Who is Felipe VI, the admired King of Spain, who will be inaugurated by Lula

Who is Felipe VI, the admired King of Spain, who will be inaugurated by Lula


The almost 2m tall, heartthrob-looking Monarch is married to a former TV presenter

Brazil’s future first lady Janja da Silva and President-elect Lula’s inauguration team announced confirmed heads of state and government at the ceremony Jan. 1.

Among the foreign authorities will be one of the most popular monarchs on the planet, the 54-year-old King of Spain, Felipe VI, head of the Royal House of Bourbon.

He ascended the throne in 2014 after his father, King Juan Carlos, abdicated following scandals of adultery and suspected receipt of money.

Graduated in Money with a specialization in International Relations, the ruler of the Spaniards also speaks Catalan, English and French. He has had a successful military career. Today he is Captain General of the Armed Forces of his country.




Who is Felipe VI, the admired King of Spain, who will be inaugurated by Lula

1.97 m tall and with beautiful blue eyes, Felipe has always been included in the lists of the most beautiful nobles in Europe. There was a line of princesses, duchesses, marquises and countesses interested in him.

The then Prince of Asturias fell in love with a divorced commoner, the journalist Letizia Ortiz, now 50 years old. After quitting her job as a news anchor on TVE channel, the two got married in 2004.

The following year, Leonor de Bourbon y Ortiz, Princess of Asturias and heir to the Crown was born. The probable future monarch is a football fan and has a crush on Barcelona midfielder Gavi.

In 2007 the couple had a second daughter, Sofia, named after Felipe’s mother, Sofia of Greece and Denmark, queen emeritus since her husband left the throne and became king emeritus.



King Felipe and Queen Letizia with their daughters, Infanta Sofia and Princess of Asturias Leonor

Felipe VI is admired for his friendliness and effort to maintain good relations with all nations. Proof of this is a 10-hour flight, immediately after New Year’s, to honor Lula, with whom he has always gotten along.

In 2019, the King of Spain did not come to Jair Bolsonaro’s inauguration.



In 2015, King Felipe received former President Lula at his official residence, the Zarzuela Palace, in Madrid

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