It was shortly after 8:30 am on Thursday when King Felipe and Queen Letizia officially entered a deadly silent and sunny Plaza de la Armería, inside Madrid’s Royal Palace, to pay homage to the victims of COVID-19 and to celebrate the hope the vaccination campaign is slowly bringing back.
Their Majesties, dressed in semi-mourning (meaning dark colours, but not full black), had already…
On Wednesday, the Princess of Asturias and her sister, Infanta Sofía, had their first joint engagement without the King and Queen. The event was supposed to take place on the 5th of June, but bad weather delayed the event.
The royal sisters planted trees in the…
After a weekend filled with sports events, Europe woke up on Monday with institutional tasks left to do.
First up was King Felipe – the Spanish monarch presided bright and early the swearing-in of 12 new ministers of the government.
After 16 months in a deep…
The King of Spain has spoken of the importance of richer countries sending coronavirus vaccines to poorer nations as he welcomed the Secretary General of the United Nations to Madrid.
King Felipe’s appeal came in a speech at a lunch at the Royal Palace in honour of Antonio Guterres as he completed a two day visit to Spain.
Before the gathering, Felipe VI held an audience with Mr.
On Thursday, the entire Spanish Royal Family was in Barcelona to oversee the Princess of Girona Awards.
Due to the global shutdown, the 2020 ceremony was cancelled, and so this year the family handed out both the 2020 and the 2021 prizes.
The award ceremony took…
On Monday, Queen Letizia opened the joint conference for the World Blind Union (WBU) and the International Council for the Education of the Visually Impaired (ICEVI). The conference took place within the World Blindness Summit Madrid 2021.
Her Majesty arrived at the…
Between the evening of Sunday June 27 and the morning of Monday June 28, King Felipe carried out two engagements in connection with the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
On Sunday evening, His Majesty took part in the inaugural dinner of the congress, during which he was reunited with the Prime Minister, the Mayor of Barcelona and representatives of the associations connected to the…
Later this week, Princess Leonor will preside over the Princess of Girona Foundation Awards with her family. Among her titles as heir to the Spanish throne is ‘Princess of Girona,’ so today, we’re going to look at why the Spanish heir receives that…
The Spanish Royal Household has announced that Infanta Elena, the oldest sister to King Felipe, will preside over her first official engagement in approximately two years.
When King Juan Carlos I abdicated in 2014, The Royal Family was reduced to just the King and…
Queen Sofia received a standing ovation as she arrived for a concert at one of Spain’s most famous Roman sites.
Sofia arrived to prolonged cheers at the ruins of the Roman amphitheatre in Merida where she was guest of honour for the start of the annual Festival of Classical Theatre.
Her attendance at the concert, given by the Symphony Orchestra from the Queen Sofia School of Music…
