The mystery of King Felipe VI’s left hand: why it remained purple for months

The Left Hand of Darkness is not just a famous science fiction novel. It is also one of the limbs of King Philip VI.

The Spanish monarch’s left foot has been in difficulty since October 9 last year. That day, Felipe, 55, attracted attention when he showed up at an event in Bilbao wearing a bracelet. Once the alarm was raised, the Spanish press did not take long to discover what had happened to him.

The newspaper El Español reported at the time that the king was wearing a blindfold a minor injury caused by poor support it occurred during a paddle tennis match he had played with friends.

Then it became known that Felipe VI had suffered a fracture scaphoida small bone in the wrist.

But the monarch did not immediately remove his blindfold, on the contrary: he added a black splint. In this way, for example, he went to Argentina to meet Javier Milei or appeared at the Princess of Asturias Awards.

So, with the black splint, he remained there for at least two months, which only worries those who follow his daily life.

As if that wasn’t enough, in her latest public appearances she showed herself with nothing on her left hand, but revealed a purple color on that end (you can see it in a TikTok that Queen Consort Letizia shared days ago). Your problem, at the beginning of February, However, it does not go unnoticed.

The King doesn’t make things easy either: he doesn’t show his left hand too much. On several occasions he was seen with the limb in his pocket longer than normal or covering it with his right hand.

To reassure those who are interested in the King’s health, it is worth noting that in the agency’s photographs dated February 5, his left hand already has a similar color to that of his right. The improvement is visible in the following photo:

What happened to the hand of Philip VI?

Consulted by El Español, Casa Real staff said that there is no further news on the King’s injury.

Clarín spoke to a kinesiology assistant who explained to us why Felipe VI’s hand turned purple after his scaphoid fracture.

“The scaphoid is a small bone that very often fractures when you fall under your own weight. Sometimes poor irrigation occurs because the bone is so small that splinters form and become infected inside.”said the specialist.

And he added (without specifically referring to the case of Philip VI): “A necrosis forms: the cells and bone tissue begin to die, then the thing becomes more complicated.”