zarzuela . José Cabrera relented, but insisted that Doña Sofía's figure should appear as little splashed as possible. “ We must save the queen ,” he transmitted to Foreign Affairs, and also preserve the ties between the two royal houses unscathed. -- Then, to the surprise of Minister García-Margallo, the King's House, on its own initiative, sent several journalists an SMS that had not been previously agreed upon. -- In that message, La Zarzuela said that it was an “ unsuitable trip in the current circumstances.” -- Foreign Affairs did not like the message because, from their point of view, it implied that it was the minister who had prohibited the queen from traveling to London , when the reality is that there was never a veto as such.
However, José Manuel García-Margallo diplomatically thanked him publicly for the “ extraordinary sensitivity ” in “agreeing to cancel his trip.” With these words, the minister subtly pointed out that it was the King's House that decided to suspend the queen's visit. -- In Foreign Affairs, some diplomats believe that La Zarzuela tried to blame the minister for the suspension, when García Margallo limited himself to advising against the trip: there was no order as such.“We have already complied, now it is their turn.” With these words, sources from the leadership of the Popular Party and the Government explain the new position of the Government towards the European Union and Angela Merkel , from whom it will now demand "reactions to the reforms promoted from Spain." Specifically, the president will demand, from now on, “clearer and stronger messages of support for the measures to get out of the crisis that Spain has adopted, as well as greater help from the ECB , “which must buy more national debt.” The change in discourse began in Chicago According to the sources consulted by El Confidencial Digital , Rajoy's change of speech, adopting a firmer tone, occurred last weekend during the trip that the president and his team made to Chicago to attend the NATO summit: “ It was the first time that, in addition to explaining our reforms to Merkel, we asked for answers .