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 ceremony for the
Atlántida Mallorca Film Fest 2021 was taking place. The event
started with a photo opportunity for guests…
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…
On Friday, King Felipe of Spain travelled
to Salamanca to preside over a meeting with regional presidents and
leaders. The conference was instituted in 2004 and has gathered
regularly ever since, with the last in-person meeting having been
on the 31st of July 2020 to discuss a common strategy to tackle the
recovery after the country had spent months in lockdown at the
time. The meeting saw…
On Tuesday and Wednesday, King Felipe
travelled to Lima to represent Spain at the inauguration of Peru’s
President-elect Pedro Castillo. His Majesty departed from Madrid
Barajas Airport on board the state aeroplane, on which also
travelled the State Secretary for Latin…
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…
Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía 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 year, attended
the National Offering to the Apostle Santiago, Patron Saint of
Spain, at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela…
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.
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…
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.
The meeting, which took place in the Audience Room at Zarzuela
Palace, included representatives from various associations with
which Her Majesty has worked for over a decade: the Spanish
Association for Rare Diseases, the Royal…
