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Queen Letizia ends co-operation trip to Haiti

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24th May 2018
On 23 May, Queen Letizia spent her last day in Haiti, ending a three-day co-operation trip to the Dominican Republic and Haiti. © Casa de SM el Rey She first travelled to the Cité Soleil neighbourhood where she visited the Educational Centre of the Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul, in which Spanish Co-operation is financing several projects and, in particular, one on the sanitation of the…
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Grand Duke Henri and King Felipe attend Charlemagne Prize Ceremony

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11th May 2018
On Sunday, both His Majesty King Felipe of Spain and His Royal Highness Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg were in Aix-la-Chapelle, in Aachen in Germany, to attend the events accompanying the Prix International Charlemagne Prize Award. This year’s award was presented to French President Emmanuel Macron. His Majesty King Felipe arrived on Wednesday afternoon at the NATO Air Base in Geilenkirchen…
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King and Queen of Spain welcome Portuguese President during his state visit

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17th April 2018
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain welcomed the Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa during his State Visit to Spain. The Spanish King and Queen held an official reception ceremony at the Royal Palace of Madrid where both the Portuguese and Spanish national anthem was performed under a salvo of 21 guns. His Majesty the King and President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa then reviewed the…
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Spain's King Juan Carlos returns home after surgery

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11th April 2018
King Juan Carlos of Spain has returned home from hospital after having surgery on his right knee last week. As he left the private Sanitas La Moraleja University Clinic yesterday, he was in good spirits and joked to the media, “I will not be able to run 100 metres…
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King Juan Carlos has "successful surgery" on his right knee

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7th April 2018
King Juan Carlos of Spain, who has been walking with a cane, had surgery on his right knee today at the private Sanitas La Moraleja University Clinic this afternoon in Madrid. This was the 15th surgery he had undergone with the first being on his appendix when he was a child. The hospital said the 90-minute surgery was successful saying it “has been developed with total normality and the…
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