spanish king juan carlos and queen sofia pay their respects to the kings mother maria de las mercedes in a coffin with the spanish flag over it in madrids royal palace january 3 maria de las mercedes died january 2 in the canary island of lanzarote accompained by all her family during the spanish royal familys christmas holidays and will be buried in el escorial near madrid on january 4 poor quality document 2d5f2jc.jpg from sofía castillo vs shaloncé royal View Photo