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Kings of the Netherlands and Spain open Rembrandt-Velázquez exhibition

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11th October 2019
King Willam-Alexander of the Netherlands welcomed fellow monarch and good friend, King Felipe of Spain to the Netherlands on Thursday where the pair presided over the opening of the Rembrandt-Velázquez exhibition at Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The Dutch king waited outside his home, Huis Ten Bosch Palace, on his Spanish counterpart and greeted him with a friendly handshake and hug before heading…
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King and Queen of Spain attend opening of 2019-2020 season of the Royal Theatre

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19th September 2019
King Felipe and Queen Letizia enjoyed the inaugural performance of the 23rd season of the Royal Theatre this week, taking in the opera “Don Carlos” by Giuseppe Verdi. According to the royal house, the King and Queen were accompanied by the president of the Congress of Deputies, Meritxell Batet; the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso; Acting Ministers of…
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Infanta Pilar, sister of King Juan Carlos, hospitalised

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3rd September 2019
Infanta Pilar of Spain, Duchess of Badajoz has been hospitalised in Mallorca after being sick for several days. She was admitted on Saturday – the day that her younger brother, former King Juan Carlos was released from a private clinic in Madrid after a triple bypass. The 83-year-old aunt of King Felipe has suffered from ill health for some time and announced she had colon cancer at the…
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King Juan Carlos of Spain discharged from hospital

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1st September 2019
King Juan Carlos of Spain has been released from the hospital after spending a week in the hospital following a triple bypass on Saturday, 24 August at the Quirón de Pozuelo Clinic in Spain’s capital of Madrid. It was decided to have the procedure by the end of August…
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King Juan Carlos recovering well after triple bypass

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30th August 2019
King Juan Carlos of Spain is said to be recovering well from his triple bypass surgery which took place last weekend. Doctors at Quirón de Pozuelo Clinic in Madrid have removed the cardiac stimulation cables from the 81-year-old King Emeritus. The clinic announced…
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King Juan Carlos transferred out of intensive care

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27th August 2019
King Emeritus Juan Carlos has been transferred out of the intensive care unit after his condition improved following major cardiac surgery over the weekend. The former King of Spain had a triple heart bypass – an operation which has been described as successful. The 81-year-old’s condition has since ‘evolved favourably’ according to doctors, with the decision being made to…
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