In a ceremony held in Madrid, Queen Sofía presented the prestigious Fundación MAPFRE 2023 Social Awards. These awards were designed to honour individuals, organizations, and projects that strive towards fostering a fairer and more equal society through their work.
Fundación MAPFRE awards hold international significance, offering a total prize fund of 90,000 euros, along with the…
Queen Letizia speaks passionately on need for support for rare diseases
22nd September 2023
The fight against rare diseases is something that has always been important for Queen Letizia of Spain who has attended a meeting, digitally, at the United Nation to once again shed light on this very important topic.
The Queen of Spain gave a digital greeting in which…
The Spanish King recently arrived in the Dominican Republic to attend an important meeting with representatives from other Spanish-speaking nations.
King Felipe will attend a meeting that focuses on topics such as politics, economics and security and is an important…
The Queen Sofía Prize for Painting and Sculpture is one of the most prestigious awards in Spain and is endowed with 10,000 euros for a single work.
Queen Sofia has presided over the 58th edition of the award, organized by the Spanish Association of Painters and Sculptors, in collaboration with Google. This year’s award went to the artist Cesar Orrico Mendez for his work titled…
King Felipe and Queen Letizia open International Contemporary Art Fair
25th February 2023
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain have attended the opening of ARCOMadrid, Spain’s International Contemporary Art Fair, by embarking on a tour of the halls.
They were also welcomed by the First Lady of Argentina, Fabiola Yáñez, and the Argentine…
Felipe de Marichalar joins his grandfather King Juan Carlos in exile
14th February 2023
King Juan Carlos of Spain’s 24-year-old grandson, Felipe Juan Froilán de Marichalar y Borbón, has been at the centre of a number of scandals in the recent months. He has been involved in nightclub brawls, police interrogations and has been linked to right-wing…
On November 6th 2003, the then heir to the throne of Spain and his new fiancee met the press for the first time. In the intervening years, the now Queen Letizia has made her mark on the royal scene. And her name counts as one of the more unusual among royalty. But the Queen of Spain isn’t the first Letizia on the regal scene. Two hundred years ago, the man who dominated Europe and made himself…
King Felipe of Spain opened the Central Act of the 7th edition of the “Global Youth Leadership Forum” in Santander.
King Felipe opened the forum after spending a few minutes with many of those who waited for him upon his arrival at La Magdalena; he greeted and…
The Easter of 1956 was a nightmare for the Spanish Royal Family. Maundy Thursday in 1956 was the day when 18-year-old Juan Carlos, later King Juan Carlos of Spain, shot and killed his younger brother Alfonso de Borbon. Alfonso was the youngest child of Don Juan Carlos de…
King Felipe commemorates 500th anniversary of world’s first circumnavigation
7th September 2022
This year is the 500th anniversary of the arrival of the sailor, Juan Sebastián Elcano, after the first circumnavigation of the earth. King Felipe VI of Spain marked this moment by overseeing a major naval exercise near Cadiz.
It took Juan Sebastián Elcano three years to sail around the world on his ship, “Victoria”.
The Spanish King commemorated the circumnavigation by attending a…
