On Friday, King Felipe of Spain travelled
to Salamanca to preside over a meeting with regional presidents and
leaders. The conference was instituted in 2004 and has gathered
regularly ever since, with the last in-person meeting having been
on the 31st of July 2020 to discuss a common strategy to tackle the
recovery after the country had spent months in lockdown at the
time. The meeting saw…
On Tuesday and Wednesday, King Felipe
travelled to Lima to represent Spain at the inauguration of Peru’s
President-elect Pedro Castillo. His Majesty departed from Madrid
Barajas Airport on board the state aeroplane, on which also
travelled the State Secretary for Latin…
Queen Letizia in mourning for her beloved grandmother
27th July 2021
The Queen of Spain has lost one of the
most influential figures in her life. Queen Letizia’s grandmother,
Menchu Alvarez del Valle, has died at the age of 93. Letizia was
extremely close to her paternal grandmother and followed in her
footsteps as a journalist. The…
Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía joined
their parents for an ancient Spanish ritual over the weekend,
paying tribute to the Patron Saint of Spain. The teenage
princesses, who have joined King Felipe and Queen Letizia
increasingly at public royal duties over the past year, attended
the National Offering to the Apostle Santiago, Patron Saint of
Spain, at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela…
On Thursday, King Felipe granted an
audience to Ane Mintegi, the junior tennis player who made history
by being the first Spanish citizen to win a Wimbledon trophy.
Ane Mintegi won the women’s junior title at Wimbledon on the 11th
of July by defeating German…
Queen Letizia has paid a visit to a
meeting of the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC). She was
joined by members of the National Council for the AECC, both in
person and via video conference. She delivered a greeting to the
Association’s president, Ramón…
On Tuesday, Queen Letizia presided over a
conference on the impact the pandemic had on mental health
throughout the different vulnerable groups of the population.
The meeting, which took place in the Audience Room at Zarzuela
Palace, included representatives from various associations with
which Her Majesty has worked for over a decade: the Spanish
Association for Rare Diseases, the Royal…
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…
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 natural reserve of Hayedo de Montejo,
Madrid, accompanied by about 35 other teenagers, mainly between the
ages of 14 and…

