Yesterday, Girona City Council in
Catalonia, Spain, declared His Majesty King Felipe VI as a persona
non grata due to his criticism of the independence referendum
held in the region on 1 October. The King was not alone in being
declared a persona non grata as Enric Millo, the Spanish
government’s representative in Catalonia, was as well. At the
beginning of the month, the Catalonian region…
King Felipe criticises the Catalonian referendum on independence
15th September 2017
On the 1st of October, the Spanish region
of Catalonia will have referendum deciding on if they should
declare their independence from Spain or remain in the Spanish
kingdom. The referendum has been suspended by the Spanish
Constitutional Court; however, the Catalan…
No tinc por – I am not afraid.
King Felipe VI of Spain joined hundred of thousands of people as
they marched down the Passeig de Gràcia in a show of defiance
after last week’s terror attacks that left 15 people dead and over
100 injured. It was the largest protest in…
Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia
travelled to Spain to show solidarity with the victims of the
recent terror attack in Barcelona and Cambrils. The King and
Queen were on a private holiday with their daughters, Princess
Leonor and Infanta Sofía, when the events unfolded. After the
attack on Thursday, the Spanish monarchy said on Twitter, “They’re
murderers, just criminals who aren’t…
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain
have arrived in the United Kingdom. Their official State Visit is
set to begin tomorrow and will last three days. In the late
afternoon, King Felipe and Queen Letizia departed from the Adolfo
Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport in Madrid.
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
in Marín. Their Majesties presided over the main
celebratory event for the 300th anniversary of the Marine…
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…
