On Thursday, King Felipe of Spain took part in the opening of the first global conference of the Xacobean Academy in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia.Â
The conference will span over the course of three days, in which state, regional and local experts will debate pilgrimage routes, the jacobean phenomenon and the impact of pilgrimage on community sense for citizens and on the possibilities it…
On Tuesday, June 1st, King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain travelled to Basque Country, in the town of Vitoria-Gasteiz, to open the country’s first memorial for terrorism victims.
Dressed in sober black clothes, Their Majesties arrived at the site, where they…
Queen Sofia of Spain arrived on the Greek island of Leros for a private visit. The mother of Spain’s King Felipe was accompanied by the Spanish Ambassador to Greece and was met by the mayor of Leros and the municipal council upon arrival to her native homeland.
On…
On Friday, Queen Emerita Sofìa of Spain was at Teatro Monumental in Madrid to watch a concert featuring the debut of the winning composition and to hand out a music prize bearing her name.Â
Her Majesty, who is still a member of The Royal Family, despite her husband’s abdication and self-imposed exile to Dubai, has presided over the Doña Sofìa music prize since its creation almost 40 years…
King Felipe of Spain received the coronavirus vaccine on Saturday according to official palace sources.Â
His Majesty received his jab in the Wizink Centre in the Spanish capital of Madrid. This came shortly after the conclusion of the National Armed Forces Day events, in…
The Princess of Asturias receives her confirmation weeks before she heads to Wales to study
29th May 2021
On Friday, May 28, HRH the Princess of Asturias received her confirmation in Madrid, at the Nuestra Señora de la Asunción church, with all the rest of her classmates.
For her First Holy Communion, which took place in May of 2015, she was surrounded by her entire…
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain took part in the celebrations for National Armed Forces Day, which this year fell on Saturday, the 29th of May 2021. The main event, a military parade, was severely restricted due to Government restrictions in connection to the ongoing global health emergency. The only part of the traditional ceremony that was carried out more or less as normal was the…
His Majesty King Felipe of Spain visited the headquarters for the Spanish Army’s military operations on Thursday, May 27. The facility, located in Granada, is in charge of directing all matters related to training and logistics for the Army.Â
The centre is under the…
Queen Letizia has attended a meeting of one of Spain’s leading organisations representing women business leaders and entrepreneurs.
The Spanish Federation of Executive, Professional and Business Women (known as FEDEPE) has just marked the 30th anniversary of its…
King Felipe has attended the inauguration of Guillermo Lasso Mendoza as President of the Republic of Ecuador.
Spain’s king travelled to Ecuador’s capital, Quito, on May 23rd 2021, to begin his participation in the constitutional process of the new president’s inauguration. He departed from Madrid’s airport and was joined on this trip by Spain’s Minister of Foreign…
