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Her
activities in Spain and abroad
She
carries out many institutional, cultural, academic and welfare
activities in Spain and abroad, especially in European and Latin
American countries.
As
Honorary President of the Spanish Committee of UNESCO, she has
maintained her links with this international organisation and with
several of its projects, especially educational ones, with the focus
on activities to protect the natural and artistic heritage. In
October 2001, she was appointed Goodwill
Ambassador to the United Nations for the 2nd World Assembly on
Ageing. She is also a member of the Dali Foundation Board of
Trustees.
She
supports a number of welfare bodies and participates personally in
courses on adapted sailing for the handicapped. She is the President
of the International Foundation for Disabled Sailing.
She
is currently the Director of Social Welfare at the La Caixa
Foundation in Barcelona, where she lives.
On
4 October 1997, she married Iñaki Urdangarin in the Basilica
Cathedral in Barcelona. On that occasion, HM the King granted her
the title of Duchess of Palma de Mallorca.
She
has four children, Juan Valentín de Todos los Santos, who was born
on 29 September 1999; Pablo Nicolás, born on 6 December 2000,
Miguel, born on 30 April 2002, and Irene, born on 5 June 2005, all
of them in Barcelona
She
practises a number of sports including skiing, but her favourite is
sailing. She has taken part in many national and international
events and was a member of the Spanish Olympic sailing team at the
Seoul Games in 1988 where she was standard bearer in the opening
parade.
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Properties in Spain 
airports:
Her
Royal Highness the Infanta Cristina
