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King of Spain in Ceuta: ‘Sovereignty and territorial integrity are not negotiable, and faced with any risk, our duty is their defense’

13 October 2026 at 20:57
Felipe VI and Queen Letizia in the streets of Ceuta on Tuesday.

In a remarkably forceful address, Felipe VI of Spain on Tuesday asserted Ceuta’s ‘sovereignty’ and ‘territorial integrity,’ two and a half months after more than 80,000 people crossed illegally from Morocco in an unprecedented mass incursion into the Spanish exclave city in northern Africa.

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Spanish royals host gala dinner for Emmanuel Macron: ‘We are this old continent that underestimates itself. But we’re not doing that badly’

30 September 2026 at 09:35

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain on Tuesday received French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron at the Royal Palace for a gala dinner as part of a state visit by the French leader — one of his last before France holds general elections in April of next year. After almost 10 years in office, this was the first state visit to Spain by Macron, whose second term ends in the spring, after which he is barred from running for a third consecutive term.

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© Violeta Santos Moura (REUTERS)

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron walk with Spain's King Felipe and Queen Letizia during a welcoming ceremony for the gala dinner hosted in their honor at the Royal Palace in Madrid.
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