Christmas Eve National Speech
king christmas speech formally known majesty king christmas message spanish mensaje de navidad de sm el rey broadcast reigning king spain spanish people every christmas eve since speech aired spanish tv channel message typically combine chronicle year major event specific focus politics economy culture social affair also sovereign personal feeling christmas spain internet king christmas speech broadcast december reign king juan carlos usually covered main problem nation eta speech highly related march madrid train bombing king discussed need become united nation terrorism implicit support prime minister josé luis rodríguez zapateros antiterrorist policy mentioned increasing force immigrant spain appreciated contribution economy reign juan carlos began speech phrase la reina yo queen commonly considered king main catchphrase often parodied medium comic strip el jueves magazine monarchy take title departure father custom king felipe vi start speech phrase la reina yo rather saying buenas noches good night king speech parodied many television show buenafuente mariano rajoys speech occasion fiesta nacional de españa criticized left seemed similar king christmas speech rajoy delivered message seated near flag spain medium shot royal speech usually mensaje la nación