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It was the spring of 2004, and Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano was on the arm of the dashing Prince Felipe of Asturias, a member of the 750-year-old Bourbon dynasty and heir to the throne of Spain. By ...
The royal house said in a statement that in addition to renouncing his inheritance, Felipe is stripping Juan Carlos of his annual stipend. Spanish King renounces inheritance from father amid ...
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.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 representation of Spain ...
The King and Queen have two daughters. [9] [10] Leonor, Princess of Asturias, is the elder daughter of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, [9] and the heir presumptive to the Spanish throne since her father's accession in 2014. [6] She was born on 31 October 2005. [9] Infanta Sofía is the younger daughter of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia. She ...
Felipe and Letizia during the proclamation of the new sovereign before the Spanish parliament. On 19 June 2014, Letizia became Queen of Spain with her husband's accession as Felipe VI; as such, she holds the style of Majesty. [57] She is the first Spanish-born queen consort since Mercedes of Orléans, the first wife of Alfonso XII, in 1878. [58]
Anger and frustration erupted in Spain on Sunday as King Felipe VI arrived in the town of Paiporta to survey the damage from historic flash floods that killed more than 200 people on Tuesday night.
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.
The King and Queen of Spain visited flood-hit Valencia on Sunday, Nov. 3, where more than 200 people are reported to have died Carlos Lujan/Europa Press via Getty King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia ...