King Felipe and Queen Letizia welcomed
the President of Chile for an official visit to Spain on Tuesday.
King Felipe greeted President Piñera at Zarzuela Palace for an
official meeting. Other guests included the Secretary of State for
Latin America and the Caribbean and the Spanish in the World, the
Ambassador of Spain in Chile, the Minister of Foreign Affairs in
Chile, and the Ambassador of…
Queen Letizia of Spain has presided over
the first edition of the Retina Eco Awards in Madrid. The
prizes consist of four categories and reward businesses and
enterprises that have brought significant results in sustainability
and the climate change fight. The…
On Monday, King Felipe of Spain presided
over the opening of the 2021-2022 Judicial Year. Despite the
judicial power being completely separated from the Crown/Head of
State power, as well as the political power in the Parliament, King
Felipe is invited to preside this…
Spanish Tax Agency audits Royal Household payments to King Juan Carlos
4th September 2021
On Friday, Spanish newspaper El País
broke the exclusive news that the Spanish Tax Agency has requested
that the Royal Household hand over documents on all payments made
to former King Juan Carlos between June 2014 and 2018 and that
employees give proof of the origins of the money they deposited on
His Majesty’s bank account, allegedly to purchase small items at
stores, according to the former…
On Thursday, King Felipe of Spain visited
Cartagena’s Military Arsenal to tour the Anti-Mines Measures
Force. The force is part of the Army, but also has ties with
the Spanish Navy, which supports it in its underwater detection
missions. The Anti-Mines…
Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, the
second child of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, and
Princess Leonor of Spain, the elder daughter of King Felipe and
Queen Letizia, have headed off to Wales to begin their two-year
programme at the UWC Atlantic College. The…
King Felipe has visited the reception
centre set up in Spain for those being flown in from Afghanistan.
Felipe VI headed to the base at Torrejon on August 28th 2021 with
the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez. He met many of the
politicians involved in the programme including the Health
Minister, Carolina Darias, and the coordinator of the Task Force
for Repatriations from…
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…
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 out prizes to Dame Judi
Dench, King Felipe met with political figures, and on Saturday, he
will award the prize to the King’s…
