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Business as usual for Spain's royals as family marriage breakdown hits headlines

Spain’s biggest royal headlines over the past few days reached their peak when Infanta Cristina and Iñaki Urdangarín announced their separation with a short statement released to EFE, Spain’s national news agency.  The announcement, on January 24th 2022, came at the start of a busy week for Spain’s royals. As the news broke, King Felipe was already on his way to Puerto Rico, where…
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King Felipe opens new newspaper headquarters

“El Correo” is a leading daily newspaper in Bilbao and the Basque Country of northern Spain and a popular paper in Spain. .King Felipe has been in Bilbao to open its new headquarters. On January 18th 2022, King Felipe officially inaugurated the new headquarters of”El Correo”, which after 55 years in the Bolueta neighbourhood, has come to occupy two floors of the Sota Building…
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King Felipe welcomes new ambassadors to Spain

Following the military ceremony of Pascua Militar, King Felipe took on his duties as head of state from the diplomatic angle and welcomed six new ambassadors to the Royal Palace in Madrid for the presentation of their Letters of Credentials.  His Majesty was dressed in…
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King Felipe and Queen Letizia kickstart their 2022 agenda with a traditional military ceremony

King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain kicked off their 2022 agenda by presiding over the traditional ceremony of Pascua Militar, one day after former King Juan Carlos Celebrated his 84th birthday in Abu Dhabi and Princess Leonor reportedly made her way back to Wales to continue her studies at UWC Atlantic. Shortly after 12pm local time, Their Majesties arrived at the Royal Palace, where…
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King Felipe opens new high speed train line

King Felipe of Spain has been joined by other authorities for the inaugural journey of one of Spain’s biggest infrastructure innovations.  After swearing in the new Minister of Culture, on the morning of Monday, 20th December, King Felipe, Spain’s Prime Minister…
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King Felipe and Queen Letizia preside over Spanish Language forum

King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain ended their week by presiding over the meeting celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Association of Spanish Language Academies.  Their Majesties arrived at the Spanish Royal Academy headquarters in Madrid accompanied by many Spanish authorities, including the President of the Parliament and the Minister of Science and Innovation, as well as several…
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