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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Royal weddings are now major
celebrations, glittering events that capture the imagination and
draw huge crowds who cheer the vows and shout demands for a kiss
when the deal is done. However, in centuries past a royal union
might be a discreet event, witnessed by just a…
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…
The Queen has returned to public
engagements, seven months after she went into isolation because of
the coronavirus pandemic. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Duke of
Cambridge, visited the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory at
Porton Down in Wiltshire to pay tribute…
Secret Royal Weddings: the mystery of Anne Boleyn’s two marriages
15th October 2020
It was a royal union that changed England
forever. The marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn followed years
of legal wrangling by the king which led to a religious revolution
and an international controversy. When they said ‘I do’, they did
so in secret but five…
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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It was a muted celebration in difficult
times. King Felipe VI has led Spain’s National Day celebrations but
the event looked very different from the spectacle that usually
takes over Madrid. The pandemic always meant that the usual
military parade and reception would be…
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…
