Spain

King Felipe and Queen Letizia continue visits to areas hit by wildfires in Spain

King Felipe and Queen Letizia have continued their visits to communities hit by wildfires across Spain. They are undertaking three days of trips to the regions most impacted by the blazes. They are spending time with firefighters and emergency workers as well as people who have been forced to leave their homes. The second day of their trips saw King Felipe and Queen Letizia in Verin to…
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Spain's King Felipe made this major change to royal protocol for an important reason

King Felipe of Spain has brought in a big change to a long established rule for royal events and he had a pressing reason to do it. One of the biggest events in the Spanish royal calendar is the annual evening for dignitaries in Mallorca, held in the gardens of the Marivent palace. It’s a formal event and men are usually asked to wear a suit with tie for the evening. However, in 2024…
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King Felipe starts his summer holiday the traditional way

Spain’s royal family always start their summer break with a stint on Mallorca and King Felipe has arrived and got the holidays started the traditional way. As his daughters commiserated with the Spanish women’s football team over their loss in the Euros 2025 final to England, Felipe VI was throwing open the doors of his palace on Mallorca to welcome local politicians for a series of…
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Princess Leonor returns to Spain as future queen starts the last leg of naval training

The future queen of Spain arrived back in the country following three weeks of training aboard the Blas de Lezo frigate. Princess Leonor now begins the final leg of naval training with her shipmates. Having disembarked from Spanish waters in mid-January for six months of practical training aboard the naval training ship Juan Sebastián de Elcano, Princess Leonor sailed the seas and stopped at…
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