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When the artist set to work, she had recently born the king a child — the Infanta Margarita, who would later become a central figure in “Las Meninas,” Velázquez’s greatest painting.

He was also criticised for grabbing his crotch when celebrating the win, standing next to Spain's Queen Letizia and her daughter Princess Infanta Sofia.

The libretto is taken from Oscar Wilde’s story “The Birth of the Infanta.”

In this case, an infanta in the Spanish court receives a sultan’s gift on her 18th birthday of a dwarf who has never seen himself in a mirror and is unaware of his perceived ugliness and difference.

As if the forced kiss was not enough, Rubiales had shortly before grabbed his crotch in a lewd victory gesture from the section of dignitaries with Spain’s Queen Letizia and the 16-year old Princess Infanta Sofía nearby.