King Felipe and Queen Letizia have
conducted a joint engagement focused on culture and royal history,
as they presided over a committee meeting for the Foundation of the
Royal Collections. On Thursday 30th May, Their Majesties
arrived in the portion of the Royal Palace that has been converted
into the “Gallery of Royal Collections”, where they were welcomed
by the Minister of Cultural…
Princess Estelle at dad's side as he unveils new exhibit in park named after daughter
31st May 2024
Princess Estelle joined her parents for a
rare engagement Thursday as she attended the unveiling of a new
sculpture. On the grounds of the Royal Djurgården in Stockholm, the
Princess Estelle Sculpture Park added its newest piece of
contemporary art in the form of a…
Two kings have welcomed the Ukrainian
President Volodymir Zelensky as he visited countries across Europe
to looking for support in his country’s ongoing war with
Russia. On Monday, 27th May, Mr Zelensky landed in Madrid,
and was personally received by King Felipe at…
King Felipe travelled to the Principality
of Asturias to take part in various events connected with this
year’s Armed Forces Day, which in Spain falls on the Saturday
closest to the 30th of May. On Friday, 24th May, His Majesty
arrived on the San Lorenzo beach in Gijón, where he was welcomed by
State and local authorities, including the Minister of Defense, the
Chief of Staff of the…
Business as usual for Princess Anne as election forces Royal Family to reconsider agenda
23rd May 2024
As King Charles juggled his diary for an
unexpected meeting with the Prime Minister and Buckingham Palace
later confirmed that His Majesty and his family would be cutting
back on duties as a general election campaign got under way, one
Windsor didn’t get the…
Princess Leonor undertook her first solo
engagement in military uniform on the eve of a very significant day
for her family. The heir to the Spanish throne will probably
forever remember Tuesday, 21st May 2024 as the day her relationship
with the city of Zaragoza…
The family links of the sparkling tiara worn by Queen Letizia of Spain for her wedding
22nd May 2024
Before it rested upon Queen Letizia’s
head, her wedding tiara once graced the heads of royals from
Brunswick and Greece before arriving in Spain. The Prussian tiara
is a stunning work of diamonds and platinum formed into a kokoshnik
design. It was created in 1913 by Koch as a wedding gift and
features a scroll and meander motif with a central diamond. [getty
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Though she was an unconventional bride,
this future Spanish queen chose conventional royal styling on her
wedding day 20 years ago. Prince Felipe and Letizia Ortiz
Rocasolano shocked Spain when news of their impending engagement
was leaked in late October 2003: their…
The Luxembourgish Grand Ducal Family
welcomed is newest member on Tuesday, 14th May, and, despite not
bearing any royal titles, as far as we know so far, she was given a
name with a poignant royal history: Victoire, or Victoria in
English. It was a little used name…
When the then Prince Felipe of Spain
married Letizia Ortiz Rocosolano, in May 2004, it was not only a
historic day for the birth of a new family, or because it was the
wedding of the heir to the throne to one of Europe’s most ancient
dynasties. It also marked the first wedding in the Almudena
Cathedral in Madrid. Built between 1883 and 1993, it is one
of the most recent archdiocesan sees in…
