Thursday, June 4, 2009

Queen of Spain takes $13 Ryanair flight.

I have to say, as far as royalty goes, King Juan Carlos and Queen Sophia are pretty cool.
Queen Sofia of Spain has given the British royals a lesson in costcutting - by taking a £13 budget airline flight to London.

The 70-year-old monarch flew with low-cost airline Ryanair from Spain to Stansted on Sunday to visit her brother, ex-King Constantine of Greece, who is recovering from heart surgery in a London hospital.

A Spanish royal source said it was 'common practice' for members of the House of Bourbon to fly on scheduled flights and added: 'King Juan Carlos is the only member of the royal family who always travels on military flights.
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