LA FAMILIA REAL

BY LAURA & JODIE

 BACKGROUND

• SPAIN IS ONE OF THE FEW COUNTRIES THAT STILL HAVE A ROYAL FAMILY.
• KING FELIPE VI IS THE CURRENT RULER OF SPAIN.
 HISTORY 

• SINCE 1978, SPAIN HAS HAD A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY MUCH LIKE THE
BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY.
• JUAN IS FELIPES DAD AND JUANS GRANDFATHER IS ALPHONSO X111 AND HE
HAD GIVEN UP THE THRONE AND MOVED THE FAMILY TO ROME.
• JUAN RETURNED TO SPAIN IN 1948 AND BEGAN STUDIES IN THE MILITARY
ACADEMIES.
• HE MARRIED PRINCESS SOFÍA OF GREECE AND WAS PROCLAIMED KING OF
SPAIN IN 1975.
 CURRENT FAMILY TREE
 
• KING JUAN CARLOS IS MARRIED TO SOFÍA OF GREECE AND TOGETHER THEY
HAVE THREE CHILDREN - ELENA, CRISTINA AND FELIPE.
• PRINCESS ELENA MARRIED JAIME DE MARICHALAR AND TOGETHER THEY
HAVE TWO   CHILDREN – FELIPE AND VICTORIA. 
• PRINCESS CRISTINA MARRIED INAKI URDANGARIN AND HAVE FOUR CHILDREN
- JUAN, PABLO, MIGUEL AND IRENE.
• KING FELIPE VI MARRIED QUEEN LETICIA AND THEY HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS –
LEONOR AND SOFIA.
 HOUSE

• KING FELIPE VI AND THE ROYAL FAMILY DO NOT LIVE IN THE PALACE,
CHOOSING INSTEAD THE MORE MODEST PALACE OF ZARZUELA ON THE
OUTSKIRTS OF MADRID. THE PALACE IS OWNED BY THE SPANISH STATE AND
ADMINISTERED BY THE PATRIMONIO NACIONAL, A PUBLIC AGENCY OF THE
MINISTRY OF THE PRESIDENCY.
 FUN FACTS

• SHUT UP - JUAN CARLOS ASKED THE VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT "WHY DON'T

YOU SHUT UP?" AFTER HE CALLED THE SPANISH PRIME MINISTER A FASCIST. 
• DRUNKEN BEAR – JUAN CARLOS WAS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A TAMED BEAR
DEAD AFTER IT WAS GIVEN VODKA ON A HUNTING TRIP IN RUSSIA. 
• KING FELIPE IS A FORMER OLYMPIC SAILOR AND COMPETED IN THE 1992
OLYMPIC GAMES ON SPAIN'S YACHT TEAM.
 MOST RECENT WEDDING

• KING FELIPE VI AND LETIZIA ORTIZ ROCASOLANO WERE MARRIED ON MAY 22,

2004 AT THE SANTA MARÍA LA REAL DE LA ALMUDENA CATHEDRAL IN
MADRID, SPAIN.
•  IN NOVEMBER 2002 THEY FIRST MET AT A MUTUAL FRIENDS DINNER PARTY. 
• THEY RELEASED THEIR SECRET RELATIONSHIP WHEN THEIR ENGAGEMENT
FOR OUT ON NOVEMBER FIRST 2003.
• THE OFFICIAL ENGAGEMENT CEREMONY, TOOK PLACE ON NOVEMBER 6,
2003 AT EL PARDO PALACE IN SUMMER OF 2004.
HOPE YOU ENJOYED ;)