Spain

King Felipe and Queen Letizia welcome Chile's President

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 the Spanish in the World, the Ambassador of Spain in Chile, the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Chile, and the Ambassador of…
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Spain

King Felipe of Spain marks accession anniversary with special ceremony

The King of Spain has celebrated the seventh anniversary of his reign by overseeing a special ceremony in the Royal Palace in Madrid, the place where the transfer of power from his father began. Felipe VI presented the Order of Civil Merit to the Palace to 24 Spanish citizens on June 18th 2021, exactly seven years after he had entered the same room as Prince of Asturias to watch King Juan…
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Looking back at the wedding of King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain

On 1 November 2003, Spain’s Casa Real announced that the heir to the throne, Felipe, Prince of Asturias was to marry the divorced Spanish television newscaster, Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano. At the time, the announcement came as a surprise to most. The then Prince Felipe presented Letizia with a white gold 16-baguette diamond ring during his proposal. She also gave Felipe a classic book and…
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Queen Letizia speaks with Princess of Girona winners

Queen Letizia met with the winner of this year’s Princess of Girona 2021 Arts and Letters Award on Thursday, and held a roundtable talk with previous winners, ahead of this year’s virtual awards ceremony. María Sánchez Rodríguez was named as the 2021 Arts and Letters Award winner, for her work “as a poet, writer and activist in defense of rural culture, and especially, the forgotten…
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