Queen Letizia and King Felipe of Spain have faced many scandals regarding the Spanish Royal Family over the years, but unfortunately, their recent visit to visit the victims of the flood took an awkward turn when the crowd turned on the royal couple.

The country's Valencia region was hit by deadly flooding last week, with the death toll rising to 217 as of Monday. 4, according to the Associated Press. The Spanish royal couple traveled through the region on 11 May. 3. In order to comfort those affected by the disaster, growing discontent among the victims, Leticia and Felipe, along with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and other officials at the scene, were thrown mud and other objects.

According to The Daily Mail, after the incident, the royal family "remained calm and made some efforts to talk to individual residents," but after members of the crowd became violent, local officials "fled" the scene.

"What do you expect us to tell him that we are sweet?""The locals said about King Felipe, according to the publication. A supermarket worker who lost 12 colleagues in a flood blamed the government for the disaster. "They wanted to kill us. The first thing you have to do is warn people when the dam is about to be overwhelmed and destroyed," he said.

"The king and everything came very clean and looked good in the town and in front of the camera, but this does not help us at all," said another resident. "He should come here and get rid of the mud and dead in the garage. And he will be one of us."

Leticia and Felipe appeared unharmed, but one of their royal protection officers was hit in the face and bleeding.

Queen Letizia — who had dirt covering her face and jacket — appeared distraught at the devastation she witnessed, shedding tears in a video shared by the BBC, talking to the victim and giving one woman a long, tight hug.

After a member of the crowd insulted him, the King of Spain came back and said, "If you want, I will not come, and I will stay in Madrid", and it certainly did not happen, as the royal family would have faced extreme criticism if they had not visited the areas hardest hit by the floods. It seemed to be a case of damned if you do and damned if you do not.

That said, the royal family planned to visit another Valencia town but chose not to attend after the incident, but residents "reportedly shouted 'cowards' at the absent monarch," according to the Daily Mail.

The King of Spain later shared his thoughts about the visit and told officials (through people, according to the Guardian), "One must understand the anger and frustration of many people given everything they have experienced, and the difficulty of understanding how all mechanisms work with respect to emergency operations." It must be."