The grandchildren of a monarch navigate the vagaries of royal life more fully than most. While all are born as much loved members of a family, the rules that govern successions mean that they find themselves taking different paths as the years go by. Royal roles beckon for some while others find themselves moving further away from the throne and into a more normal life as time passes. In this…
Today, let’s take a look back at some of the Spanish Royal Family’s best diamonds. Spoiler alert: there’s a lot of fleur-de-lys motifs!
Asturias Fleur-de-Lys Tiara
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King Felipe and Queen Letizia have travelled to a tiny town in the heart of Aragon to celebrate the work of a Spanish artist whose impact on the development of modern painting was huge. The royals spent a day in Fuendetodos to mark the 275th anniversary there of the birth of…
The King and Queen of Spain have brought their State Visit to their neighbours, Andorra, to an end with a focus on tourism, culture and education.
A royal round of applause for some of the pupils who met King Felipe and Queen Letizia during their visit to the Maria Moliner Spanish School in Andorra (Casa de S.M. el Rey)
Felipe VI and Letizia began the final part of their trip with a visit to…
The King and Queen of Spain are in Andorra for their first State Visit since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. Felipe VI and Letizia arrived in the tiny principality, which neighbours their country, on March 25th 2021 for a two day trip. The couple took part in a…
The heir to the Spanish throne, Princess Leonor, has taken on her first solo royal duty by overseeing anniversary celebrations for an important Spanish cultural institution.
The Princess of Asturias, who is 15, visited the Cervantes Institute in Madrid to donate a copy of…
The heir to the Spanish throne, Princess Leonor, is to take on her first solo public duty at the age of fifteen.
The Princess of Asturias will present the copy of the Spanish Constitution that she read from during her first public speech to one of Spain’s most prestigious institutions a it marks a special moment in its history.
Leonor will visit the Cervantes Institute in Madrid on…
The Spanish Royal Family has confirmed that Queen Sofia has been vaccinated against coronavirus, saying that she received the jab in line with current regulations over its distribution.
The focus on following protocol comes just weeks after Sofia’s two daughters…
There are five teenagers in Europe who will one day assume the throne in their countries. Let’s take a look at the future monarchs.
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium:
Also known as the Duchess of Brabant (the title of the heir to the Belgian throne), Elisabeth will…
Queen Letizia met with the winner of this year’s Princess of Girona 2021 Arts and Letters Award on Thursday, and held a roundtable talk with previous winners, ahead of this year’s virtual awards ceremony.
MarÃa Sánchez RodrÃguez was named as the 2021 Arts and Letters Award winner, for her work “as a poet, writer and activist in defense of rural culture, and especially, the forgotten…
