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 Beauty and fashion, health updates, pets, gadgets Canarian climate Havel in Spain The recently deceased ex-president of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Havel, was a frequent visitor to these waters.  In recent years the Havels visited Lanzarote on a number of occasions, where they stayed at the official residence, La Mareta de Lanzarote, at the invitation of the Spanish royal family and where the climate was a great help to the ex-president’s poor health. In 1996 he had half of his right lung removed due to a malignant tumour, and made his first visit to the island during Christmas of 1997, and returned the following year. There followed a number of years of further illnesses and treatments, and Havel wasn’t to return to these islands until April 2002 when he stayed in the Anfi del Mar complex in the south of Gran Canaria. Havel had, through visits to Spain and visits by members of the family to the Czech Republic, had established friendships with the King and Queen and Prince Felipe, and he was a guest at the latter’s wedding in 2004, even though he was no Langer active in political life.
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