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King and Queen of Spain visit Murcia for Jubilee Year celebrations

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29th November 2017
Their Majesties King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain visited the town ofCaravaca de la Cruzin the south-eastern Spain province of Murcia on Tuesday as part of the Jubilee Year 2017 Santisima y Vera Cruz de Caravaca celebrations.Their Majesties travelled to theRoyal Basilica-Sanctuary of Vera Cruz and were greeted bythe president of the Region of Murcia, Fernando…
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Queen Letizia attends King Jaime I Awards, while King stays back to deal with Catalonian crisis

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31st October 2017
Her Majesty Queen Letizia of Spain was in Valencia yesterday to attend the King Jaime I Awards, while her husband, His Majesty King Felipe stayed back in Madrid to continue to deal with the ongoing Catalonian independence crisis. The King had been scheduled to attend but pulled out of the event last week – and all events planned for this week – while the situation in Catalonia is…
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King Felipe of Spain delivers extraordinary address to the nation regarding Catalonia

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3rd October 2017
King Felipe VI of Spain has delivered an extraordinary address to the nation, in which he criticises Catalonian separatists and vows “to defend the unity” of Spain. Making a rare televised speech, His Majesty said that Catalonia’s government is “seeking to proclaim independence, breaching the Constitution and its own regional charter.” He said that Catalonian…
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King Felipe joins protest march in Barcelona

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27th August 2017
No tinc por – I am not afraid. King Felipe VI of Spain joined hundred of thousands of people as they marched down the Passeig de Gràcia in a show of defiance after last week’s terror attacks that left 15 people dead and over 100 injured. It was the largest protest in the city since 2003 when some two million protested against the Iraq war and the first time a Spanish King has…
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