Need a primer on theSpanish royal family?
Below, a run-through of the Spanish royal familys key players.
King Felipe VI is the current king and head of state of Spain.
King Felipe of Spain and Queen Letizia of Spain at Westminster Abbey during the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla on May 6, 2023.
For many decades before his coronation, the Spanish public knew him as the Prince of Asturias.
In 2003, he announced his engagement to television presenter Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano.
They wed in May 2004 at the Almudena Cathedral in Madrid.
King Felipe VI of Spain in 2023.
The wife of King Felipe VI and current queen of Spain.
Before joining the royal family, she was an anchor ofTeledario 2,the most-watched news program in Spain.
She was also briefly married to a high school English teacher from 1998 to 1999.
Queen Letizia of Spain in 2017.
Two years later, they gave birth to their first daughter Leonor.
Their second daughter, Sofia, was born in 2007.
The eldest child of Felipe and Letizia and heir-apparent to the Spanish throne.
Princess Leonor in 2023.
On October 31, 2003her 18th birthdaythe Crown Princess took a public oath to her country.
Currently, she is enrolled in Spains General Military Academy of Zaragoza.
Its said that after the military academy, she will go on to study law.)
Princess Sofia in 2023.
Currently, the 17-year-old is studying at the international baccalaureate school UWC Atlantic in Wales, England.
She is expected to enroll in university next fall.
The father of King Felipe and the king emeritus of Spain.
King Juan Carlos of Spain in 2009.
Combined with health issues, he decided to abdicate in favor of his son in 2014.
Five years later, he faced accusations of tax fraud.
The wife of Juan Carlos.
Queen Sofia of Spain in 2011.
While sailing the Greek Islands in 1954, she met her third cousin Juan Carlos of Spain.
Eight years later, they wed in Athens.
They have three children: Princess Elena, Princess Cristina, and King Felipe VI.
The 85-year-old queen mother still occasionally appears alongside her son at official royal events.
