The upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics in
Beijing will look much different than when the city hosted the 2008
Summer Olympics. Besides the main difference between the Summer and
Winter Games, this year, the world is still in a global health
crisis creating many changes such as a limit to who can attend the
games. With the opening ceremonies upon us, Royal Central is
looking back at the royal presence…
Queen Letizia hears new year plans of association close to her heart
26th January 2022
Queen Letizia kicked off her working year
by chairing a meeting of the National Council of the Spanish
Association Against Cancer (AECC), hearing that “cancer is the same
for everyone, but we are not all the same when it comes to cancer.”
The Spanish queen…
King Felipe and Queen Letizia paid a
visit to a rural school in Tui on Thursday, recognising its efforts
for educational transformation after it had received an honour from
their daughter’s Princess of Girona Foundation Awards. The Spanish
royals visited the Mestra…
King Felipe and Queen Letizia head to La Palma following volcanic eruption
24th September 2021
King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain
have visited the island of La Palma following a volcanic eruption
last week. Their Majesties visited the island to learn more about
how the people are coping and what emergency services are doing to
help. The King and Queen went to evacuation centres and spoke to
those impacted by the eruption. They also spoke to the
organisations that manage…
Queen Letizia spoke about the pandemic’s
effects on cancer research at an event to mark World Cancer
Research Day. The Queen, who is the permanent Honorary President of
the Spanish Association Against Cancer and its scientific
foundation, also helped celebrate the 50th…
Queen Letizia celebrates her 49th
birthday today, so let’s take a look at her royal year, from last
September to today, to chart what she’s achieved. Queen Letizia,
along with her husband King Felipe, have worked tirelessly over the
past year to support Spain as…
Queen Letizia has travelled to one of
Madrid’s most beautiful places and celebrated an important
anniversary. Her Majesty visited the Villanueva building of
the Prado Museum, where an exhibition opened to celebrate the 40th
anniversary of the Friends of the Prado Museum Foundation on 13
September. The exhibition, titled “Forty years of friendship.
Donations from the Friends of the…
King Felipe and Queen Letizia welcomed
the President of Chile for an official visit to Spain on Tuesday.
King Felipe greeted President Piñera at Zarzuela Palace for an
official meeting. Other guests included the Secretary of State for
Latin America and the Caribbean and…
On Sunday, Queen Letizia of Spain gave
the start to the family’s agenda in Palma de Mallorca, where the
royals are spending a few days for their traditional holiday.
In the evening, the Queen arrived in the central court of
Casa de La Misericordia, where the closing…
Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía joined
their parents for an ancient Spanish ritual over the weekend,
paying tribute to the Patron Saint of Spain. The teenage
princesses, who have joined King Felipe and Queen Letizia
increasingly at public royal duties over the past year, attended
the National Offering to the Apostle Santiago, Patron Saint of
Spain, at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela…
