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Spain’s Queen Sofia visits Mallorca food bank amid surge in demand and drop in donations

Kayleigh Beardsley - 7 Sep, 2023 @ 17:15

SPAIN’S Queen Sofia paid the Mallorca Food Bank a visit last Monday, September 4, to show her support for the work the foundation has...

King Felipe and Queen Letizia at the coronation

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In pictures: Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia attend King Charles’s coronation

Simon Hunter - 6 May, 2023 @ 15:08

IN A BREAK with tradition, King Charles III decided that coronated monarchs would be invited to attend his coronation today, May 6. Two of...

National News

Spain’s Emeritus King Juan Carlos attends funeral of wife’s brother King Constantine in Greece

Alex Trelinski - 16 Jan, 2023 @ 15:45

OVER 1,500 mourners attended Monday's funeral of Greece's last king- Constantine II- in Athens. Spain's Emeritus King, Juan Carlos, flew in from his self-imposed Abu...

El Rey Emerito Juan Carlos I Llega Al Puerto De Sanxenxo Donde Es Recibido Por Una Gran Cantidad De Gente

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Spain’s disgraced former monarch Juan Carlos I due to reunite with family at relative’s funeral

Simon Hunter - 15 Jan, 2023 @ 12:29

ANOTHER uncomfortable family photo is likely to emerge tomorrow at the funeral of Constantine II, who was the last king of Greece. The reason?...

Spain's King Felipe to reunite with father Juan Carlos at another funeral

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Spain’s King Felipe to reunite with father Juan Carlos at second royal funeral within five months

Alex Trelinski - 12 Jan, 2023 @ 19:30

KING Felipe will reunite with his father, Emeritus King Juan Carlos at their second royal funeral service in five months. Felipe and Juan Carlos were...

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Spain’s King Felipe loses 1.1 million viewers for traditional Christmas speech

Simon Hunter - 26 Dec, 2022 @ 16:22

KING Felipe VI’s traditional Christmas Eve speech attracted a million fewer television viewers than the year before, and had the third-worst audience since he...

Princess Leonor And Queen Letizia And Queen Sofia And Princess Sofiaprincess Leonor And Queen Letizia And Queen Sofia And Princess Sofia

Mallorca

IN PICS: Three generation of Spanish royalty spotted on a girls’ night out in Palma

Jorge Hinojosa - 12 Aug, 2022 @ 13:45

Queen Letizia, King Felipe VI and their daughters have been staying at the Marivent palace for their traditional summer holiday. But while Felipe flew...

Madrid

Future giant panda stars of Spain’s Madrid Zoo make first public appearance

Alex Trelinski - 22 Mar, 2022 @ 11:49

GIANT panda twins 'You You' and 'Jiu Jiu' born last September in Madrid Zoo Aquarium made their first public appearance on Monday. They were the...

Cadiz

Spain’s Queen Sofia’s stops off at food bank in Cadiz before dining in fancy seaside restaurant

Staff Reporter - 20 Mar, 2022 @ 12:45

By Katharina Beiersdoerfer

Entertainment

Spain’s Queen Sofia visits homeland of Greece

Kirsty Mckenzie - 5 Jun, 2021 @ 09:31

QUEEN Sofia of Spain embarked on a tour of her homeland Greece. The royal, who was born Princess of Greece and Denmark, kicked off the...

Celebrity

WATCH: Awkward interaction between Queen Sofia and Princess Leonor goes viral

Laurence Dollimore - 4 Apr, 2018 @ 10:37

THIS is the moment princess Leonor and her grandmother Queen Sofia had an awkward moment while leaving Easter Mass on Sunday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HfWA94GsEs In the clip, Sofia...

Mallorca

Queen Sofia head to Mallorca pizzeria while King Juan Carlos dines in stylish San Sebastian

Joe Duggan (Reporter) - 6 Sep, 2017 @ 06:02

Royal dines out at €15 a head Vino e Cucina before taking Inca market stroll

National News

Spain accepts award from UN

Alex Iszatt (Reporter) - 12 Sep, 2013 @ 12:23

Spain has the best strategy for looking after its disabled

Queen Sofia sues online dating site for mock-up ad campaign

Mason Jones (Reporter) - 5 Nov, 2012 @ 13:00

The Queen of Spain to take legal action against US website Ashley Madison for ‘damage to her honour and dignity’

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Spanish royals snubbed at Olympics

Mason Jones (Reporter) - 14 Aug, 2012 @ 10:39

British Olympic staff tell the Spanish royals they don't know who they are and that they should leave

Granada

Queen adopts Granada ‘mutt’

Eloise Horsfield - 16 Jun, 2012 @ 15:12

The Queen of Spain adopts a dog from a shelter in Granada

Gibraltar

Queen snubbed by Spanish monarch over Gibraltar row

Eloise Horsfield - 18 May, 2012 @ 11:20

Reina Sofia will not attend today's 'inappropriate' Diamond Jubilee lunch at Windsor Castle

Following a massive own goal – being caught hunting elephants on a luxury break in Africa – it has become open season on Spain's once untouchable royals, including claims that Spain's 'real' queen is actually a 46-year-old German. By Wendy Williams

Malaga

Lift-off

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 16 Mar, 2010 @ 14:12

First flight from Malaga airport’s terminal three took off this morning

National News

Split for Duke and Duchess

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor) - 26 Nov, 2009 @ 11:36

The first divorce in the Spanish Royal family

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Giant German Hell’s Angel boss accused of running operations in Mallorca acquitted on all charged

Staff Reporter - 29 Sep, 2023 @ 18:30

AN infamous German Hell’s Angels boss has been acquitted on all charges of organised crime and drug trafficking between 2009 and 2013 after his...

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