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King Felipe criticises the Catalonian referendum on independence

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15th September 2017
On the 1st of October, the Spanish region of Catalonia will have referendum deciding on if they should declare their independence from Spain or remain in the Spanish kingdom. The referendum has been suspended by the Spanish Constitutional Court; however, the Catalan government stated the court order was not valid for Catalonia and has proceeded to gather the support needed to declare…
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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…
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King Juan Carlos watches Spaniard Garbiñe Muguruza win Wimbledon

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15th July 2017
Spain’s former Monarch, King Juan Carlos, watched fellow Spaniard Garbiñe Muguruza win the Women’s Wimbledon Final from the Royal Box. The 79-year-old, who abdicated as King of Spain in 2014, sat alongside the Duke of Kent and the Duchess of Gloucester as guests in the Royal Box as he cheered Muguruza on as she beat Venus Williams in straight sets. Also in the Royal Box for the…
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Infanta Cristina to request money back from court deposit

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6th July 2017
Infanta Cristina of Spain, an older sister to King Felipe, will have her attorneys submit a request on 14 July to the court in Palma to refund her 322,000 euros from the587,000 euro deposit she made to the court. After being acquitted of charges in the Nóoscase that saw her husband, IñakiUrdangarín, convicted of money fraud and corruption, Cristina was fined265,000 euros…
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Infanta Elena of Spain participates in awards ceremony for Child and Youth Painting Contest for Schools

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9th June 2017
Her Royal Highness Infanta Elena of Spain, an older sister to King Felipe, participated in an awards ceremony for the “Child and Youth Painting Contest for Schools”of Patrimonio yesterday in Madrid at theRoyal Palace of El Pardo’sPatio de los Borbones. She presented the prizes to the students of this school competition which had the themes of “monuments,historic…
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