Spain’s former monarch, Juan Carlos I,
has settled a bill for back taxes as reports continue that he is
planning a return to the country he ruled for almost forty years.
In a statement released on December 9th 2020, the king’s lawyers
said he had paid 678,000 euros. The sum also covered interest and
fines. They gave no details on why the back tax was owed. However,
in recent days…
Queen Letizia of Spain is set to travel
to Honduras to deliver humanitarian aid next week ahead of
Christmas. She is visiting to learn more about the impact of recent
Hurricanes Eta and Iota on the country and to express Spain’s
solidarity with the Honduran people.
King Juan Carlos I of Spain wants to
return home for Christmas after four months of self imposed exile
in the Middle East according to reports in several newspapers. The
former monarch left Spain in the first days of August after
allegations of financial irregularity…
King Felipe VI has returned to public
duties after being forced to quarantine. The King of Spain attended
a high profile cultural meeting at the Pardo Palace in Madrid after
ending a period of self isolation. Felipe had to quarantine after
coming into contact with someone who later tested positive for
coronavirus. The monarch was checked and didn’t have the virus
himself. For the past ten…
The coronavirus pandemic has left Queen
Letizia of Spain as the only member of her royal family taking on
engagements as December gets under way. The Spanish royal diary for
this week is entirely down to her and could remain that way into
the following week. King Felipe…
Several royal women marked International
Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women this week,
sharing personal messages and attending engagements related to
empowering women. The Countess of Wessex shared a personal tweet on
the Royal Family’s Twitter account…
King Felipe in quarantine after coming in contact with person with COVID
24th November 2020
Spain’s King Felipe VI is now in
quarantine after coming in close contact with someone who tested
positive for COVID-19. The King went into quarantine yesterday
after coming in contact with the person on Sunday. Casa Real did
not make the identity of the person with COVID public for privacy
reasons. The person tested positive on Monday and then notified the
King, who went into…
“Journalism is always necessary, and in
these times of health, economic and social crisis, especially
necessary,” King Felipe VI said as he presided over the 37th annual
King of Spain International Journalism Awardsin Madrid this week.
Held at the Casa…
King Juan Carlos faces fresh challenges
in Spain as prosecutors have opened a new investigation into the
business dealings of the former monarch. The prosecutors in Spain’s
Supreme Court have said they have opened a preliminary
investigation into the King Emeritus…
“In times of this pandemic, this kind of
initiative becomes even more relevant,” Queen Letizia said as she
presided over the closing ceremony of the XII Call for Social
Projects of Banco Santander on Tuesday. Held at the Banco Santander
headquarters in Madrid, the annual programme supports 12 winning
social support projects, with each organisation receiving 42,117
EUR. The money is…
