Modern Royal Events

Colorful images of contemporary royal gatherings featuring elegant attire and dignified exchanges among modern royals in opulent indoor settings.

Prince Charles, U.S. President Ronald Reagan, U.S. First Lady Nancy Reagan and Princess Diana on north portico of White House before dinner, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, November 9, 1985

Madrid, 11/20/2015. Working lunch of Kings Felipe Vi and Letizia with the Kings of Jordan Abdullah Ii and Rania, at the Royal Palace. Photo: Ignacio Gil Archdc.

Madrid 06-19-2014 Proclamation of Felipe Vi outside the Congress of Deputies photo Jaime Garcia Archdc.

Madrid, 01/06/2015. Ss.Mm. Kings Felipe Vi and Letizia presiding over the celebration of military Easter in the Royal Palace. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. Archdc.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with French President Emmanuel Macron, in Paris, France on June 25, 2021.

Madrid 06-19-2014 Proclamation of Felipe VI interior of the Congress of Deputies photo Jaime Garcia Archdc.

Madrid 06-19-2014 Proclamation of Felipe Vi outside the Congress of Deputies photo Jaime Garcia Archdc.

Madrid, 04/22/2016. H.H. Mm. Kings Felipe Vi and Letizia receive the 2016 Cervantes Prize, Fernando del Paso, at the royal palace. Photo: Ignacio Gil Archdc.

Prince Charles, U.S. President Ronald Reagan, U.S. First Lady Nancy Reagan and Princess Diana on north portico of White House before dinner, Washington, D.C., USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, November 9, 1985

Madrid, 12/10/2024. Their Majesties the King and Queen, Don Felipe and Doña Letizia, and HRH the Princess of Asturias, Doña Leonor, preside over the reception on the occasion of Spain's National Holiday at the Royal Palace. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Madrid 06-19-2014 Proclamation of Felipe Vi outside the Congress of Deputies photo Jaime Garcia Archdc.

Madrid, 02/03/2020. Ss.Mm. the Kings and the Infantas at the investiture of the new Government. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. Archdc.

Madrid, 10/12/2015. HRH Don Felipe VI and Doña Letizia, accompanied by Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía, preside over the Military Parade on October 12, the National Holiday of Spain. Photo: Ignacio Gil ARCHDC.

10/11/2003. Madrid, 12-10-03. -Hispanic Day reception at the Royal Palace. -photo Ernesto Agudo.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III hosts Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren for talks at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., July 13, 2022. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

06/18/2014. Madrid, 06/19/2011. Proclamation of Felipe Vi. reception at the Royal Palace. Photo: Ernesto Acute Archdc.

Madrid, 05/03/2023. State visit of the President of the Republic of Colombia, Gustavo Petro and the first lady, Mrs. Verónica Alcocer. Arrival reception by SS. MM. King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia in the Royal Palace, with the presence of Pedro Sánchez and Meritxell Batet, among other authorities. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

madrid, 6-9-2012.-spanish-german summit at the moncloa palace; in the image the president of the government mariano rajoy with the german chancellor angela merkel.-photo ernesto acute.archdc merkel44.jpg Own photos.

01/05/2008. 06-01-08- Madrid. Royal Palace. Military Easter celebration. With the presence of HM the Kings - the Princes of Asturias and the President of the Government. Jose Luis Rodriguez shoemaker among Other Illustrious Attendees.- Photo. Chema Barroso.-Archdc.

Madrid, 11/17/2016. Their Majesties the Kings, King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, accompanied by Their Royal Highnesses, the Princess of Asturias, Leonor, and the Infanta Doña Sofía, preside over the solemn opening of the XII Legislature, a joint session of the Cortes Generales in The deputies congress. Photo: Ignacio Gil. ARCHDC.

Vanessa Kerry, the daughter of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, looks on as French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault awards the Secretary the Grand Officer of the L�gion d'honneur, the second-highest level of the French award, during a ceremony on December 10, 2016, at the Quai d'Orsay - the French Foreign Ministry - in Paris, France.

Madrid 06-19-2014 Proclamation of Felipe VI interior of the Congress of Deputies photo Jaime Garcia Archdc.

Madrid. 4. 11. 2004. Inauguration of the Ix Congress of Ibero-American Academies of History. The Princess of Asturias presided over the event held at the Royal Academy of History. Photo: Julián de Domingo.

Raul Doblado.15-April-20001.Corrida de Resurreccion.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Mrs. Susan Pompeo arrive at a presidential exchange ceremony and speech on the occasion of the inauguration of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, in Brasilia, Brazil, January 1, 2019.

