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Spanish Royal Family attends Easter Mass

The Spanish Royal Family has attended Easter Mass today at the Cathedral-Basilica of Santa María de Palma de Mallorca in Palma on the island of Mallorca (or Majorca), Spain, this morning. Their Majesties King Felipe, Queen Letizia, King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía and Their Royal Highnesses Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía were all in attendance for the service on the holiest day on the…
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Queen Letizia attends King Jaime I Awards, while King stays back to deal with Catalonian crisis

Her Majesty Queen Letizia of Spain was in Valencia yesterday to attend the King Jaime I Awards, while her husband, His Majesty King Felipe stayed back in Madrid to continue to deal with the ongoing Catalonian independence crisis. The King had been scheduled to attend but pulled out of the event last week – and all events planned for this week – while the situation in Catalonia is…
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King Felipe and Queen Letizia arrive in UK as State Visit set to begin

King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain have arrived in the United Kingdom. Their official State Visit is set to begin tomorrow and will last three days. In the late afternoon, King Felipe and Queen Letizia departed from the Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport in Madrid. Their Majesties travelled with a delegation of politicians, and this evening the Spanish King and Queen landed at Luton…
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King Felipe of Spain speaks of the refugee crisis as he addresses the European Parliament

King Felipe VI has told the European Parliament that it can count on the support of a united Spain. The promise came in a speech to delegates in Strasbourg just days after elections in Catalonia gave a majority to parties which ultimately favour independence from the rest of Spain. King Felipe of Spain during his visit to the European Parliament in Brussels earlier this year. He addressed…
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