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King Felipe and Queen Letizia strike post pandemic first as they begin engagements without face masks

King Felipe and Queen Letizia have presided over the annual ceremony to award the Miguel de Cervantes literary award. This year’s winner is Cristina Peri Rossi. Their Majesties arrived at Alcalá de Henares University around 11am on Friday, 22nd April, and were welcomed by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and the Chief of the Air Force Command Juan Ángel Treceño. Following a troop…
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A quiet Easter leads to noisy debate for Spain's royals

The decision of the King and Queen of Spain to pass their Easter holidays mostly in private has led to debate in some of the country’s newspapers. King Felipe, Queen Letizia and their daughters, Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofia, spent Easter Saturday visiting Ukrainian…
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Has King Felipe just revealed his latest plans for a ''renewed'' Spanish Monarchy?

Over the past 27 years, at least some members of the Spanish Royal Family have appeared at Palma de Mallorca Cathedral for the traditional Easter Mass. But, after two years of travel and gathering restrictions, the public’s expectations were disappointed, as no royal showed for the service, despite said restrictions being lifted.  For the first time since 1995, not even Queen Sofía…
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Queen Letizia is joined by the Prince of Wales in exhibition opening

One week after the Thanksgiving Service at Westminster Abbey in memory of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Letizia has met with the Prince of Wales for a joint engagement.  The two royals visited Bishop Auckland in Durham County to tour an exhibition about Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán and open the Spanish Gallery of Auckland Castle.  Arriving a few minutes before the…
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King Felipe and Queen Letizia visit Red Cross unit in charge of Ukrainian response

King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain added an unannounced engagement to their agenda and visited the Red Cross’s Spanish headquarters in Madrid to take a look at the work of the Ukrainian crisis unit’s work.  Their Majesties arrived in Avenida de la Reina Victoria on Wednesday, 23 March and were welcomed by the Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migrations, the Mayor of Madrid…
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