Spanish King's Ringtone Deemed Funny

The King of Spain might need one of these....


Last Monday it became annoyingly clear that King Juan Carlos of Spain is just like any other common man with a cell phone. During a meeting between the Spanish King with South and Central America's newest Ambassadors from Honduras, the 73 year old King was abruptly cut off as the sound of giggling children filled the news room.

As Spanish guards began to react, they soon realized it was a cell phone...the KING'S cell phone. 

A flustered King Juan supposedly shuffled over to the drawer where his phone was located and turned it off, apologizing after for the minor interruption and continued on with congratulating the newest members of the Spain's ambassadors. 

After the incident, the King reportedly said nothing on the matter, claiming nothing in particular to be the source of his unusual yet adorable incoming call ring. However as Andra Varin of Aol News reports that,
"...he (the King) and Queen Sofia do have eight grandchildren. The youngest are the 5-year-old Infanta Leonor and 3-year-old Infanta Sofia, daughters of Crown Prince Felipe and Crown Princess Letizia, and 5-year-old Irene Urdangarin, daughter of Infanta Cristina."

A case of a super lovable grandfather? I think so.

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Above all, what caught me off guard was that i began to realize, "oh yeah. Kings and Queens and royalty CAN have cellphones." It just doesn't fit my stereotype of fancy robes and knights in armor defending their royal castles. Now that I think about it, those knights are their secret service; contacted, how? Through their phones and other wireless devices. Now on the subject of the actual phone going off...WOW. HAHAHA E.M.B.A.R.R.A.S.S.I.N.G. Seriously though, why would you have your phone sitting in a nearby desk? Okay, better than your gold encrusted pockets of the fancy-schmancy pants you are dawning right now, but at LEAST put it on vibrate! Silent would have even been better your highness.