Tag: Prince of Asturias

• Wednesday, June 4th 2014 - 08:19 UTC

  Spain's Felipe VI will be proclaimed on 18 June before the two houses of Parliament

  

  Spain's crown prince will be proclaimed King Felipe VI on June 18 before Parliament in Madrid, legislative officials said Tuesday. The 46-year-old Felipe de Borbon, who currently holds the title of Prince of Asturias, will succeed his father, King Juan Carlos, who announced on Monday that he was abdicating.

• Saturday, April 2nd 2011 - 20:37 UTC

  Spain’s Prince Felipe recalls Gibraltar at state dinner for Prince of Wales

  

  Spain’s longstanding claim over the sovereignty of Gibraltar looked destined to continue into the next generation of Spanish politics as the heir to the Spanish throne, the Prince of Asturias, used a state dinner for the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall to reiterate Spain’s desire to ‘progress’ on Gibraltar.