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Queen Letizia and King Felipe of Spain (May 22, 2004) ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images Held at the Almudena Cathedral in Madrid, the event marked Spain’s first royal wedding in nearly a century.
Felipe VI (Spanish: [feˈlipe ˈseksto]; [b] Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Grecia; born 30 January 1968) is King of Spain since 19 June 2014. In accordance with the Spanish Constitution, as monarch, he is head of state and commander-in-chief of the Spanish Armed Forces, holding the military rank of captain general, [3] [4] and also plays the role of the supreme ...
Queen Letizia and King Felipe are celebrating their 20th anniversary with a pair of very special glamour shots, lensed by famed (and longtime royals) photographer Annie Leibovitz. On November 26 ...
King Juan Carlos I and Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz. Queen Sofía and Prince Felipe, Prince of Asturias. The bride arrived at 11:12 in the morning to the cathedral in a Rolls-Royce Phantom IV, instead of on foot as planned, due to the persistent, intense rain. When King Juan Carlos I entered the cathedral, the anthem of Spain sounded.
Spanish tennis star Carlos Alcaraz was with the King and Queen of Spain today!. At El Pardo Palace in Madrid, King Felipe and Queen Letizia presented Alcaraz with the 'Rey Felipe' sport award, for ...
Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, announced his pending abdication from the throne on 2 June 2014.An organic law formalizing the abdication, required by the 1978 Constitution in its article 57.5, [1] was drafted by the government and approved by the Cortes Generales, and was formally signed on 18 June during a ceremony in the Hall of Columns [] of the Royal Palace of Madrid.
Dynastic line from the first Visigothic kings to Felipe VI. The monarchy in Spain has its roots in the Visigothic Kingdom and its Christian successor states of Navarre, Asturias (later Leon and Castile) and Aragon, which fought the Reconquista or Reconquest of the Iberian peninsula following the Umayyad conquest of Hispania in the 8th century.
Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images. Queen Letizia, aka Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano, is the wife of King Felipe VI of Spain. After marrying her husband (formerly Prince Felipe of Asturias) in May 2004, she ...