Madrid, 06/06/2015. Reception of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, at the Royal Palace on the occasion of Armed Forces Day. Photo: Isabel Permuy ARCHDC.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands with Argentine Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra and Secretary General of Buenos Aires Fernando Strafe on August 4, 2016, at San Martin Plaza in Buenos Aires, Argentina, before a wreath-laying ceremony preceding a bilateral meeting between the two diplomats.

Madrid, 07/10/2016. Meeting at the Moncloa Palace of the President of the Government Mariano Rajoy and the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama. Photo: Jaime García ARCHDC.

JUAN CARLOS I. REY DE ESPAÑA. 1938-. EN EL PALACIO DE LA ZARZUELA CON EL CUARTO GOBIERNO DEL PRESIDENTE ADOLFO SUAREZ.

Madrid 06-19-2014 Proclamation of Felipe Vi outside the Congress of Deputies photo Jaime Garcia Archdc.

Coronation, King Felipe VI of Spain riding in an open-top Rolls Royce on Gran Via en route from Parliament to the Royal Palace, Madrid, Spain, Europe

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel B. Shapiro prepares to present his credentials to Israeli President Shimon Peres at the President's residence in Jerusalem on August 3, 2011.

Madrid, 10/12/2024. Their Majesties King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, and Princess Leonor, preside over the parade of the Armed Forces on October 12. Photo: Ignacio Gil. Archdc.

Madrid, 01/30/2017. Their Majesties King Felipe Vi and Letizia officially close the events of the 4th centenary of Miguel de Cervantes. Photo: Ignacio Gil Archdc.

04/20/2006. 04-21-06- Alcala de Henares-Madrid. Presentation of the Cervantes prize to the writer Mexico- Sergio Pitol. Event presided over by HM the Kings.- Photo. Chema Barroso.-Archdc.

ALVAREZ DEL MANZANO , JOSE MARIA. POLITICO ESPAÑOL. TOMA DE POSESION COMO ALCALDE DE MADRID , AÑO 1991.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian in Paris, France, on March 8, 2022.

Zaragoza, 07/14/2016. The Kings Felipe VI and Letizia Ortiz, at the General Military Academy of Zaragoza, the delivery of Royal Offices to the new officers. Photo: Fabián Simón ARCHDC.

Madrid, 12/10/2024. Their Majesties the King and Queen, Don Felipe and Doña Letizia, and HRH the Princess of Asturias, Doña Leonor, preside over the reception on the occasion of Spain's National Holiday at the Royal Palace. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Annalena Baerbock (Alliance 90/The Greens), Federal Foreign Minister, photographed during her visit to Paris. Here together with the French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne in the Quai D'Orsay. 'Photographed on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office'

RICARDO DARIN and PAULINA GARCIA in THE SUMMIT (2017) -Original title: LA CORDILLERA-, directed by SANTIAGO MITRE.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton walks to a bilateral meeting where she will meet with Ecuador's President Rafael Correa in the Carondelet Palace in Quito, Ecuador, on June 8, 2010.

Madrid, 06/28/2017. Solemn act of Legislature in the Congress of Deputies, presided over by His Majesty. the Kings, Felipe VI and Letizia, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the first general elections of democracy. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 10/27/2015. Doña Letizia receives the ANAR Foundation in audience at the Zarzuela Palace. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. Archdc.

William Samoei Ruto (President of the Republic of Kenya) and Frank-Walter Steinmeier (President of the Federal Republic of Germany) at the Federal President's Civic Festival in Bellevue Palace Gardens, Berlin, 13 September 2024

United States, Washington, D.C. Pope Benedict XVI and President George W. Bush at an arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on April 16, 2008.

Madrid 06-19-2014 Proclamation of Felipe Vi outside the Congress of Deputies photo Jaime Garcia Archdc.

11/02/2003. Madrid, 3-11-03. -H.H. Mm. The Kings, accompanied by Prince Felipe and his fiancée Letizia Ortiz at the Royal Theatre. -photo Ernesto Agudo-Ángel de Antonio.

Madrid, 02/22/2017. Official visit of the president of Agentina Mauricio Macri. The president and his wife are received by His Majesty. the Kings in the Royal Palace. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 10/12/2024. Their Majesties King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, and Princess Leonor, preside over the parade of the Armed Forces on October 12. Photo: Ignacio Gil. Archdc.

Madrid, 01/02/2005. Extraordinary plenary session of Congress on the occasion of the Ibarretxe Plan. In the photo, Juan José Ibarretxe and Juan María Atutxa leaving the hotel. Photo: Ángel de Antonio. ARCHDC.

