She’s one of the most critically lauded
actresses of all time, and now Meryl Streep will add another award
to her numerous trophies: a Princess of Asturias Award. The
Princess of Asturias Foundation has announced that Streep is the
recipient of this year’s Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts.
The prize will be presented later this year by Princess Leonor,
heir to the Spanish…
Queen Letizia flies her health advocacy flag high as she celebrates 100th anniversary of first med-evac in Spain
22nd April 2023
Queen Letizia of Spain visited the Cuatro
Vientos Aerial Base to celebrate the closing of the events
commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first medical aerial
evacuation in Spain. On 20 April, the Queen arrived at the
military base outside of Madrid, accompanied…
King Juan Carlos I has hit the headlines
in Spain as he makes his second visit to the country since going
into self imposed exile almost three years ago. His stay in the
nation he ruled for almost forty years comes after a high profile
couple of days in the UK where he…
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain
had their annual appointment with the handing out of the National
Awards for Sports. On 18 April, Their Majesties welcomed
authorities and award recipients at El Pardo Royal Palace in
Madrid, where the ceremony is traditionally held. They were
accompanied by the Minister of Sports, the President of the
Superior Council of Sports, and the Presidents of the…
King Felipe and Queen Letizia celebrate two centuries of history for one of Spain's most important cultural institutions
13th April 2023
King Felipe and Queen Letizia attended
the ceremony to celebrate the bicentenary of Ateneo de Madrid, an
academic institution in the Spanish capital. Their Majesties
arrived at the athenaeum on 11 April, accompanied by the Minister
of Culture and Sports, Miquel Iceta; the…
Queen Sofía of Spain is in Palma de
Mallorca, where she will spend the Easter break, and took the
opportunity to listen to the annual concert that benefits “Projecte
Home Balears.” Her Majesty arrived at Mallorca Cathedral on the
evening of 3 April and was welcomed…
Spain’s line of succession is governed by
male-preference cognatic primogeniture, meaning a younger
brother would take precedence over an older sister in the line of
succession. This was the case for the current monarch, King Felipe
VI, who has two older sisters, Infantas Elena and Cristina. He has
two daughters, but if he and his wife, Queen Letizia, were to have
a son, Princess Leonor…
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain
travelled to Cádiz to attend the opening session of the
International Congress on the Spanish Language (Congreso
Internacionál de la Lengua Española, CILE). Their Majesties arrived
on 27 March, accompanied by many state…
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…
King Felipe VI of Spain witnessed the
country’s Armed Forces joint exercises in different spots of the
Balearic Islands, in an operation named “Eagle-Eye”. On 22nd
March, His Majesty travelled to Palma de Maiorca, where he was
welcomed by the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, Admiral General
Teodoro Esteban López Calderón, and other military officials.
His first stop was the…
