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…
Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía joined
their parents for an ancient Spanish ritual over the weekend,
paying tribute to the Patron Saint of Spain. The teenage
princesses, who have joined King Felipe and Queen Letizia
increasingly at public royal duties over the past…
On Tuesday, the King of Spain granted an
audience to a representation of the association Madrid
Futuro. The NGO was born out of the city’s society and aims
to act as a catalyst for projects that would make the Spanish
capital recover faster after the hit it took…
After a weekend filled with sports
events, Europe woke up on Monday with institutional tasks left to
do. First up was King Felipe – the Spanish monarch presided
bright and early the swearing-in of 12 new ministers of the
government. After 16 months in a deep economic recession due
to the sudden crisis the world faced, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro
Sanchez decided to make some changes to…
The King of Spain has celebrated the
seventh anniversary of his reign by overseeing a special ceremony
in the Royal Palace in Madrid, the place where the transfer of
power from his father began. Felipe VI presented the Order of Civil
Merit to the Palace to 24 Spanish…
King Felipe of Spain has welcomed
Portugal president Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa to Madrid for an
afternoon of engagements related to the candidacy of Spain and
Portugal to jointly host the FIFA Football World Cup in 2030, the
year the contest marks its centenary. The…
King Felipe of Spain received the
coronavirus vaccine on Saturday according to official palace
sources. His Majesty received his jab in the Wizink Centre in
the Spanish capital of Madrid. This came shortly after the
conclusion of the National Armed Forces Day events, in which he
took part honouring those who lost their lives in combat, but also
all the Spanish citizens who died because of…
King Felipe has attended the inauguration
of Guillermo Lasso Mendoza as President of the Republic of Ecuador.
Spain’s king travelled to Ecuador’s capital, Quito, on May 23rd
2021, to begin his participation in the constitutional process of
the new president’s…
On 1 November 2003, Spain’s Casa Real
announced that the heir to the throne, Felipe, Prince of Asturias
was to marry the divorced Spanish television
newscaster, Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano. At the time, the
announcement came as a surprise to most. The then Prince
Felipe…
The Spanish royals have lent their
support to the tourism industry, returning to one of the world’s
largest tourism fairs in Spain as the country gets ready to
relaunch itself as a top tourist destination. The FITUR:
International Tourism Fair opened in Madrid on May 19th 2021, with
King Felipe and Queen Letizia officially opening the Fair. The
FITUR Fair has, over the years, welcomed…
