9 Mar, 2017 @ 10:53
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King Felipe VI of Spain and Queen Letizia to visit the UK this summer

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KingFelipeKING Felipe VI and queen Letizia of Spain will visit the UK this summer.

According to Spanish media, the monarch will arrive at an unconfirmed date in June.

It would be the first visit by Spanish monarch to the UK in more than three decades.

King Felipe had accepted an invitation from Queen Elizabeth in December 2015, but it was postponed following Spain’s political deadlock that saw it unable to form a government for almost a year. 

The visit will come at a time when the UK will be looking for support from EU allies in its Brexit negotiations.

There is speculation as to whether the king will raise the issue of Gibraltar during the trip.

At the UN assembly last year, he said: “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 and bring benefits to the people of Gibraltar and the Spanish area of Campo de Gibraltar.”

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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2 Comments

  1. “…but it was postponed following Spain’s political deadlock that saw it unable to form a government for almost a year. ”
    They should have done the same as Britain and proclaim an unelected PM

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