Queen Elizabeth II will host Spanish King Felipe VI on his state visit to Britain in June, Buckingham Palace said on Friday, meaning US President Donald Trump's trip will have to be later in the year.
Spain's King Felipe VI is to meet with Saudi King Salman on Sunday local media said, during an official visit coinciding with talks to sell Spanish warships.
Spain's king will begin his first state visit to Saudi Arabia on Saturday, with the possible sale of five warships to the
oil-rich kingdom on top of the agenda, sparking protests from rights groups.
The Spanish King stripped his sister Cristina of the title of the Duchess of Palma in the wake of her implication in a scandal that has damaged the reputation of the royal family.
Spain's King Felipe VI called for "peace and harmony" in Lebanon Tuesday on a visit that will take him to the country's troubled border where Israeli artillery killed a Spanish peacekeeper.
A law student famous in Spain for conning his way into King Felipe's swearing-in reception and other official events was arrested Friday after leaving a restaurant without paying the bill, police said.
King Felipe VI will earn 20 percent less than his abdicated father, the palace said on Tuesday, detailing its first budget since he took the crown vowing to polish its image.
The Spanish government announced on Tuesday that the budget for the country's Royal Family will be frozen at €7.78 million ($9.8 million) in 2015, making Spain's new King Felipe Europe's cheapest monarch.
Spain's government is set to double the plane food budget for the country's ministers and monarchs, with everything from suckling pig to Iberian ham and melon on the menu.
Just a week into his reign, Spain's King Felipe VI visits one of the country's most politically sensitive regions on Thursday: Catalonia, where an independence drive has raised tensions with Madrid.
The new king and queen of Spain, Felipe VI and Letizia, carried out their first official function on Saturday, meeting "victims of terrorist violence".
Plates, key rings and fridge magnets with the smiling faces of Spain's king-to-be Felipe VI and his queen Letizia are filling giftshops ahead of their enthronement on Thursday.
From folk in the street to politicians and sportsmen, Spaniards all want their new king to do something for the country. They just can't agree on where he should start.
The world's eyes will be on Spain on Thursday as Prince Felipe is proclaimed the country's new king. Here The Local has put together everything you need to know about the much anticipated enthronement.
Spain's royal family has published photos on Twitter showing king-to-be Prince Felipe posing with his daughters, as both pro- and anti-monatchy attention turns to Thursday's forthcoming enthronement ceremony.
Spain's soon-to-be king, Felipe, and future queen Letizia, proudly presented an exhibition in central Madrid on Thursday displaying thousands of silver coins from a 19th-century shipwreck that the country won back in court from US treasure hunters.
