President Pavel’s mother-in-law lives at Prague Castle: what we know

The mother of Czech first lady Eva Pavlová, and thus the mother-in-law of President Petr Pavel, lives on the grounds of Prague Castle. The head of state’s spokesman, Daniel Drake, confirmed this to the outlet. At the same time, he denied a rumor that she had been given an official car with a driver.

Why she lives close to the presidential family

According to Drake, the first lady’s mother is using premises near the presidential couple because of her current state of health. The media have reported before that she had moved onto the Castle grounds. According to Blesk, she took over a cottage called Kovárna near Lumbe Villa, where the presidential couple themselves live.

The then spokeswoman, Marie Pfeiferová, explained this by saying that the first lady’s mother needed her family’s help after a medical procedure. Deník Echo was the first to write about the woman’s current residence.

A precedent from the Zeman era

The spokesman reminded reporters that relatives of heads of state have used the Castle grounds before. The same premises were occupied by the mother of the previous first lady, Miloš Zeman’s wife, and by the former president’s own daughter.

Rumor about a car with a driver denied

On Wednesday, TV presenter Luboš Procházka wrote on the social network X that, under a new decision by the Office of the President of the Republic, the first lady’s mother had been given a car with a driver. He said he had received the information from a reliable source at the office.

Drake called the claim false. “The Office of the President of the Republic has made no decision to provide the first lady’s mother with a car and driver, and there is no car assigned to her,” he said.

Around Prague, based on reporting by novinky.cz