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King Felipe and Queen Letizia welcome President of Italy for State Visit

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16th November 2021
With all the ceremony due to the occasion, King Felipe and Queen Letizia have welcomed the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, and his daughter Laura Mattarella for a two-days State Visit.  President Mattarella landed in Madrid’s Barajas-Adolfo Suarez airport on the morning of 16th November, and was welcomed there by Italian and Spanish authorities. From there, he travelled…
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King Felipe flies to Paris for Peace Forum

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12th November 2021
King Felipe of Spain has travelled to Paris, France, to take part in the fourth Paris Peace Forum and hold meetings with other authorities present for the occasion.  His Majesty left Madrid on an official plane in the morning of November 11th 2021 and, upon his arrival…
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Queen Letizia continues her Paraguay cooperation trip by visiting three cities in one day

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4th November 2021
Queen Letizia is in Paraguay for the sixth cooperation trip she has undertaken since becoming Queen back in 2014.  On the first day, she fulfilled her diplomatic duties, with the official welcome at the airport and the reception she was granted at the Presidential Palace in Asunción with president Abdo Benítez. On the second day, which fell on the 3rd of November, Her Majesty arrived at…
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A State Visit 40 years in the making

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2nd November 2021
According to the Swedish Royal Household’s website, the Scandinavian country will soon host a State Visit 40 years in the making.  On the 24th and 25th of November 2021, King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain will travel to Sweden with the Spanish Minister of Foreign…
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As she celebrates her 83rd birthday, Queen Sofía of Spain doesn't slow down

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2nd November 2021
As she marks her 83rd birthday, Queen Sofía of Spain isn’t showing any signs of being willing to slow down her agenda.  Last year, Her Majesty celebrated her 82nd birthday a couple of weeks after watching her granddaughter hand out the most restricted Princess of Asturias Awards, which, for the first time, were not held in the usual Campoamor Theatre but in the Covadonga Hall of the…
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Leonor presents Princess of Asturias Awards

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23rd October 2021
This time in October marks an important one in Spain, one that sees the eyes of the world turn to the small principality in the north of Spain that gives its name to the heir to the throne. Princess Leonor has made her way back to Spain for her autumn break, in time…
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Spain's Prime Minister re-ignites debate on whether monarchs should be immune from prosecution

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21st October 2021
The Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez, has said he is “open” to a constitutional reform which would remove immunity from prosecution for the Sovereign.  During an interview he gave to Spanish TV station,Cadena Ser, which was picked up by Europa Press, Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón indicated he would give consideration to the move. Sanchez is leader of Spain’s Soclialist Party…
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