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King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia at Military Easter 2022. House of HM the King
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The kings Felipe VI and Letizia preside over the normal Military Easter within the Royal Palace of Madrid which, after two years of limitation because of the pandemic, returns to normality and means the start of the navy yr.
It is the ninth time that Felipe VI has presided over the ceremony. The speeches of each the King and the Defense Minister, Margarita Robles, will likely be marked by the warfare in Ukraine and the rise in navy spending dedicated by the Government to NATO.
The origin of this ceremony dates again to the reign of Carlos III. The then monarch wished to commemorate the restoration of Mahón (Menorca) in 1782 from the fingers of the British and for this he ordered the viceroys, captain generals, governors and commanders to collect the garrisons each January 6 to convey their congratulations.
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