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…
The Spanish Royal Household has published
a press release indicating the next steps in the education of
Princess Leonor. On Tuesday, 14 March, the Minister of Defence,
Margarita Robles, held a press conference, indicating that the heir
to the throne would undergo her…
The Confirmation date for Infanta Sofía
has been revealed. The Infanta will be confirmed in the Roman
Catholic Church alongside her classmates on 25 May, according to
Telemadrid program ‘Cámara Real.’ The students from Santa María de
los Rosales School…
The Queen Sofía Prize for Painting and
Sculpture is one of the most prestigious awards in Spain and is
endowed with 10,000 euros for a single work. Queen Sofia has
presided over the 58th edition of the award, organized by the
Spanish Association of Painters and Sculptors, in collaboration
with Google. This year’s award went to the artist Cesar Orrico
Mendez for his work titled…
