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2026-08-24 05:12 UTC → 2026-09-10 06:46 UTC ·
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Spanish Royal Family summer events in Mallorca break and Greece return to duties
In late July 2026, King Felipe VI arrived in Mallorca to begin As the Crown’s traditional summer institutional agenda, holding an audience with Balearic officials and receiving a formal invitation to attend the island’s 800th-anniversary celebrations break concluded in 2029. A week later, late August, the royal family hosted its annual summer reception at the Marivent Palace, welcoming approximately 600 guests. Following the reception, the family was seen on vacation in the Portixol fishing district. In mid-August, the family transitioned to Greece prepared for private holidays. Flight tracking data indicated a Dassault Falcon 900 departed the Balearic Islands on August 13, reportedly carrying Queen Letizia and the two princesses. King Felipe VI remained in Mallorca princesses to observe a total solar eclipse—reflecting his interest in astronomy—before traveling begin separate academic paths. Princess Leonor returned to join them. This separation follows security protocols designed Madrid to ensure the continuity of the monarchy by preventing the King and the heir start studies at Carlos III University, while Infanta Sofía relocated to the throne from traveling together. By late August, the royal family concluded Paris to pursue Political Science and International Relations at Forward College. Following their private vacation, traveling from Greece back which reportedly included time in Greece—with speculation pointing to a villa in the Balearic Islands and then Bay of Doroufi—the monarchs returned to Madrid. Despite being on break, Throughout the monarchs break, King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia remained engaged with national issues, participating concerns, such as monitoring forest fires via videoconference in and paying tribute to fallen firefighter Javier García Sancho. By early September, the State Committee family resumed official duties. King Felipe VI traveled to Toledo and Santander for Coordination various cultural and Direction of diplomatic engagements, including meetings with the State Emergency Plan to monitor forest fires. They also used social media Attorney General and Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda. Additionally, King Felipe VI, Queen Letizia, and Queen Emerita Sofía traveled to pay tribute Norway to Javier García Sancho, a member of attend the Military Emergencies Unit who died during firefighting efforts in Huesca. funeral services of King Harald V.