With the summer holidays nearly over and students returning to school, two European princesses are settling in at their Welsh sixth-form school for their final years of study.
Princess Leonor of Spain, a future queen, and Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, middle daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, will both begin their studies at UWC Atlantic College, in the Vale of…
Poll shows majority of people in Spain want Princess Leonor to undergo military training
16th August 2021
There is strong support for the heir to the Spanish throne, Princess Leonor, undertaking military training, according to a new poll.
The survey, for leading newspaper ABC, shows two thirds of those asked want the Princess of Asturias to train with the military once she…
On Wednesday, the Spanish Royal Family conducted a series of engagements in a natural reserve on the island of Palma de Mallorca.
The events are part of the royals’ agenda in the Balearic Islands, which for them is a fixture of summer holidays. Queen Letizia handed…
Nowadays, it is difficult to see royals competing in Olympic Games, and, with the Tokyo Summer Games underway, here is a look back at King Felipe’s history with this event.
Let’s rewind the clock back to the 25th of July 1992, in the city of Barcelona. The Catalonian capital had been selected six years prior to host the Summer Games, in what was to be the last time both the Summer and…
As we are in the middle of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, we are taking a look at the royal Olympians from Spain – a country that has had no shortage of athletes with royal blood competing in the Olympic Games.
Both former King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía were Olympians…
On the afternoon of August 3rd 2020, a simple letter was sent to the King of Spain. In it, the man who had once ruled the country told his successor that he was leaving to protect the monarchy. By the time that letter was made public, Juan Carlos I of Spain had gone into…
King Felipe kickstarts his holiday agenda with political audiences in Palma de Mallorca
3rd August 2021
Over the weekend, the Spanish Royal Family moved to the island of Palma de Mallorca for their annual holiday, but a royal holiday wouldn’t be right without official engagements.
It started on the night of Sunday, 1 August, when Queen Letizia handed our prizes at the Atlántida Mallorca Film Fest to, among others, actress Dame Judy Dench and director Stephen Frears.
It went on Monday…
On Sunday, Queen Letizia of Spain gave the start to the family’s agenda in Palma de Mallorca, where the royals are spending a few days for their traditional holiday.
In the evening, the Queen arrived in the central court of Casa de La Misericordia, where the closing…
Spain's royals arrive in Mallorca for summer stay amid fresh questions over the future of King Juan Carlos
2nd August 2021
King Felipe and Queen Letizia have both been seen out and about in Mallorca as they begin their traditional summer stay on the island. And this holiday has had another familiar air to it as they start their time at the Marivent Palace under the shadow of fresh questions over…
Over half of’people in Spain want King Juan Carlos to return home from his self-imposed exile, according to a new poll for a newspaper.
The NC Report survey for La Razon showed that 57% of those asked believe the former monarch should come back to Spain, a year after he left.
Juan Carlos announced he was quitting Spain on August 3rd 2020 in a brief letter to his son and successor, King…
