Spain

Spain's royals meet winners of Princess of Asturias Awards

The Spanish Royal Family has got celebrations for this year’s Princess of Asturias Awards under way with a very different audience for winners of the 2020 prizes. Princess Leonor was joined by her parents, King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, and her younger sister, Infanta Sofia, for a socially distanced meeting with a handful of those who have been recognised at this year’s events. The…
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Features

Coming up on Royal Central Extra

This week, we’ve got some exciting new videos coming up on our special Facebook group, Royal Central Extra. This subscriber only service is already packed with original content and some really exciting debates. And in the coming days, we’ll be adding: A new series…
Spain

Princess Leonor arrives in Asturias to celebrate awards that carry her name

The heir to the throne of Spain has arrived in Oviedo for packed diary of events marking the Princess of Asturias Awards. Princess Leonor will spend three days in the northern region for a string of engagements celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the famous prizes. Leonor, who turns 15 in just a few days time, arrived in Asturias on October 15th 2020 with her parents, King Felipe VI and…
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British Royals

The Royal Family will lead private Remembrance ceremony at the Cenotaph

The annual national act of commemoration on Remembrance Sunday will be private for the first time. On November 8th 2020, the Queen is expected to oversee the ceremony which will be closed to the public because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Department for Media, Culture and Sport announced on October 15th that this year’s events at the Cenotaph in London will only involve the Royal Family…
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Royal Central’s Facebook group, Royal Central Extra, is now packed with exclusive content for our subscribers. Since launching in mid September, this special service has built up a library of videos covering British and European royals, past and present. There are also…
Spain

Madrid's new state of alarm raises questions for King Felipe VI

Madrid is waking up to a weekend both unwanted and unexpected. In less than 24 hours, everything in the city has changed. And that raises questions for Spain’s king, Felipe VI. On October 9th 2020, the Spanish government used constitutional powers to impose a state of alarm on Madrid in an attempt to stop the spread of coronavirus. New rules mean that residents are banned from entering and…
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