King Felipe of Spain has taken part in a
solemn ceremony for the Royal and Military Order of Saint
Ferdinando. His Majesty arrived at the Aranjuez Royal Palace,
located in Aranjuez, near Madrid, on June 8th 2021, and was
received by the Chief of Defence, Lieutenant Colonel. López
Calderón, the Chancellor of the Royal and Military order of Saint
Hermenegildo and the President of the Assembly…
Queen Letizia of Spain has officially
opened an exhibition at the Spanish National Library, in Madrid,
about feminist writer Emilia Pardo Bazán. The Queen of Spain
toured the exhibition with the Vice Prime Minister, the Minister of
Culture and Sports, the President of…
Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofìa's first joint engagement cancelled over weather fears
5th June 2021
The Princess of Asturias and her sister,
Infanta Sofìa, have seen their first joint engagement without their
parents cancelled because of a storm alert. On Saturday June 5th
2021, they should have planted six trees in the natural reserve of
Hayedo de Montejo, Madrid…
King Felipe of Spain has welcomed
Portugal president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa to Madrid for an
afternoon of engagements related to the candidacy of Spain and
Portugal to jointly host the FIFA Football World Cup in 2030, the
year the contest marks its centenary. The Portuguese President
travelled to Madrid,on June 4th 2021, where he was welcomed at the
bottom of the Royal Palace stairs by His…
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. The conference
will span over the course of three days, in which state, regional
and local experts will debate…
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 Sunday evening, the Ambassador to Greece
hosted a dinner in honour of the Queen. During the dinner, the
Mayor of Leros held a…
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. Her Majesty, who is still a member of The
Royal Family, despite her husband’s…
King Felipe of Spain received the
coronavirus vaccine on Saturday according to official palace
sources. 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 family, including both sets of
grandparents. On this occasion, however, restrictions due to the
CoViD-19 pandemic made it…
