As she undertook her first official visit
to Portugal, Princess Leonor was given the Grand Cross of the
Military Order of Christ by President Marcelo Rebelo de
Sousa. The Order, which has three homonyms around the world
in the Holy See, the House of Orléans-Bragança and Kongo (an
ancient African Kingdom located in the territory of modern day
Angola), has very ancient origins, as it is one…
In a year that has been marked by
historic events in Spain, another one has taken place. On Friday,
12th July, Princess Leonor travelled to Portugal for her first solo
official trip overseas. She departed the State Pavilion of
the Adolfo Suárez-Madrid Barajas…
It was a magical night in Lloret de Mar,
a small town near Barcelona, as the local Congress Forum played
host for the Princess of Girona Awards ceremony. Shortly
after 7:15pm, the ceremony began, being hosted by journalist José
Yélamo. The musical interludes were…
After kickstarting the awards season with
a visit to sculptor Jaume Plensa’s atelier and a dinner with
laureates from previous edition, Wednesday, 10th July was a day
with a full agenda for the Spanish royals. The day began
early for Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía, who met with the young
people taking part in several of the Foundation’s programmes, all
of which are called…
The Spanish Royal Family has arrived in
Catalonia, which for this week will act as the host for the
Princess of Girona Awards. Now in their 15th edition, the
scheme was created in 2009 to celebrate the young talents of
Spain. Kickstarting the two days of events on…
It was an especially emotional day in
Zaragoza’s General Military Academy, as Princess Leonor received
her graduation certificate and a new decoration from the hands of
King Felipe. Although classes ended a while ago, with cadets
having been able to enjoy some much…
On the eve of an historic moment for Spain's future queen, what next for her royal family?
2nd July 2024
On the eve of Princess Leonor’s
graduation from Zaragoza’s General Military Academy, it’s
interesting to try and look forward, to attempt to analyse what
awaits Spain’s future Queen. On Wednesday, 3rd July, King
Felipe will preside over the traditional ceremony during which
those who have completed their education journey within the
military Academy receive their diploma, and their…
The day of celebrations for King Felipe’s
10th anniversary of his proclamation ended late on June 19th
2024. After a solemn guard changing ceremony performed by the
Royal Guard, which saw a historic first use of the Throne Room’s
balcony to watch over the ceremony…
King Felipe holds back tears as his daughters pay moving tribute on important anniversary
20th June 2024
To conclude the morning celebrations for
King Felipe’s 10th anniversary on the Spanish throne, the Monarchs
offered a lunch to all guests that had taken part in the ceremony
that saw His Majesty award 19 members of society with honours of
the Order of Civil Merit. The…
After a bit of rest following the events
that began celebrations for the tenth anniversary of the accession
of King Felipe VI, Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía stepped out
once again and were driven to the Galleries of Royal
Collections. There, the two sisters met with 40 young people,
all between the ages of 17 and 20, all of whom had won the awards
scheme “What is a King to you?”…
