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King Felipe and King Juan Carlos attend ceremony for 300th anniversary of Marine Guard Company

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3rd June 2017
Yesterday, King Felipe VI of Spain and his father, King Juan Carlos of Spain attended a ceremony yesterday for the 300th anniversary of the Marine Guard Company inMarín.Their Majesties presided over the main celebratory event for the 300th anniversary of the Marine Guard Company; it is the predecessor of thecurrent Naval Military School. The Marine Guard Company was created…
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Who is King Felipe of Spain?

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30th January 2017
Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos was born on 30 January 1968 at the Nuestra Señora de Loreto Clinic in Madrid, Spain, to then Infante Juan Carlos and Infanta Sofía of Spain. He is their youngest child and only son; he has two older sisters, Infantas Elena (b.
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New details in Spain's Infanta Cristina’s corruption case

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13th February 2016
The Spanish court has been told new details about Spain’s Infanta Cristina and her husband Iñaki Urdangarin. A co-defendant, José Luis Ballester, an Olympic gold-medal-winning sailor, said that despite being longtime friends with the royal couple he felt “used” by them. Princess Cristina met Ballester in the early 1990s. He added that he felt he was obliged to help the…
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