As most first days of any State Visit,
the night brought a State Dinner for King Felipe, Queen Letizia and
their Italian guests, President Sergio Mattarella and his daughter
Laura. Shortly after 8:30pm Spanish time, the King, Queen,
President and daughter entered the Throne Room of Madrid’s Royal
Palace to pose for photos, before receiving the line of authorities
also taking part in the…
King Felipe and Queen Letizia welcome President of Italy for State Visit
16th November 2021
With all the ceremony due to the
occasion, King Felipe and Queen Letizia have welcomed the President
of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, and his daughter Laura
Mattarella for a two-days State Visit. President Mattarella
landed in Madrid’s Barajas-Adolfo Suarez…
King Felipe and Queen Letizia take the bus to work as they commemorate Madrid's transport anniversary
16th November 2021
King Felipe and Queen Letizia kickstarted
a period of intense work by taking the bus! Their Majesties
travelled aboard one of the many surface public transport vehicles
to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the creation of the Madrid
Public Transport service. The King…
The plane carrying the King of Spain was
forced to make a diversion on a recent trip as bad weather affected
its flight path. Felipe VI was on board a plane headed for Vigo on
November 12th 2021 when conditions at the city’s airport became too
foggy to land. The aircraft was diverted to nearby Santiago de
Compostela where it landed safely. The king was around half an hour
late for his…
King Felipe of Spain has travelled to
Paris, France, to take part in the fourth Paris Peace Forum and
hold meetings with other authorities present for the
occasion. His Majesty left Madrid on an official plane in the
morning of November 11th 2021 and, upon his arrival…
Queen Sofía of Spain has long advocated
for those with Alzheimer’s disease with the hope that one day there
will be a cure. She has continued that work throughout the global
health crisis, and on 11 November, Queen Sofía travelled to the
Europa Congress Palace in…
Queen Letizia continues her Paraguay cooperation trip by visiting three cities in one day
4th November 2021
Queen Letizia is in Paraguay for the
sixth cooperation trip she has undertaken since becoming Queen back
in 2014. On the first day, she fulfilled her diplomatic
duties, with the official welcome at the airport and the reception
she was granted at the Presidential Palace in Asunción with
president Abdo Benítez. On the second day, which fell on the 3rd of
November, Her Majesty arrived at…
For her 6th cooperation trip since she
became Queen, Letizia has landed in Asunción, the capital of
Paraguay, for a three day visit. Her Majesty arrived in South
America on the evening of Tuesday, 2 November 2021; she is
travelling with the State Secretary for…
As she marks her 83rd birthday, Queen
Sofía of Spain isn’t showing any signs of being willing to slow
down her agenda. Last year, Her Majesty celebrated her 82nd
birthday a couple of weeks after watching her granddaughter hand
out the most restricted Princess of…
Princess Leonor, Princess of Asturias is
beginning a new phase of her life as she undertakes sixth form
studies in Wales. It’s the first time she’s lived away from home
and marks another chapter in her path towards the Spanish throne.
As the teenage princess turns 16 , let’s take a look back at the
past year in her life to chart how she’s becoming a much more
active member…
