Queen Sofia of Spain arrived on the Greek island of Leros for a private visit. The mother of Spain’s King Felipe was accompanied by the Spanish Ambassador to Greece and was met by the mayor of Leros and the municipal council upon arrival to her native homeland.
On Sunday evening, the Ambassador to Greece hosted a dinner in honour of the Queen. During the dinner, the Mayor of Leros held a…
King Felipe of Spain has spoken by phone with Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, as military deployment are sent to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta after thousands of migrants from Morocco swam on to its beaches at the start of the week. The influx has resulted in a…
Why is Pablo Hasel, the Spanish rapper who insulted the monarchy, so controversial?
18th February 2021
Spanish police say rapper Pablo Hasél was arrested by Catalan police at Lleida University in north-eastern Spain after a 24-hour standoff, where the rapper had barricaded himself in a building. He was taken to prison to serve a nine-month sentence after being convicted of…
Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia have revealed their 2020 Christmas card which features their two daughters, Princess Leonor, 15, and Infanta Sofía, 13.
This year’s card says, in Spanish and English, “May this Christmas bring us a specially hopeful New Year 2021.” The King, Queen and their daughters also have their signatures printed at the bottom with a…
Queen Letizia of Spain is set to travel to Honduras to deliver humanitarian aid next week ahead of Christmas. She is visiting to learn more about the impact of recent Hurricanes Eta and Iota on the country and to express Spain’s solidarity with the Honduran people.
King Felipe, Queen Letizia, Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía visited the rural parish of Somao on Saturday to present the parish with the Exemplary Town of Asturias Award given out by the Princess of Asturias Foundation.
Because of COVID-19 restrictions, the family wore…
New poll shows high disapproval for the self inflicted exile of King Juan Carlos of Spain
17th August 2020
A new poll for one of the most pro monarchy newspapers in Spain show that over half of those who took part disapprove of the departure of Juan Carlos I from the country he ruled for almost forty years. And 60% those asked believe that his decision harms the present monarch. The poll published last week by the newspaper ABC is not good news for the Spanish monarchy.
More than half of those who…
On Friday last week, Catalonia’s regional parliament in Barcelona passed a motion condemning the monarchy in the wake of Spain’s former king Juan Carlos going in exile. The bill will have no practical significance and is to be regarded mostly as a political move…
Several Spanish newspapers are reporting that King Juan Carlos I has arrived in the Caribbean nation of the Dominican Republic. The former monarch left Spain on Sunday, shortly before an official announcement that he was to go into exile. Several media sources have reported…
Princess Leonor, heir to the throne of Spain, has joined her parents on their tour around the country to show support for the economy and tourism in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The teenage princess enjoyed an evening of culture with her family as their visits to Spanish regions continued.
Leonor, who is now fourteen, and her thirteen year old sister, Infanta Sofia, began their latest…
