On 1 November the same year, he was ceremoniously paid homage as Prince of Asturias in Covadonga. The occasion was marked on 28 May and was attended by the king, the prime minister and several other ministers in a ceremony at the infantry's barracks. In May, nine-year-old Felipe was made an honorary soldier of the 1st King's Inmemorial Infantry Regiment. In 1977, Felipe was formally proclaimed Prince of Asturias. Additionally, he is the third cousin once removed of King Harald V, Queen Margrethe II, and King Carl XVI Gustav of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden respectively, and fourth cousin of King Charles III of the United Kingdom. His godparents were his paternal grandfather Juan and his paternal great-grandmother, Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain. His full baptismal name, Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos, consists of the names of the first Bourbon king of Spain ( Felipe V), his grandfathers ( Infante Juan of Spain and King Paul of Greece), his great-grandfather King Alfonso XIII of Spain, and de Todos los Santos ('of all the Saints') as is customary among the Bourbons. He was baptized on 8 February 1968 at the Palace of Zarzuela by the Archbishop of Madrid, Casimiro Morcillo, with water from the Jordan River. He was born at Our Lady of Loreto Hospital at Madrid, the third child and only son of Infante Juan Carlos and Princess Sofía of Greece and Denmark. Infante Juan Carlos of Spain (left) with his son Infante Felipe and his brother-in-law King Constantine II of Greece (right) with his son Crown Prince Pavlos in 1968. According to a poll conducted in 2020, Felipe has moderately high approval ratings. His reign has been marked by his dissolution of the Spanish Parliament in 2016 (so that new elections could be called), strong condemnation of the Catalonian independence referendum that led to the 2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and moves towards greater transparency in royal affairs.

įelipe ascended the throne on 19 June 2014 upon the abdication of his father. In accordance with the Spanish Constitution, as monarch, he is head of state and commander-in-chief of the Spanish Armed Forces with the military rank of Captain General, and also plays the role of the supreme representation of Spain in international relations. In 2004, Felipe married TV news journalist Letizia Ortiz, with whom he has two daughters, Leonor (his heir presumptive) and Sofía. He is the third child and only son of the former king, Juan Carlos I, and Queen Sofía. Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Greciaįelipe VI ( Spanish: Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Grecia born 30 January 1968) is King of Spain.

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