Queen Letizia presided over the ceremony for the Queen Letizia Awards, created by the Royal Patronage for Disabilities. Her Majesty is Honorary President of the Patronage’s Council.
The Spanish queen arrived in Mérida, a small town about 350kms south-east of Madrid, on the morning of Wednesday, 4th May, accompanied by the Minister of Social Rights and 2030 Agenda, Ione…
King Felipe of Spain has travelled to Portugal for the annual COTEC meeting, a private entity that promotes dialogue on innovation and international cooperation.
His Majesty left Spain from Madrid Barrajas-Adolfo Suarez airport, and landed in Oporto, where he was…
King Felipe continues promise for greater transparency as he reveals his wealth for the first time
27th April 2022
The transition of the Spanish Court towards greater transparency is continuing, with King Felipe taking the unprecedented step of releasing a statement about his finances.
The statement puts clearly on paper the value of His Majesty’s wealth, which comes to over 2.5…
King Felipe and Queen Letizia strike post pandemic first as they begin engagements without face masks
23rd April 2022
King Felipe and Queen Letizia have presided over the annual ceremony to award the Miguel de Cervantes literary award. This year’s winner is Cristina Peri Rossi.
Their Majesties arrived at Alcalá de Henares University around 11am on Friday, 22nd April, and were welcomed by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and the Chief of the Air Force Command Juan Ángel Treceño.
Following a troop…
A quiet Easter leads to noisy debate for Spain's royals
23rd April 2022
The decision of the King and Queen of Spain to pass their Easter holidays mostly in private has led to debate in some of the country’s newspapers.
King Felipe, Queen Letizia and their daughters, Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofia, spent Easter Saturday visiting Ukrainian…
Spain’s Princess Leonor attended her second solo engagement of her life as a royal in the form of a cybersecurity conference for high school students.
Her Royal Highness arrived at Secondary Teaching School Jules Verne around 11am on Wednesday, 20 April and was…
Over the past 27 years, at least some members of the Spanish Royal Family have appeared at Palma de Mallorca Cathedral for the traditional Easter Mass.
But, after two years of travel and gathering restrictions, the public’s expectations were disappointed, as no royal showed for the service, despite said restrictions being lifted.
For the first time since 1995, not even Queen Sofía…
On the day before Easter, King Felipe, Queen Letizia, Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía travelled to the Madrid suburb of Pozuelo de Alarcón to visite the centre for welcoming and helping Ukrainian refugees making their way to Spain.
Upon their arrival at the…
King Juan Carlos surrounded by family in special Easter visit
16th April 2022
King Juan Carlos has hosted a big family reunion as he continues his self imposed exile in Abu Dhabi.
The king, who left Spain in August 2020, has been visited by his two daughters, Infanta Elena and Infanta Cristina, and five of his eight grandchildren.
He posed for…
One week after the Thanksgiving Service at Westminster Abbey in memory of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Letizia has met with the Prince of Wales for a joint engagement.
The two royals visited Bishop Auckland in Durham County to tour an exhibition about Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán and open the Spanish Gallery of Auckland Castle.
Arriving a few minutes before the…