06/09/2014. Royal Palace. Madrid. Spain. Gala dinner in honor of the President of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto and his wife Angelica Rivara. The princes of Asturias Don Felipe and Doña Letizia and the Kings Don Juan Carlos and Doña Sofia preside over the dinner. Photo: Of Saint Bernard. archdc.

Madrid, 21/08/2011. Farewell by the King and Queen to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI after his visit to Spain. Photo: Ángel de Antonio. ARCHDC.

Seville, 04/03/2019. Inaugural event of the exhibition «Rubens, Hercules and Deianira. Masterpieces from Italian collections. In the image, Mayor Juan Espadas and Isabel de León, along with other authorities and personalities at the inauguration Photo: JM Serrano. ARCHSEV.

Madrid, 01/30/2017. Their Majesties King Felipe Vi and Letizia officially close the events of the 4th centenary of Miguel de Cervantes. Photo: Ignacio Gil Archdc.

Netherlands, The Hague, 28/05/2021. Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sigrid Kaag receive the leader of the Belarusian opposition Svetlana Tichanovskaya. The conversation focuses on the current crisis in Belarus and the latest developments.Pays-Bas, La Haye, 28/05/2021. Le Premier Ministre Mark Rutte et la Ministre des Affaires Etrangeres Sigrid Kaag recoivent la cheffe de l'opposition bielorusse Svetlana Tichanovskaya. La conversation porte sur la crise actuelle en Bielorussie et sur les derniers développements.

Madrid, 12/10/2024. Their Majesties the King and Queen, Don Felipe and Doña Letizia, and HRH the Princess of Asturias, Doña Leonor, preside over the reception on the occasion of Spain's National Holiday at the Royal Palace. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 06/06/2015. Reception of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, at the Royal Palace on the occasion of Armed Forces Day. Photo: Isabel Permuy ARCHDC.

Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) pictured at the traditional reception for carol singers at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, 8 January 2024

Madrid 06-19-2014 Proclamation of Felipe VI interior of the Congress of Deputies photo Jaime Garcia Archdc.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby stand outside Lambeth Palace in London, U.K, on January 16, 2017, after they held a private meeting to speak about world reconciliation efforts.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, during a break in the Iranian nuclear negotiations in Vienna, Austria, on July 1, 2015, delivers a statement to the international media after President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden announced plans to re-open a U.S. Embassy in Cuba, and to have Secretary Kerry visit Havana later this summer.

Madrid, 07/17/2015. King Felipe VI Receives Artur Mas at the Zarzuela Palace. Photo: Isabel Permuy Archdc.

President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron depart 10 Downing Street on their way to meet with students at Globe Academy in London, England, May 24, 2011.

11/05/2003. Madrid, 6-11-03. -Request for Letizia Ortiz's hand by Prince Felipe de Borbón. -Photos Ernesto Agudo, Chema Barroso, Jaime García and Ignacio Gil.

El Pardo (Madrid), 03/3/2014. Audience at the Zarzuela Palace of HRH Prince Felipe to the Association for the Defense of the Transition. In the image, Alejandra Romero Suárez, granddaughter of Adolfo Suárez. Photo: Ernesto Agudo. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 10/12/2016. King Felipe VI, Queen Letizia, Princess of Asturias Leonor and Infanta Sofía, preside over the commemorative parade of the National Holiday, on Hispanic Heritage Day. Photo: Ignacio Gil ARCHDC.

11/23/2009. Nuevio Futuro humanitarian rake. Queen Sofia and the Princess of Asturias have visited the stalls. Photo: of Saint Bernard. Archdc Eduardo Dieguez of San Bernardo.

Madrid, 06/21/2014. Zurbano Palace. The Kings of Spain Don Felipe and Doña Letizia meet with the associations of victims of terrorism in the first official act of their reign. Photo OF SAN BERNARDO. Archdc.

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and her husband Prince Daniel Westling, Duke of Vaestergoetland in Stockholm Sweden

Madrid, 03/11/2021. Kings Felipe VI and Letizia together with the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, attend the European Day of Victims of Terrorism in the Campo del Moro of the Royal Palace. Photo: Ángel de Antonio. ARCHDC.

Christian Lindner (FDP), Bundesminister der Finanzen, aufgenommen im Rahmen einer Pressekonferenz zur Vorstellung der Steuerschaetzung in Berlin, 26.10.2023

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton bids farewell to U.S. Ambassador to France, Charles H. Rivkin, and his wife, Mrs. Tolson, at Le Bourget Airport in Paris, France, on March 15, 2011.

