The State Visit that was cancelled last
year due to the corruption scandal will now take place from 12-14
July. King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain will visit Her Majesty
at Buckingham Palace later this month. The last State Visit from
Spain to the UK was quite some time ago, in 1986 to be exact
by King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia. In 1998, Queen Elizabeth
and the Duke of Edinburgh went to…
King Felipe of Spain has confirmed that a
posthumous award will be granted to the Spanish victim in the
recent London terrorist attack. Ignacio Echeverría, who was working
in London for HSBC, was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of
Civil Merit by the Spanish government.
King Felipe and King Juan Carlos attend ceremony for 300th anniversary of Marine Guard Company
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…
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. 1963) and Cristina (b.
1965). He was christened into the Roman Catholic Church on 8
February 1968 at Zarzuela Palace with…
Yesterday at Zarzuela Palace in
Madrid, King Felipe presided over the ceremony which saw Mariano
Rajoy Brey continue in his role as the Prime Minister of Spain.
This comes after ten months of political deadlock over the
formation of a new government. Brey, a member of the…
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…
Elizabeth to welcome King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain during UK State Visit
4th December 2015
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain
will be making a State Visit to the UK next March. The couple will
be staying at Windsor Castle during their stay from 8-10 March
2016, making this the first Spanish state visit to the United
Kingdom since 1986 when King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia visited.
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh last visited Spain in
1988. The Prince of Wales and Duchess of…
King Felipe of Spain speaks of the refugee crisis as he addresses the European Parliament
8th October 2015
King Felipe VI has told the European
Parliament that it can count on the support of a united Spain. The
promise came in a speech to delegates in Strasbourg just days after
elections in Catalonia gave a majority to parties which ultimately
favour independence from the rest of…
