King and Queen of Spain insulted and pelted with mud by angry mobs in flood-hit areas

Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia along with Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez and Carlos Mazón, the president of the Valencian government,  arrived in the Valencian municipality of Paiporta to see, first-hand, the consequences of the DANA on November 3rd, and it did not go as planned.

The King and Queen, along with the politicians were heckled, reprimanded, had mud flung at them by dozens of residents who were in the area.

All of them, along with Queen Letizia, ended up covered in mud, although the worst attack was on the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who was attacked with a stick and evacuated from the area by his escorts.

According to the Spanish newspaper El Diario, one of the 'volunteers' present, linked to the far-right group 'Revuelta', has admitted responsibility for the events in a Telegram group. The Spanish Penal Code, in its article 550, classifies as a crime of attack any serious aggression or resistance against an authority, public official or agent of authority in the exercise of their functions.

In the Telegram group the individual boasted destroying the official car of the Spain's PM, which had indeed been vandalized, and those associated with the crime could have serious problems with the law. However, it has been reported by Spanish newspaper that the the far-right political party Vox's union, Solidaridad, has already made its legal services available to those who may be arrested or fined.

Carlos Mazón, for his part, has not come off so badly. The president of the Valencian Community had to listen to cries of "Get out, get out", "Murderer" or "Mazón resign", but nothing that he has not heard or read in recent days.

The leader of the Valencian PP has acknowledged on X (Twitter) that he understands the "social unrest" and has boasted of staying "to receive it", considering it a "political and moral obligation", as well as praising Felipe VI for doing the same as him.

Despite the chaos, Felipe VI did take time to talk to affected townspeople and trying to talk and reason with them, in the midst of the complicated situation they are going through.

The King asked them not to pay attention to everything they read, because "there is a lot of information poisoning and many people interested in creating chaos," according to words reported by El Diario.

The most empathetic person with those present was Queen Letizia, who hugged several people and even burst into tears, overwhelmed by the situation. However, she was not spared from being yelled at or from mud being thrown at her, which even hit her face.

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