On Thursday, King Felipe of Spain
travelled to the outskirts of the Spanish capital to the Central
Command of Operation, located in the Retamares Military base in the
town of Pozuelo de Alarcón. His Majesty made this visit to
hear how the evacuation procedures from Afghanistan are going, the
second time in only two weeks that he visited military bases that
are participating in the process…
On Wednesday, Her Majesty Queen Letizia
reprised one of the most prized traditions of the Spanish Royal
Family and travelled to Zaragoza to open the new school year.
The tradition is for members of the Royal Family to travel to an
institution of each level of education…
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…
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 prizes were organised by the
Spanish newspaper El País and consulting firm Capgemini to reward
the best project that takes…
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…
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…
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…
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…
