https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed King Felipe VI of Spain moved Sunday to distance himself from his scandal-hit father, stripping him of his palace allowance and renouncing what he was due to inherit from him. https://www.thelocal.es/20200316/spans-king-felipe-distances-himself-from-scandal-hit-father Mon, 16 Mar 2020 12:29:26 +0100 spans-king-felipe-distances-himself-from-scandal-hit-father Spain's King Felipe VI on Wednesday visited special forces helping Iraq fight jihadists, during the first trip by a Spanish monarch to the war-ravaged country in four decades. https://www.thelocal.es/20190130/spains-king-felipe-drops-in-on-troops-in-iraq Wed, 30 Jan 2019 11:42:04 +0100 spains-king-felipe-drops-in-on-troops-in-iraq 
Monarch talks about Constitution, Transition, coexistence, economy and young Spaniards. https://www.thelocal.es/20181225/analysis-king-felipes-christmas-message-suggests-national-fragility-and-a-failure-to-adapt Tue, 25 Dec 2018 15:52:49 +0100 analysis-king-felipes-christmas-message-suggests-national-fragility-and-a-failure-to-adapt President Donald Trump expressed a desire to visit Spain when he received King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia at the White House. https://www.thelocal.es/20180620/i-wll-go-to-spain-trump-tells-king-felipe-vi Wed, 20 Jun 2018 15:44:48 +0200 i-wll-go-to-spain-trump-tells-king-felipe-vi King Felipe VI attempted to boost Spain's battered image at the Davos summit on Wednesday as the Catalan secession crisis simmers on, defending his home as "a great country" that draws investors and millions of tourists. https://www.thelocal.es/20180124/king-felipe-vi-defends-spains-image-amid-catalan-crisis Wed, 24 Jan 2018 17:09:09 +0100 king-felipe-vi-defends-spains-image-amid-catalan-crisis It was a king's speech that left many Catalans dismayed -- no mention of those hurt in police violence when they tried to vote in a banned weekend independence referendum, no mention of dialogue. https://www.thelocal.es/20171005/kings-speech-catalonia-gives-spain-a-royal-headache Thu, 05 Oct 2017 13:20:39 +0200 kings-speech-catalonia-gives-spain-a-royal-headache The King and his family are taking their annual summer holiday at the Marivent palace in Palma de Mallorca. https://www.thelocal.es/20160805/spains-royal-family-pose-for-holiday-snaps Fri, 05 Aug 2016 13:05:23 +0200 spains-royal-family-pose-for-holiday-snaps King Felipe VI is "concerned" about Spain's political paralysis, a lawmaker who met him said on Tuesday as the monarch began a fourth round of talks with party representatives to try and agree on a government. https://www.thelocal.es/20160727/spanish-king-concerned-about-political-deadlock-lawmaker Wed, 27 Jul 2016 10:21:50 +0200 spanish-king-concerned-about-political-deadlock-lawmaker A Spaniard is facing up to two years in prison for making a joke about Spain's King Felipe on social media. https://www.thelocal.es/20160517/spaniard-faces-jail-over-kill-the-king-joke Tue, 17 May 2016 12:59:59 +0200 spaniard-faces-jail-over-kill-the-king-joke Spain's King Felipe surprised the owners of a motorway restaurant recently when he stopped by to eat a lunch valued at just €11, or $12.50 https://www.thelocal.es/20160512/king-of-spain-stops-for-11-motorway-lunch Thu, 12 May 2016 14:27:19 +0200 king-of-spain-stops-for-11-motorway-lunch Spain's King Felipe VI on Tuesday signed a decree dissolving parliament and calling elections for June 26th, a parliament spokesman said, in what will be the country's second general election in six months. https://www.thelocal.es/20160503/king-felipe-calls-new-elections-in-spain-for-june-26th Tue, 03 May 2016 14:37:30 +0200 king-felipe-calls-new-elections-in-spain-for-june-26th Spain's King Felipe VI met with political party leaders on Monday in a last desperate bid to get them to form a coalition government - and avoid calling the country's second general election within six months. https://www.thelocal.es/20160425/spanish-king-makes-final-bid-to-broker-deal-on-new-government Mon, 25 Apr 2016 17:14:04 +0200 spanish-king-makes-final-bid-to-broker-deal-on-new-government Spain's king will hold another round of talks with the country's political parties in a last-ditch bid to get them to form a coalition and avoid fresh elections, the royal palace said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160412/spanish-king-to-meet-parties-in-fresh-bid-to-end-deadlock Tue, 12 Apr 2016 17:29:18 +0200 spanish-king-to-meet-parties-in-fresh-bid-to-end-deadlock Spain's Royal Household has for the first time published a list of the gifts accepted by its royal family, a measure introduced in a nod to transparency. https://www.thelocal.es/20160401/spain-royals-publish-gift-list Fri, 01 Apr 2016 18:35:05 +0200 spain-royals-publish-gift-list King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia have called off the first state visit to Britain in more than three decades because of the failure of Spain to form a government. https://www.thelocal.es/20160204/spanish-royals-cancel-uk-state-visit-over-govt-woes Thu, 04 Feb 2016 17:37:42 +0100 spanish-royals-cancel-uk-state-visit-over-govt-woes The mediation skills of Spain's King Felipe VI are being put to the test this week as he meets with political leaders to try to end the impasse the country has faced since an inconclusive general election. https://www.thelocal.es/20160120/spains-king-steps-up-to-try-and-end Wed, 20 Jan 2016 11:42:37 +0100 spains-king-steps-up-to-try-and-end One republican-minded town in Catalonia came up with a nifty way around a law that requires the portrait of the monarch to be displayed in every council chamber. https://www.thelocal.es/20160107/council-sued-over-tiny-portrait-of-spanish-king Thu, 07 Jan 2016 18:43:08 +0100 council-sued-over-tiny-portrait-of-spanish-king Leonor and Sofia, the daughters of King Felipe and Queen Letizia, take the spotlight in this year’s royal Christmas card, but have not escaped ridicule on social media. https://www.thelocal.es/20151207/spains-little-princesses-take-starring-role-in-family-christmas-card Mon, 07 Dec 2015 17:19:49 +0100 spains-little-princesses-take-starring-role-in-family-christmas-card The State Visit will take place in March 2016, Buckingham Palace has confirmed. https://www.thelocal.es/20151203/spains-king-felipe-and-queen-letizia-to-visit-uk Thu, 03 Dec 2015 18:28:35 +0100 spains-king-felipe-and-queen-letizia-to-visit-uk As King Felipe and Queen Letizia's US trip draws to a close on Friday, The Local takes a look at seven things the world learned from the royal visit. https://www.thelocal.es/20150918/things-we-learnt-during-the-spanish-royals-trip-to-the-united-states Fri, 18 Sep 2015 16:13:46 +0200 things-we-learnt-during-the-spanish-royals-trip-to-the-united-states