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King Felipe and Queen Letizia strike post pandemic first as they begin engagements without face masks

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23rd April 2022
King Felipe and Queen Letizia have presided over the annual ceremony to award the Miguel de Cervantes literary award. This year’s winner is Cristina Peri Rossi. Their Majesties arrived at Alcalá de Henares University around 11am on Friday, 22nd April, and were welcomed by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and the Chief of the Air Force Command Juan Ángel Treceño. Following a troop…
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Queen Letizia celebrates award-winning shorts on diversity

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1st April 2022
Queen Letizia has presided over the award ceremony for the second “Diversity in Series” award, promoting diversity and its acceptance in the education sector.  Her Majesty arrived at the Reader’s House in the morning of Thursday, 31st March, accompanied by Health Minister Carolina Darias, as well as the president of FAD Youth and Netflix’s Vice President of Global Content. The…
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King Felipe and Queen Letizia welcome Mauritania's President to Spain

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18th March 2022
King Felipe welcomed the president of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, at the Zarzuela Palace for a lunch in connection with his working visit to Spain.  Before the meal, the two heads of state held a bilateral meeting with small delegations; on the Spanish side, the King was accompanied by the Spanish Ambassador to Mauritania, Miriam Álvarez de la Rosa…
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King Felipe and Queen Letizia hand out Gold Medals for Fine Arts

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3rd March 2022
King Felipe and Queen Letizia travelled to Pamplona to award the Gold Medals for Fine Arts for prize recipients for the years 2020. Arriving at the Baluarte Congress Palace and Navarra Auditorium in the Autonomic Community’s capital, Their Majesties were welcomed by State and local authorities, before sitting down for the ceremony itself. The ceremony began with a welcome from…
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