The Spanish Royal Household is mourning the death of former Socialist Party leader Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, who died last week.
King Felipe and Queen Letizia went to the Congress of Deputies to pay to pay their respects.
King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia also made an appearance at a different time.
The Royal Household sent out a tweet soon after the death. Rubalcaba died suddently at 67 following a stroke.
King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia were together again in public last weekend for the funeral of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg, who died at 98.
Their Majesties have come to represent the Spanish Crown at international royal events.
Grand Duke Jean led Luxembourg for more than three decades until he abdicated in favor of his son Henri in 2000.
Other appearances
King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia have made other appearances on the royal calendar in recent days.
Don Juan Carlos was with King Felipe at an innovation summit in Naples, Italy, tied to the COTEC Foundation.
Queen Sofia attended a meeting of the Queen Sofia School of Music with its president, Paloma O’Shea, the Marquise of O’Shea.
Also there was Paloma’s daughter, Ana Patricia Botín, powerful head of the Santander banking group.
Queen Letizia has returned from a trip to Mozambique to review Spanish cooperation and aid efforts in that country.
Health minister Nazira Vali Abdula helped welcome the Queen. She also met with President Filipe Jacinto Nyussi and First Lady Isaura Nyussi.
The queen’s travel comes amid ongoing criticism her agenda is not as busy as it should be.
King Felipe and Queen Letizia returned from their brief Easter vacation to hand out on of Spain’s most notable awards.
Their Majesties gave Uruguay writer Ida Vitale this year’s Cervantes Prize for Spanish language literature.
The award ceremony occurs at the University of Alcalá, the community where Miguel de Cervantes was born.
Festivities also include a lunch at the Royal Palace in Madrid, presided by the King and attended by top officials.
The University of Alcalá was founded in 1293 and re-established in the late 1970’s.
Members of the Spanish Royal Family kept with tradition by attending Easter services at the Palma de Mallorca Cathedral.
King Felipe, Queen Letizia, Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofia were there, along with Queen Sofia.
Queen Sofia, always faithful to Mallorca, was already on the island ahead of Easter.
Queen Letizia and King Felipe, and their daughters, had a private vacation in Rome, news outlets reported.
The Spanish Royal Household is expressing solidarity with the people of France following the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral yesterday evening.
In a tweet, the Royal Household expressed confidence in rebuilding the historic structure.
The Royal Household has increasingly used Twitter to communicate with the public beyond posting pictures and official events.
King Felipe, Queen Letizia and Queen Sofia have made numerous public appearances in recent weeks. The following are images from selected events, as released by the Spanish Royal Household.
Members of the Royal Family will soon be in Mallorca for the Easter holiday, likely making an appearance after Sunday mass.
King Felipe and Queen Letizia spent several days in Argentina last month for a state visit.
They met with President Mauricio Macri and First Lady Juliana Awada, among other dignitaries, Spaniards living abroad, members of the Jewish community and business leaders.
The King and Queen made stops in Buenos Aires and Córdoba. Photos ae courtesy of the Spanish Royal Household.
A mosque based in Seville is asking King Felipe to apologize to Spain’s Muslim community for abuses suffered during the Reconquest.
The letter to His Majesty from leaders of the Ishbilia Mosque follows a missive from Mexico’s new left-wing president last month asking Spain to apologize for the conquest of the Americas.
Muslims ruled large swaths of Spain during the Middle Ages. Christian kingdoms recovered land over the centuries, culminating in the taking of Granada in the late 1400s.
The Ishbilia Mosque letter says King Felipe should apologize to Spain’s Islamic community just like the country did with Jews expelled during the same time period.
Mexico’s new left wind president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, is asking King Felipe to apologize for Spain’s conquest of Mexico.
The president made the request in a letter to His Majesty through the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
López Obrador, who has good relations with Spain, says an apology is the only way to gain true reconciliation. He send the Pope a similar missive.
The Spanish government, according to El Pais, is not at all thrilled by the letter to the King.
