The Infanta doña Beatriz did not travel outside of Spain much after 1959. She had spent time in Switzerland with her cousin Doña Victoria Eugnia and both traveled together through Italy where they visited places dear to them (Venice, Florence, Rome). In Florence they spent time with their cousins Helen of Romania, Olga of Yugoslavia and Irene of Aosta. In Rome doña Beatriz visited with her son and his family as well.
Back in Spain she traveled around to country, but mainly to Sevilla, Madrid and Granada...while in Sanlucar de Barrameda, where her times of residence became longer and longer, she dedicated most of her time to a charity she had founded many years prior, which was dedicated to supporting unwed mothers and the poor. This became her all-encompassing endeavor.
The Infante don Alfonso did travel out more often. He attended the wedding of the Prince of Asturias and Princess Sophie of Greece, where Queen doña Victoria Eugenia called herself and don Alfonso, "the veterans among the gathering."
Also while in Sanlucar don Alfonso continued flying his aircraft, his wife accompanying him every so often. Yet as the decade of the 1960s progressed, doña Beatriz found herself ever more tired and her outings away from El Botánico (where many royal cousins visited anyhow – and where Princess Alexandra of Hohenlohe-Langenburg,the Infanta's niece, spent longer periods of time living with her aunt and uncle) became rare.
Everyone traveled to El Botánico to see doña Beatriz...she was just too "cansada"(tired) and frail to undertake long voyages of lore. She was still writing frequently to her cousin doña Victoria Eugenia and some of the letters are quite interesting to read.
Arturo Beéche
