The Queen of Spain has lost one of the most influential figures in her life. Queen Letizia’s grandmother, Menchu Alvarez del Valle, has died at the age of 93.
Letizia was extremely close to her paternal grandmother and followed in her footsteps as a journalist. The bond between them was evident on the day that Letizia Ortiz married into the Spanish Royal Family as Menchu gave a reading at…
Princess Leonor and Infanta SofÃa join King Felipe in ancient tradition
26th July 2021
Princess Leonor and Infanta SofÃa joined their parents for an ancient Spanish ritual over the weekend, paying tribute to the Patron Saint of Spain.
The teenage princesses, who have joined King Felipe and Queen Letizia increasingly at public royal duties over the past…
On Thursday, King Felipe granted an audience to Ane Mintegi, the junior tennis player who made history by being the first Spanish citizen to win a Wimbledon trophy.Â
Ane Mintegi won the women’s junior title at Wimbledon on the 11th of July by defeating German…
Queen Letizia has paid a visit to a meeting of the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC).
She was joined by members of the National Council for the AECC, both in person and via video conference. She delivered a greeting to the Association’s president, Ramón Reyes, and the other attendees. The focus of discussions on this particular occasion was to lay out and celebrate the…
On Tuesday, Queen Letizia presided over a conference on the impact the pandemic had on mental health throughout the different vulnerable groups of the population.Â
The meeting, which took place in the Audience Room at Zarzuela Palace, included representatives from…
King Felipe grants audience to project to regenerate Madrid
21st July 2021
On Tuesday, the King of Spain granted an audience to a representation of the association Madrid Futuro.Â
The NGO was born out of the city’s society and aims to act as a catalyst for projects that would make the Spanish capital recover faster after the hit it took…
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 ArmerÃa, 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.Â
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 SofÃa, 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.Â
First up was King Felipe – the Spanish monarch presided bright and early the swearing-in of 12 new ministers of the government.Â
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.
