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King and Queen of Spain meet with young talents

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29th May 2020
Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia met with young Spanish talents at Zarzuela Palace in Madrid on Thursday, 28 May.Their Majesties, clad in surgical masks, sat six feet apart from the eight young talents from research, technology, business, culture and social action. The group had an open dialogue for two hours about how COVID-19 is impacting Spanish society and their visions for the…
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The Queen's Cup presented to Spanish women's basketball champions by Queen Letizia

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9th March 2020
Queen Letizia attended the women’s basketball finals named in her honour on Sunday afternoon, presenting The Queen’s Cup to Perfumerías Avenida Baloncesto.The Copa de la Reina de Baloncesto (English: The Queen’s Cup of Basketball) is the oldest women’s basketball tournament in Spain. It was first played in 1943 but didn’t become an annual tournament until 1978.Queen Letizia…
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King and Queen of Spain stress importance of scientific developments at National Research Awards

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18th February 2020
Spanish leaders in science were honoured Monday when King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia presented the 2019 National Research Awards at the Royal Palace of El Pardo in Madrid.The awards were presented to scientists Valentín Fuster de Carulla, Ángela Nieto Toledano, Susana Marcos Celestino, Manuel Francisco Carreiras Valiña, and Mercedes García-Arenal Rodríguez.King Felipe praised the…
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Queen Letizia at the Pascua Militar

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5th January 2020
Every year in Spain on the 6th of January, the Spanish Royal Family commemorates Pascua Militar, a military ceremony at the Royal Palace of Madrid.At the Pascua Militar, King Felipe receives the “Prime Minister, the Minister of Defence, the Chief of the Defence Staff, the Chiefs of Staff of all branches, the Grand Masters of the Royal and Military Orders of San Fernando and San…
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