Her Majesty Queen of Letizia of Spain made a visit to the National Library of Spain on Tuesday of this week. The Queen visited the library to inaugurate two of the newly renovated reading rooms, the general hall, which now goes on to be called María Moliner, and the press and magazines room named Larra. Accompanied by the Minister of Culture and Sports, José Guirao, and the director of the…
King Felipe VI of Spain has attended the funeral of Tunisia`s president, Béji Caïd Essebsi. The funeral took place on Saturday July 27th 2019 at the Presidential Palace of Carthage in Tunisia.
King Felipe was accompanied by Spain`s Minister of Foreign Affairs, European…
Today we’re looking at the history of the Palace of Zarzuela, which is the home of King Felipe, his wife, Queen Letizia, and their two daughters, Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía; as well as King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía.
Construction began on Zarzuela Palace back in…
Queen Letizia attends international cancer research summit "Grand Challenge" in Madrid
13th July 2019
Queen Letizia attended the “Grand Challenge” international cancer research summit last week in Madrid.
The Queen is honorary president of the Spanish Association Against Cancer (the Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer in Spanish), which hosted the Grand Challenge with Cancer Research UK, a British cancer organisation.
At the summit, per the Royal House, attendees learned important…
This summer, Royal Central is taking a look at who’s who in the lines of succession around the world. And our latest instalment takes us to Spain. By law, the line of succession there is limited to the descendants of King Juan Carlos I, a rule that remained unchanged…
At the end of the week, Queen Letizia of Spain presided over the closing ceremony of the II Seminar on Patrimonial Education in the School at International Research Center of the Spanish Language in San Millán de la Cogolla.
After being received upon arrival by various…
The same week that King Felipe VI of Spain was in the United Kingdom at Windsor Castle being invested as a member of the Order of the Garter, alongside King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, by Her Majesty The Queen, he welcomed Prince Albert II of Monaco to Madrid.
On Friday, 21 June at the Palace of La Zarzuela, His Majesty welcomed Prince Albert on the occasion of the latter’s visit to…
The King of Spain, Felipe VI bestowed the Order of Civil Merit on various Spanish citizens on Wednesday at the Royal Palace of Madrid. Queen Letizia accompanied her husband, as did their two daughters, Leonor, Princess of Asturias and Infanta Sofía.
The ceremony took place…
The traditional Order of the Garter service is taking place in Windsor this afternoon with all four of the Queen’s children taking part. The Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, the Earl of Wessex and the Princess Royal, who are all members of the Order, have joined Elizabeth II for the event.
The Duke of Gloucester, the Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra of Kent are also at the traditional…
