Spain

Spain's King Felipe made this major change to royal protocol for an important reason

King Felipe of Spain has brought in a big change to a long established rule for royal events and he had a pressing reason to do it. One of the biggest events in the Spanish royal calendar is the annual evening for dignitaries in Mallorca, held in the gardens of the Marivent palace. It’s a formal event and men are usually asked to wear a suit with tie for the evening. However, in 2024…
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King Felipe starts his summer holiday the traditional way

Spain’s royal family always start their summer break with a stint on Mallorca and King Felipe has arrived and got the holidays started the traditional way. As his daughters commiserated with the Spanish women’s football team over their loss in the Euros 2025 final to England, Felipe VI was throwing open the doors of his palace on Mallorca to welcome local politicians for a series of…
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Princess Leonor returns to Spain as future queen starts the last leg of naval training

The future queen of Spain arrived back in the country following three weeks of training aboard the Blas de Lezo frigate. Princess Leonor now begins the final leg of naval training with her shipmates. Having disembarked from Spanish waters in mid-January for six months of practical training aboard the naval training ship Juan Sebastián de Elcano, Princess Leonor sailed the seas and stopped at…
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Pope Leo XIV says he's grateful for King Felipe and Queen Letizia's papal inauguration attendance as he receives invite to Spain

Though Pope Leo XIV will be stateside this weekend in his hometown of Chicago, he might soon find himself in Spain if he accepts King Felipe’s invitation. A Holy See press readout shows that the recently-elected Pontiff held a phone call with Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and “expressed his gratitude that King Felipe and Queen Letizia came to Rome” for his papal…
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