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King Felipe of Spain continues to test positive for COVID

King Felipe of Spain continues to test positive for COVID-19. The King took another PCR test on Tuesday, 15 February, and it came back positive. Casa Real has said His Majesty’s schedule for the rest of the week has been cleared. They said that the King is doing well and has no symptoms. King Felipe originally tested positive on 9 February with mild symptoms and entered into…
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Queen Letizia gives update on King Felipe's health

Queen Letizia of Spain has given an update on the health of her husband, King Felipe, after he tested positive for COVID-19 on 9 February. When the Queen was visiting a proton therapy centre on 11 February, she told the press that Felipe was doing well with a smile.
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King Felipe and Queen Letizia present major education prize

King Felipe and Queen Letizia paid a visit to a rural school in Tui on Thursday, recognising its efforts for educational transformation after it had received an honour from their daughter’s Princess of Girona Foundation Awards. The Spanish royals visited the Mestra Clara Torres Rural School after the institution received this year’s Princess of Girona Foundation Award for School of the Year…
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King Felipe of Spain watches Toro 21 Army exercise

King Felipe travelled to the Autonomous Community of Aragona to take part in the annual Army principal exercise.  “Toro 21” is the name of the exercise, which this year was focused on integrating the new manoeuvre created by the Castillejos Division, as well as revising the Standard Operative Procedures at the division level. It was also used to renew the certification of the camp as an…
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King Felipe and Queen Letizia welcome Chile's President

King Felipe and Queen Letizia welcomed the President of Chile for an official visit to Spain on Tuesday. King Felipe greeted President Piñera at Zarzuela Palace for an official meeting. Other guests included the Secretary of State for Latin America and the Caribbean and…
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King Felipe presides meeting with autonomic leaders to discuss economic recovery

On Friday, King Felipe of Spain travelled to Salamanca to preside over a meeting with regional presidents and leaders. The conference was instituted in 2004 and has gathered regularly ever since, with the last in-person meeting having been on the 31st of July 2020 to discuss a common strategy to tackle the recovery after the country had spent months in lockdown at the time.  The meeting saw…
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