On Tuesday, the King of Spain granted an
audience to a representation of the association Madrid
Futuro. 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 during the global
shutdown. Specifically, Madrid Futuro wishes to operate in four
distinct sectors: Madrid, capital of…
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 Armería, inside Madrid’s Royal Palace,
to pay homage to the victims of COVID-19 and to celebrate the hope
the vaccination campaign is…
On Wednesday, the Princess of Asturias
and her sister, Infanta Sofía, 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. First up was King Felipe – the Spanish monarch presided
bright and early the swearing-in of 12 new ministers of the
government. After 16 months in a deep economic recession due
to the sudden crisis the world faced, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro
Sanchez decided to make some…
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…
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…
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 Sports and Culture Complex,
belonging to the National Blind people Organization, and was
greeted by the Presidents of 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…
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, their daughters and
the former King and Queen, Juan Carlos and Sofìa, meaning that
Infanta Elena was no longer considered…
