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…
Spain’s King and Queen host lunch for the President of Colombia
17th September 2021
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…
King Felipe visits Operations Command for Afghanistan evacuation briefing
9th September 2021
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…
King Felipe and Queen Letizia present ABC journalism prizes
23rd June 2021
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 given special honour as row over pardons for separatist leaders continues
16th June 2021
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…
