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King Felipe and Queen Letizia host lunch for the President of Angola at the Royal Palace

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29th September 2021
King Felipe and Queen Letizia’s diplomatic agenda for the week continued; after their meeting with the Portuguese President on Monday, they welcomed the President and First Lady of Angola at the Royal Palace on Tuesday. The Angolan Presidential couple is in Spain for an official two-day visit. The trip comes shortly after Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez travelled to Angola in…
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Queen Letizia hands out prize for best scientific monologue

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18th September 2021
Queen Letizia of Spain visited the Society of Fine Arts in Madrid for a ceremony celebrating scientific monologues. The Queen was welcomed to the venue by Minister for Science and Innovation Diana Morant, the President of the Society of Fine Arts, Juan Miguel Hernández León, and the General Director of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology Inma Aguilar.  Once inside, she…
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Queen Letizia officially opens new school year

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9th September 2021
On Wednesday, Her Majesty Queen Letizia reprised one of the most prized traditions of the Spanish Royal Family and travelled to Zaragoza to open the new school year.  The tradition is for members of the Royal Family to travel to an institution of each level of education…
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King Felipe and Queen Letizia lead the nation in poignant homage to COVID-19 victims

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16th July 2021
It was shortly after 8:30 am on Thursday when King Felipe and Queen Letizia officially entered a deadly silent and sunny Plaza de la Armería, inside Madrid’s Royal Palace, to pay homage to the victims of COVID-19 and to celebrate the hope the vaccination campaign is slowly bringing back.  Their Majesties, dressed in semi-mourning (meaning dark colours, but not full black), had already…
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Queen Letizia opens exhibit on groundbreaking Spanish writer

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9th June 2021
Queen Letizia of Spain has officially opened an exhibition at the Spanish National Library, in Madrid, about feminist writer Emilia Pardo Bazán.  The Queen of Spain toured the exhibition with the Vice Prime Minister, the Minister of Culture and Sports, the President of the Galician Assembly and other authorities on June 8th 2021. The exhibition was commissioned by Isabel Burdiel Bueno…
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