Asturias

Autonomous community and province of Spain

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December 22 2024 The King and Queen made a surprise visit to Catarroja to check on residents affected by the floods, accompanied by Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía.
November 12 2024 Queen Letizia and King Felipe returned to the region affected by the floods to check the efforts of the Armed Forces.
November 3 2024 Queen Letizia faced a confrontation during a meeting with victims of the October 2024 Spain floods in Paiporta, which led to injuries among bodyguards.
April 30 2024 María Dolores Ocaña Madrid was appointed as Queen Letizia's new private secretary, becoming the first woman to hold this office.
March 2024 A preprint on BioRxiv provided new insights into Visigoth genetic origins, demonstrating that most of their ancestry derives from Southern Europe, with some Iberian Gothic samples showing approximately 50% northern European genetic connections to populations from the Baltic Bronze Age and regions associated with Slavic population spread.
August 2023 Letizia traveled to Australia to deliver the trophy to the Spanish national football team after they won the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup final.
August 17 2023 Queen Letizia, along with Infanta Sofía, accompanied Princess Leonor to the General Military Academy to begin her military training.
July 25 2023 Queen Letizia inaugurated the Royal Collections Gallery, a new museum sponsored by the Patrimonio Nacional.
2022 It was reported that Queen Letizia was suffering from Morton's neuroma.
2021 Letizia's paternal grandmother, María del Carmen 'Menchu' Álvarez del Valle, passed away.
2020 During the COVID-19 pandemic, Queen Letizia replaced King Felipe at various events he was unable to attend due to quarantine restrictions.
November 2020 Queen Letizia presented award-winners with their gold medals at the Rey Jaime I Awards in Valencia.
October 18 2019 Letizia accompanied her daughter Leonor to the delivery of the Princess of Asturias Awards, where Leonor delivered her first public speech.
March 2019 A genetic study published in Science analyzed the remains of eight Visigoths buried at Pla de l'Horta, revealing their complex genetic ancestry: 73% from Northeast Iberian populations, 23% from Central/Northern European populations, and 4% from Central/Eastern Mediterranean origins.
October 31 2018 Queen Letizia witnessed her eldest daughter, Princess Leonor, read the first article of the Spanish Constitution during a celebration.
July 2017 The Spanish royals made a state visit to the United Kingdom where they met with Queen Elizabeth II and other royal family members.
April 2017 Queen Letizia and King Felipe made a state visit to Japan.
March 23 2017 Letizia made her first solo trip of the year to Porto, Portugal, to attend the 7th Conference on Tobacco or Health.
February 2017 Queen Letizia welcomed German president Joachim Gauck and Hungarian president János Áder during their state visits to Spain.
November 2016 Letizia and Felipe made a state visit to Portugal, where they met with various Portuguese leaders.
April 22 2016 The King and Queen granted audience to Spanish figure skater Javier Fernández after he won the 2016 World Championship.
March 2016 Queen Letizia made her first international trip of 2016 to Puerto Rico with King Felipe to chair the 7th International Congress of the Spanish Language.
2015 Letizia's maternal grandfather, Francisco Julio Rocasolano Camacho, passed away.
December 2015 Letizia attended the funeral of Spanish police officers killed in the 2015 Spanish Embassy attack in Kabul.
November 2015 Queen Letizia attended the funeral of Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria, with the rest of the Royal Family.
October 2015 Letizia traveled alone to Düsseldorf, Germany to inaugurate an exhibition about Spanish painter Zurbarán.
September 2015 The King and Queen made an official visit to the United States, where they met President Obama and other officials.
June 2015 Letizia and Felipe resumed their state visit to France, where they met with French president François Hollande and other key officials.
June 2015 Queen Letizia was named Special Ambassador for Nutrition for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.
May 25 2015 Letizia made her first international cooperation visit to Honduras and El Salvador.
April 13 2015 Queen Letizia visited the Artillery Academy, marking her first solo military event.
March 2015 Queen Letizia and King Felipe postponed their first state visit to France due to the Germanwings Flight 9525 tragedy.
2014 Queen Letizia's coat of arms was adopted, based on the design created for her in May 2004 when she was Princess of Asturias. The 2014 revision was confirmed by Don Alfonso Ceballos-Escalera y Gil, Chronicler of Arms for Castile and León.
2014 Letizia delivered the main speech at the Second International Conference on Nutrition organized by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in Italy.
November 2014 Queen Letizia visited Portugal for the Closing Ceremony of the 2nd Ibero-American Meeting on Rare Diseases.
October 27 2014 Letizia inaugurated an exhibition about Spanish painter Diego Velázquez in Vienna, Austria, marking her first international solo visit.
October 25 2014 Queen Letizia attended the delivery ceremony of the Prince of Asturias Awards, the last ceremony held under that name.
June 30 2014 Letizia and King Felipe VI met Pope Francis at the Apostolic Palace during their first overseas trip as king and queen.
June 23 2014 Queen Letizia undertook her first solo engagement as queen at the inauguration of the El Greco and modern painting exhibition at the Prado Museum in Madrid.
June 19 2014 Letizia became Queen of Spain following her husband's accession as Felipe VI, marking her as the first Spanish-born queen consort since 1878.
May 22 2014 On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of their marriage, it was reported that Letizia and Felipe attended over 1,516 official engagements together and Letizia attended an additional 190 alone.
September 2010 Letizia was appointed as the honorary president of the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC) and its scientific foundation.

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