Spain

New poll shows support for King Juan Carlos returning to Spain

Over half of’people in Spain want King Juan Carlos to return home from his self-imposed exile, according to a new poll for a newspaper.The NC Report survey for La Razon showed that 57% of those asked believe the former monarch should come back to Spain, a year after he left.Juan Carlos announced he was quitting Spain on August 3rd 2020 in a brief letter to his son and successor, King…
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Queen Letizia in mourning for her beloved grandmother

The Queen of Spain has lost one of the most influential figures in her life. Queen Letizia’s grandmother, Menchu Alvarez del Valle, has died at the age of 93.Letizia was extremely close to her paternal grandmother and followed in her footsteps as a journalist. The bond between them was evident on the day that Letizia Ortiz married into the Spanish Royal Family as Menchu gave a reading at…
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Spain

Queen Letizia shows support for major medical organisation

Queen Letizia has paid a visit to a meeting of the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC).She was joined by members of the National Council for the AECC, both in person and via video conference. She delivered a greeting to the Association’s president, Ramón Reyes, and the other attendees. The focus of discussions on this particular occasion was to lay out and celebrate the…
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King Felipe and Queen Letizia lead the nation in poignant homage to COVID-19 victims

It was shortly after 8:30 am on Thursday when King Felipe and Queen Letizia officially entered a deadly silent and sunny Plaza de la Armería, inside Madrid’s Royal Palace, to pay homage to the victims of COVID-19 and to celebrate the hope the vaccination campaign is slowly bringing back. Their Majesties, dressed in semi-mourning (meaning dark colours, but not full black), had already…
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