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 slowly bringing back. Their
Majesties, dressed in semi-mourning (meaning dark colours, but not
full black), had already…
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…
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 Antonio Guterres as he completed a
two day visit to Spain. Before the gathering, Felipe VI held an
audience with Mr.
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…
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 was reunited with
the Prime Minister, the Mayor of Barcelona and representatives of
the associations connected to the…
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 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 Classical Theatre. Her attendance at the
concert, given by the Symphony Orchestra from the Queen Sofia
School of Music…
