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Through the Years → Felipe VI of Spain (3,688/∞) 15 June 2026 | King Felipe VI during the ceremony to present the 6th ‘15 June Award for Constitutional Values’ at the Congress of Deputies, in Madrid, Spain. This year, the award goes to the journalist and writer Miguel Angel Aguilar in recognition of an exemplary career in the defence of freedom of expression and freedom of the press, two fundamental constitutional values which, moreover, represent an essential counterbalance for the proper functioning of any democracy. 15 June 1977 marks one of the most significant moments in Spain’s recent history: the first democratic elections in which all Spaniards voted freely after forty years of dictatorship. (Photo By Eduardo Parra/Europa Press via Getty Images)

Through the Years → Felipe VI of Spain (3,687/∞) 12 June 2026 | Pope Leo XIV, accompanied by King Felipe VI of Spain, flies back to the Vatican aboard an aircraft provided by King Felipe of Spain in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. The aircraft was provided following a technical issue that prevented the original plane from departing from Tenerife’s Los Rodeos airport. “Pope Leo XIV will return to Rome aboard an aircraft graciously made available by His Majesty the King of Spain. The flight is scheduled to depart at around 6:00 p.m. local time and is expected to arrive in Rome at approximately 11:00 p.m. Rome time. That was how, in an unprecedented development, Pope Leo XIV’s fourth international apostolic journey came to an at Tenerife North Airport (Los Rodeos), concluding the weeklong visit that took him to Madrid, Barcelona, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Tenerife. (Photo by Simone Risoluti - Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images)

Happy 49th Birthday Victoria Ingrid Alice Désirée! (b. 14 July 1977)

Through the Years → Felipe VI of Spain (3,686/∞) 11 June 2026 | King Felipe VI during the ceremony marking the centenary of the creation of the River Basin Authorities, held in the Royal Collections Gallery in Madrid, Spain. This event pays tribute to a century of unified management of Spain’s river basins, a pioneering model of water management and civil engineering that has been fundamental to the country’s agricultural and environmental development. (Photo By Diego Radames/Europa Press via Getty Images)

1 July 2013 | Prince Andrew, Duke of York poses with Micha De Silva, Philip Bladen, Ethan Yap, Joshua Anderson and Teacher Katherine McKay from the Birkdale School in Sheffield who were winners in the TeenTech awards, after receiving their award certificates from the Duke in Buckingham Palace in London, England. © John Stillwell/WPA Pool/Getty Images

22 June 2013 | Queen Elizabeth II arrives for day five of Royal Ascot at Ascot Racecourse in Ascot, England. © Paul Gilham/Getty Images

Through the Years → Felipe VI of Spain (3,685/∞) 10 June 2026 | King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia during the blessing of the Tower of Jesus Christ by Pope Leo XIV in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This historic solemn Eucharist in the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia, attended by the King and Queen of Spain, serves as a framework for the blessing and inauguration of the Tower of Jesus Christ, the central structure that makes the temple the tallest church in the world, coinciding exactly with the events of the centenary of the death of the architect Antoni Gaudi. (Photo By Kike Rincon/Europa Press/Pool via Getty Images)

Through the Years → Catherine, Princess of Wales (1,067/∞) 10 July 2026 | Catherine, Princess of Wales during The Royal Charity Polo Cup 2026 Guards Polo Club in Windsor, England. (Photo by Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images)

Through the Years → Queen Letizia of Spain (2,651/∞) 10 July 2026 | Queen Letizia of Spain attends the delivery of Royal Employment Offices at the General Academy of Air and Space in Santiago de la Ribera, Murcia, Spain. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)

19 June 2013 | Camilla, Duchess Of Cornwall talks with Choreographer Craig Revel Horwood and the cast after attending a performance of 'Strictly Confidential' at The New Theatre in Oxford, England. © Ian Gavan/Getty Images

15 June 2013 | Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge stand on the balcony at Buckingham Palace during the annual Trooping the Colour Ceremony in London, England. Today's ceremony which marks the Queens official birthday will not be attended by Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh as he recuperates from abdominal surgery and will also be The Duchess of Cambridge's last public engagement before her baby is due to be born next month.

13 June 2013 | Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge watches the bottle of Moet & Chandon Brut Imperial Champagne break against the ship for the Princess Cruises naming ceremony at Ocean Terminal in Southampton, England. © Chris Jackson- WPA Pool/Getty Images

Through the Years → Felipe VI of Spain (3,684/∞) 9 June 2026 | King Felipe VI during the presentation of the book 'Un paseo militar por el Museo del Prado', at the Prado Museum, in Madrid, Spain. The book is a joint project of the Spanish Commission of Military History (CEHISMI) of the CESEDEN and the Institute of History of the CSIC. It offers a reading of some of the Prado's most important works from a historical-military perspective where the idea is to bring the public closer to key episodes in the history of Spain using the Prado's pictorial heritage as a guiding thread. (Photo By Carlos Lujan/Europa Press via Getty Images)

10 June 2013 | Queen Elizabeth II leaves the London Clinic after visiting her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on his 92nd birthday, in London, England. The Duke of Edinburgh is recovering in hospital after undergoing exploratory abdominal surgery. 

8 June 2013 | Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Prince Daniel of Sweden travel by boat to Drottningholm Palace for dinner after the wedding ceremony of Princess Madeleine of Sweden and Christopher O'Neill hosted by King Carl Gustaf XIV and Queen Silvia at The Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden. © Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

7 June 2013 | Louise Gottlieb and Sofia Hellqvist arrive at a private dinner on the eve of the wedding of Princess Madeleine and Christopher O'Neill hosted by King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia at The Grand Hotel in Stockholm, Sweden. © Andreas Rentz/Getty Images