King Felipe of Spain travelled to the
Rabanales Campus of the University of Córdoba to preside over
the opening ceremony for the 2021-2022 academic year.
His Majesty arrived on campus accompanied by the Minister of
Universities Manuel Castells, the President of the Andalusia
Parliament Juan Manuel Moreno, the Government representative in
Andalusia Pedro Fernández, the Mayor of Córdoba…
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain
have hosted a lunch in honour of the President of the Republic of
Colombia, Iván Duque Márquez , who is making a three-day official
visit to Spain. The lunch took place at the Royal Palace in Madrid
on September 16th 2021. Before the…
On Thursday, King Felipe of Spain
travelled to the outskirts of the Spanish capital to the Central
Command of Operation, located in the Retamares Military base in the
town of Pozuelo de Alarcón. His Majesty made this visit to
hear how the evacuation procedures from…
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…
On Thursday, the entire Spanish Royal
Family was in Barcelona to oversee the Princess of Girona
Awards. Due to the global shutdown, the 2020 ceremony was
cancelled, and so this year the family handed out both the 2020 and
the 2021 prizes. The award ceremony took…
On Tuesday, King Felipe and Queen Letizia
of Spain presented three journalism awards. The ceremony,
which took place at the new ABC headquarters in Madrid, was held to
award three journalism prizes: the “Mariano de Cavia” Prize, which
went to Javier Cercas, the…
On Thursday, King Felipe of Spain
welcomed participants in the contest “What is a King for you?” to
the Royal Palace in Madrid. The contest is held every year by
the Spanish Institutional Foundation and sponsored by the Orange
Foundation (nothing to do with the Dutch Royals, apparently!). It
aims to create a closer bond between students and the monarchy and
to deepen the knowledge…
King Felipe travelled to Sevilla,
Andalusia, to receive the first medal of honour awarded by the
Andalusian Parliament. Accompanied by his wife, Queen
Letizia, His Majesty arrived at San Telmo Palace in Sevilla, which
hosts the headquarters of the autonomic government…
On Thursday, King Felipe of Spain took
part in the opening of the first global conference of the Xacobean
Academy in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia. The conference
will span over the course of three days, in which state, regional
and local experts will debate…
King Felipe of Spain has spoken by phone
with Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, as military deployment
are sent to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta after thousands of
migrants from Morocco swam on to its beaches at the start of the
week. The influx has resulted in a diplomatic crisis between the
two kingdoms of Spain and Morocco as Spain now claims that Morocco
is not doing enough to keep…
