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Sofía met her paternal third cousin, the then Infante Juan Carlos of Spain on a cruise in the Greek Islands in 1954; they met again at the wedding of the Duke of Kent, her paternal second cousin, at York Minster in June 1961. [6] Sofía and Juan Carlos married on 14 May 1962, at the Catholic Cathedral of Saint Dionysius in Athens. [6]
The wedding of Juan Carlos, Prince of Asturias, and Princess Sofía of Greece and Denmark took place on Monday, 14 May 1962. The couple was married in three ceremonies: one according to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church, the groom's faith, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Dionysius the Areopagite; one according to the rites of the Greek Orthodox Church, the bride's faith, at the ...
Queen Silvia wore her cameo parure tiara, Crown Princess Victoria wore the aquamarine kokoshnik tiara, and Princess Sofia wore her wedding tiara. [ 7 ] On 6 November 2023, at the state banquet offered by Queen Margrethe II at Christiansborg Palace to the King and Queen of Spain in their state visit to Denmark, Queen Letizia wore the fleurs-de ...
Then-King Juan Carlos, and Queen Sofia of Spain were also guests, along with their daughter, Infanta Elena, her husband at the time Jaime de Marichalar, then-Crown Prince Felipe (now King Felipe ...
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It was Spain’s first state wedding in more than 50 years, and Spain’s first royal wedding in almost a century. It was also the first wedding to be held in the Almudena Cathedral, which was ...
31 May 1906: Alfonso XIII, King of Spain, only son and successor of King Alfonso XII, was married to Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg at the Church of Saint Jerome the Royal, Madrid. 18 March 1995: Infanta Elena, elder daughter of King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía, was married to Jaime de Marichalar at the Seville Cathedral, Seville.
When the Spanish women’s soccer team beat England in the Women’s World Cup final, Spain’s Queen Letizia was there to celebrate with them, while Britain’s royals – who decided to stay ...