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King Felipe hands out influential awards

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29th September 2022
King Felipe of Spain was at the National Museum Art Centre Reina Sofía to award the Influyente Prizes in their eight categories.The magazine El Confidencial and the law firm Herbert Smith Freehills organise the ceremony every year.His Majesty was accompanied by the President of the Madrid Community, the Minister for Green Transitions and Demographic Challenge, the Minister for…
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King Felipe of Spain and King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden pay their respects at the Lying-in-State

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18th September 2022
As world leaders descend on London for the State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, two reigning monarchs stopped by Westminster Hall to view the late Queen Lying-in-State.King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain and King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden were two royal couples who paid public tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II, visiting ahead of one of the UK’s largest gatherings of…
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Who is Queen Letizia of Spain?

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15th September 2022
Queen Letizia is celebrating a milestone birthday today. Learn more about the Queen of Spain on her 50th birthday below:Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano was born to Jesús José Ortiz Álvarez and María de la Paloma Rocasolano Rodríguez on 15 September 1972 in Oviedo…
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Queen Letizia enquires about impact of integrative medicine at cancer conference

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8th September 2022
Queen Letizia of Spain took part in the “Cancer Tour” conference in Lleida, Catalonia, in her role as Permanent Honorary President of the Spanish Association Against Cancer (Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer, AECC in Spanish). Her Majesty, carrying out her first engagement after the summer break, arrived in the Catalonian city’s CaixaForum, where the Government Delegate welcomed…
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Another princess to head to military school

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4th September 2022
Another princess and heir to the throne is set to head to military school like her European counterparts.Spain’s Princess Leonor, 16, will undergo military training after leaving the Atlantic College in Wales. She will graduate from the Welsh school in 2023.
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King Felipe resumes agenda after summer break

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3rd September 2022
King Felipe has resumed his agenda of activities after the summer break, and after saying goodbye to his elder daughter, who went back to the UK for her second year of study at UW Atlantic. Dressed in his uniform, with the Commander in Chief sash, the Spanish King welcomed two groups of military personnel; the first was composed of Lieutenants General and an Admiral reserve. The second was…
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