Spain's King Felipe VI on state visit to Britain next June

Thursday, March 9th 2017 - 21:52 UTC

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Spain’s King Felipe VI will pay a State Visit to the United Kingdom in June, Spanish media reported. The visit, which has not been formally confirmed by either the British or Spanish governments, would be the first visit by a Spanish monarch to the UK in over three decades. Read full article

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gordo1
The Spanish royal family make frequent private visits to the UK - relatives on both sides of their family live in the UK.
Mar 10th, 2017 - 06:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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brasherboot
Spains in no real position to negotiate anything around Gibraltar.

Britain is the biggest destination for Spanish investment abroad and is Spain's main source of foreign visitors.

As it is Spsin is likely to lose 0.2 to.0.4% of GDP due to Brexit.
Mar 10th, 2017 - 10:11 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Pete Bog
“and bring benefits to the people of Gibraltar and the Spanish area of Campo de Gibraltar,” the monarch said at the time.”

The benefits being mass unemployment for all?

“I invite the UK, on this first occasion at the UN after Brexit, to end the colonial anachronism of Gibraltar with an agreed solution between both countries to restore the territorial integrity of Spain”

So the colonial anachronism of Ceuta and Melila will be ended then?
Mar 13th, 2017 - 09:11 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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