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 place at the CaixaForum in Barcelona, a cultural centre belonging to “la Caixa” Foundation and located only a short…
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…
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 title.
Historically, the Prince or Princess of Girona was the heir to the Crown of Aragon. This kingdom originated in 1162 and was a powerful…
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…
Queen Sofía of Spain took part in a video conference on Monday to mark World ALS (MND in the UK and ELA in Spain) Day.
The Queen spoke to the general director of the Carlos III Health Institute, Raquel Yotti; the scientific director of CIBERNED, Adolfo López de Munain; scientific director of the CIEN Foundation, Miguel Calero; vice president of the Francisco Luzón Foundation, María José…
On Thursday, King Felipe of Spain welcomed participants in the contest “What is a King for you?” to the Royal Palace in Madrid.
The contest is held every year by the Spanish Institutional Foundation and sponsored by the Orange Foundation (nothing to do with the…
The King of Spain has celebrated the seventh anniversary of his reign by overseeing a special ceremony in the Royal Palace in Madrid, the place where the transfer of power from his father began.
Felipe VI presented the Order of Civil Merit to the Palace to 24 Spanish…
Queen Letizia of Spain was joined by the First Lady of South Korea Kim Jung-Sook for a visit to the ONCE Foundation on day two of the South Korean state visit to Spain.
The ladies visited the headquarters in Madrid and were received by the Spanish Minister of Defence and ONCE’s President of the Social Group, Miguel Carballeda. Carballeda gave a short welcoming speech upon their arrival…
