The Queen of Spain has given a stark
assessment of what awaits her elder daughter in the future. On a
visit to Son Roca in Mallorca earlier this week, Princess Leonor
was asked by another teenager what she would like to do when she is
older. The heir to the throne hadn’t answered before her mother
intervened to say ”what she has to do, not what she wants to do.”
The remark…
On Friday last week, Catalonia’s regional
parliament in Barcelona passed a motion condemning the monarchy in
the wake of Spain’s former king Juan Carlos going in exile. The
bill will have no practical significance and is to be regarded
mostly as a political move…
King Felipe VI has held a formal meeting
with the country’s Prime Minister for the first time since news of
the exile of former monarch, Juan Carlos, broke. The two men had an
audience at the Marivent Palace in Mallorca where Felipe VI is
spending ten days with his…
The heir to the throne of Spain and her
sister have been out and about in Mallorca for the second time in
two days for an engagement focused on young poeple. Princess
Leonor, 14, and Infanta Sofia, 13, visited the Naum Socioeducative
Centre run by the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul on
August 11th 2020 with their parents but it was the younger royals
who took the lead on this…
A new poll has shown a growth in support
for King Felipe VI of Spain in the days following the announcement
that his father, King Juan Carlos, was going into exile. The
survey, for the paper El Espanol, gives Felipe an approval rating
of 64% among those asked with 29% who…
Sisterly love - Princess Leonor helps Infanta Sofia to walk after suffering accident in Mallorca
10th August 2020
The heir to Spain’s throne, Princess
Leonor, helped her sister, Infanta Sofia, to walk on their first
appearance in Mallorca after the younger royal hurt her leg soon
after arriving on the island. Sofia, who is thirteen, had a large
bandage around her knee as she…
The King of Spain has held a series of
meetings with politicians as news of the exile of his father, Juan
Carlos, continues to dominate the country’s media. Felipe VI
welcomed political leaders from the Balearic Islands to his home in
Mallorca as his stay there got officially under way. King Felipe
held a series of audiences on August 10th at the Royal Palace of
Almudaina in Palma de…
Images of King Juan Carlos and King
Felipe of Spain were set alight at the weekend as a protest against
the country’s monarchy took place in Madrid. The gathering, which
involved several hundred people, came as a new poll for a newspaper
showed most people are against…
Less than a week after he announced his
decision to leave Spain, King Juan Carlos is all the country wants
to talk about. The former monarch announced he was going into exile
on August 3rd 2020, having already departed, quite possibly in the
hope that by going he would take…
King Felipe VI of Spain has arrived in
Mallorca for his annual summer holiday. Felipe, along with Queen
Letizia and their two daughters, was spotted driving into the
Marivent Palace on the island where they traditionally spend part
of August. The stay is usually a relaxed occasion, marked by
photocalls and day trips. However, this year, the visit will be
under intense scrutiny as debate…
