On Monday, King Felipe of Spain presided
over the opening of the 2021-2022 Judicial Year. Despite the
judicial power being completely separated from the Crown/Head of
State power, as well as the political power in the Parliament, King
Felipe is invited to preside this symbolic act every year – a
presence established in the Judicial Power Law. His Majesty
arrived at the Justice…
Spanish Tax Agency audits Royal Household payments to King Juan Carlos
4th September 2021
On Friday, Spanish newspaper El País
broke the exclusive news that the Spanish Tax Agency has requested
that the Royal Household hand over documents on all payments made
to former King Juan Carlos between June 2014 and 2018 and that
employees give proof of the origins of…
On Thursday, King Felipe of Spain visited
Cartagena’s Military Arsenal to tour the Anti-Mines Measures
Force. The force is part of the Army, but also has ties with
the Spanish Navy, which supports it in its underwater detection
missions. The Anti-Mines…
Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, the
second child of King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima, and
Princess Leonor of Spain, the elder daughter of King Felipe and
Queen Letizia, have headed off to Wales to begin their two-year
programme at the UWC Atlantic College. The second in line to the
Dutch throne and the future Queen of Spain are following in the
footsteps of Princess Elisabeth of…
King Felipe has visited the reception
centre set up in Spain for those being flown in from Afghanistan.
Felipe VI headed to the base at Torrejon on August 28th 2021 with
the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez. He met many of the
politicians involved in the programme…
With the summer holidays nearly over and
students returning to school, two European princesses are settling
in at their Welsh sixth-form school for their final years of study.
Princess Leonor of Spain, a future queen, and Princess Alexia of
the Netherlands, middle…
Poll shows majority of people in Spain want Princess Leonor to undergo military training
16th August 2021
There is strong support for the heir to
the Spanish throne, Princess Leonor, undertaking military training,
according to a new poll. The survey, for leading newspaper ABC,
shows two thirds of those asked want the Princess of Asturias to
train with the military once she has completed her secondary
education. Leonor is set to start studying for the International
Baccalaureate at the UWC Atlantic…
On Wednesday, the Spanish Royal Family
conducted a series of engagements in a natural reserve on the
island of Palma de Mallorca. The events are part of the
royals’ agenda in the Balearic Islands, which for them is a fixture
of summer holidays. Queen Letizia handed…
Nowadays, it is difficult to see royals
competing in Olympic Games, and, with the Tokyo Summer Games
underway, here is a look back at King Felipe’s history with this
event. Let’s rewind the clock back to the 25th of July 1992,
in the city of Barcelona. The…
As we are in the middle of the Summer
Olympics in Tokyo, we are taking a look at the royal Olympians from
Spain – a country that has had no shortage of athletes with royal
blood competing in the Olympic Games. Both former King Juan Carlos
and Queen Sofía were Olympians in sailing, as were their daughter
Infanta Cristina and son King Felipe. Their son-in-law, Iñaki
Urdangarín, competed in…
