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Jan 24, 2024 · Spain exclusively reported on Wednesday that King Felipe’s 58-year-old sister and the former handball player “went together, without their children, and with their family lawyer to a notary ...
Feb 4, 2023 · After marrying Letizia Ortiz in 2004, they welcomed two daughters, Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía. In 2014, when his father abdicated, he became King Felipe VI. Queen Letizia (b. 1972)
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The Spanish royal family, a branch of the House of Bourbon, is headed by King Felipe VI, and currently consists of Queen Letizia, their children Leonor, Princess of Asturias and Infanta Sofía of Spain, and Felipe's parents, King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía.
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Jan 25, 2024 · The Infanta Cristina, older sister of King Felipe of Spain, has finalised her divorce from Iñaki Urdangarin. The couple, who had been married since 1997, completed their proceedings in December 2023, after it was first announced they were splitting up in 2022.
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Dec 20, 2023 · This explains why King Felipe VI, 55, was preferred to his older sisters, Duchess Elena, 60, and the Infanta Cristina, 58, upon the abdication of their father, the disgraced King Juan Carlos I. Duchess Elena remains, however, third in line to the Spanish throne, after King Felipe and Queen Letizia’s two children, Princess Leonor and Sofia ...
This explains why Queen Letizia's and King Felipe's daughters are known as Princess Leonor and the Infanta Sofía – the former, the eldest, is first in line to become Queen, but the youngest is not, unless Leonor abdicates and has not had children by then.
