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King Felipe visits Anti-Mine Force

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 Measures Force is part of both the Standing NATO Mine Counter Measures task force and the European Maritime Force, which means that…
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New beginnings beckon for two of Europe's princesses

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 daughter of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, will both begin their studies at UWC Atlantic College, in the Vale of…
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A (blown) kiss that made history: King Felipe at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics

Nowadays, it is difficult to see royals competing in Olympic Games, and, with the Tokyo Summer Games underway, here is a look back at King Felipe’s history with this event.  Let’s rewind the clock back to the 25th of July 1992, in the city of Barcelona. The Catalonian capital had been selected six years prior to host the Summer Games, in what was to be the last time both the Summer and…
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A look at Spain’s royal Olympians

As we are in the middle of the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, we are taking a look at the royal Olympians from Spain – a country that has had no shortage of athletes with royal blood competing in the Olympic Games. Both former King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía were Olympians…
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A year on: the exile of King Juan Carlos

On the afternoon of August 3rd 2020, a simple letter was sent to the King of Spain. In it, the man who had once ruled the country told his successor that he was leaving to protect the monarchy. By the time that letter was made public, Juan Carlos I of Spain had gone into…
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King Felipe kickstarts his holiday agenda with political audiences in Palma de Mallorca

Over the weekend, the Spanish Royal Family moved to the island of Palma de Mallorca for their annual holiday, but a royal holiday wouldn’t be right without official engagements.  It started on the night of Sunday, 1 August, when Queen Letizia handed our prizes at the Atlántida Mallorca Film Fest to, among others, actress Dame Judy Dench and director Stephen Frears.  It went on Monday…
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