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Video: King Felipe during his Christmas Eve address: Let's believe in ourselves, let's believe in Spain

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25th December 2019
Ahead of King Felipe’s Christmas Eve speech, Casa Real played a video of highlights from the royal year. Then, His Majesty took to the screen to deliver his annual address from Zarzuela Palace. The King reflected back that he gave his first address as King five years ago, and then he thanked Spaniards for letting him spend a few moments with them on the holiday. “The first thing I…
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King Felipe and Queen Letizia act as hosts for Conference on Climate Change (COP25)

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3rd December 2019
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain have played hosts to the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP25) in Madrid where Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, Prince Albert of Monaco and other foreign dignitaries were in attendance. The theme of the conference is to reduce CO2 emissions, global trade in emission rights, and other issues surrounding the goals set at the 2015 Paris climate…
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Queen Letizia opens Goya exhibit

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20th November 2019
Queen Letizia of Spain opened a brand new exhibition on the Spanish artist Goya earlier this week. Queen Letizia presided over the opening ceremony of the exhibition, which offers a chronological tour of Goya’s work and includes several of his drawings. The Spanish…
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Spanish State Visit to Cuba : the photos

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15th November 2019
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain have carried out a three day State Visit to Cuba. The trip, which some MPs in Madrid tried to stop, took place between November 11th and November 14th and saw the couple visit Havana and Santiago de Cuba. The State Visit was intended to strengthen relations between the two countries as well as celebrate the 500th anniversary of the foundation of Havana.
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Spanish MPs try to stop King Felipe's visit to Cuba

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6th November 2019
Spanish Vox party MPs have confirmed they will ask their country’s parliament to cancel an upcoming royal visit this month to Cuba by King Felipe VI. Vox party leader, Santiago Abascal, announced the initiative, describing the visit as “madness”. The request to the…
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Anti-monarchy protests in Catalonia take place as Spanish royals attend events in Barcelona

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5th November 2019
Following the visit to Catalonia by the Spanish Royal Family, an anti-monarchy protest has erupted in Barcelona. More than 2000 people demonstrated Monday against King Felipe’s visit to Barcelona, asking for the end of the monarchy. The protesters held their rally outside the Juan Carlos I Hotel in Barcelona on Sunday and Monday, ​​where King Felipe and his family were scheduled to stay.
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