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Community, grief and glamour: King Felipe and Queen Letizia land in Germany for state visit

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18th October 2022
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain are undertaking a State Visit to Germany; they left Madrid on 16 October and will return on the evening of 19 October.  Their Majesties left Madrid’s main airport after receiving an official send-off, which always happens before state visits. The King and Queen were bid farewell by a group of authorities that included the President of the Senate, the…
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King Charles welcomes world leaders to Buckingham Palace on the eve of The Queen’s State Funeral

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18th September 2022
King Charles III and Queen Camilla, accompanied by members of the Royal Family, have hosted a gathering of world leaders at Buckingham Palace in preparation for tomorrow’s State Funeral.  All the leaders that had arrived in London gathered in the Picture Gallery and the King’s Apartment rooms of Buckingham Palace for a cocktail and some canapés.  For security reasons, Buckingham…
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Who is Queen Letizia of Spain?

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15th September 2022
Queen Letizia is celebrating a milestone birthday today. Learn more about the Queen of Spain on her 50th birthday below: Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano was born to Jesús José Ortiz Álvarez and María de la Paloma Rocasolano Rodríguez on 15 September 1972 in Oviedo…
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King Felipe resumes agenda after summer break

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3rd September 2022
King Felipe has resumed his agenda of activities after the summer break, and after saying goodbye to his elder daughter, who went back to the UK for her second year of study at UW Atlantic.  Dressed in his uniform, with the Commander in Chief sash, the Spanish King welcomed two groups of military personnel; the first was composed of Lieutenants General and an Admiral reserve. The second was…
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Queen Letizia welcomes Jill Biden as Madrid prepares for NATO summit

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27th June 2022
The Queen of Spain has met the First Lady of the United States as Madrid gets ready for one of the biggest international political summits of the year. Queen Letizia welcomed Jill Biden to the Zarzuela Palace on June 27 2022, just hours before the NATO summit was due to start in the Spanish capital. US President Joe Biden will be among those taking part in the summit which will bring world…
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