Madrid 05-21-2004 Official reception at the Palacio del Pardo on the occasion of the wedding of Prince Felipe and Mrs. Letizia Ortiz photo Jaime Garcia.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stands with Argentine Foreign Minister Susana Malcorra and Secretary General of Buenos Aires Fernando Strafe on August 4, 2016, at San Martin Plaza in Buenos Aires, Argentina, before a wreath-laying ceremony preceding a bilateral meeting between the two diplomats.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson participates in a welcome ceremony for President Donald J. Trump hosted by President Tran Dai Quang at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam on November 12, 2017.

09/18/2000. 09-19-00.Madrid. Visit to the Healing of the King of Morocco Mohamed Vi. Photo. Chema Barroso.-Archdc.

President Bush holds press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel

Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier receives Gustavo Petro President of Colombia at Bellevue Palace with Military Honours. 16.06.2023., Berlin, Germany, Europe

Madrid, 21/08/2011. Farewell by the King and Queen to His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI after his visit to Spain. Photo: Ángel de Antonio. ARCHDC.

Madrid 06-19-2014 Proclamation of Felipe VI interior of the Congress of Deputies photo Jaime Garcia Archdc.

Madrid, 04/22/2016. H.H. Mm. Kings Felipe Vi and Letizia receive the 2016 Cervantes Prize, Fernando del Paso, at the royal palace. Photo: Ignacio Gil Archdc.

Madrid, 10/12/2024. Their Majesties King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, and Princess Leonor, preside over the parade of the Armed Forces on October 12. Photo: Ignacio Gil. Archdc.

Madrid, 11/10/2015. Moncloa Palace. The President of the Government Mariano Rajoy presents the Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Sports Merit to the goalkeeper Iker Casillas, with the presence of Sara Carbonero. Photo: Jaime García ARCHDCSara Carbonero. Photo: Jaime García ARCHDC.

archdc. Madrid, December 4, 2015. Cristina Cifuentes presides over the reception at the Real Casa de Correos on the occasion of Constitution Day. Photo: IGNACIO GIL archdc.

Madrid, 12-3-1975.- Torcuato Fernández Miranda is sworn in as the new president of the Cortes and the Council of the Kingdom. In the image, he greets HM King Juan Carlos.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Dominican Republic Foreign Minister Roberto Alvarez at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 28, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Dominican Republic Foreign Minister Roberto Alvarez at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 28, 2021.

Madrid, 07/07/2015. King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia offer a gala dinner at the Royal Palace to the president of Peru Ollanta Humala and his wife Nadine Heredia. Photo: Ángel de Antonio ARCHDC.

05/22/2014. Toledo. Castilla la Mancha. Spain The Princes of Asturias Don Felipe and Doña Letizia visit the El Greco exhibition on the tenth anniversary of their wedding. Photo: DE SAN BERNARDO/Luna Revenga. archdc.

Barcelona, 05/12/2020. Interview with Xavier García Albio, mayor of Badalona. Photo: Inés Baucells. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 07/15/2020. The president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, accompanied by the vice president, Minister of Sports, Transparency and spokesperson, Ignacio Aguado, takes stock of the first year since the signing of the Government agreement. Photo: Maya Balanya. ARCHDC.

CABRERA INFANTE , GUILLERMO. ESCRITOR CUBANO. 1929-. PREMIO CERVANTES 1997. FOTOGRAFIADO JUNTO A LOS REYES DE ESPAÑA. JUAN CARLOS I Y SOFIA DE GRECIA , JOSE MARIA AZNAR , ANA BOTELLA , ESPERANZA AGUIRRE ,ALBERTO RUIZ GALLARDON Y FAMILIARES TRAS LA CEREMONIA DE ENTREGA DEL PREMIO CERVANTES.

U.S. Ambassador to France Jane Hartley chats with State Department Chief of Staff Jon Finer on July 14, 2016, as they both await the beginning of a Bastille Day parade that would pass their reviewing stand in the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France.

Madrid, 09/16/2017. Inaugural match at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium, between Atlético de Madrid and Málaga. In the image, King Felipe, Cristina Cifuentes and Enrique Cerezo and María Dolores de Cospedal. Photo: Ignacio Gil ARCHDC.

Madrid. 12/06/2003. Celebration of the XXV Anniversary of the Constitution in the Congress of Deputies. Photo: Daniel G. López and Chema Barroso. ARCHDC.

Gerona, 06/28/2018. King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia upon arrival at the Princess of Girona Foundation awards ceremony. Photo: Inés Baucells. ARCHDC.

Madrid, 12/10/2024. Their Majesties the King and Queen, Don Felipe and Doña Letizia, and HRH the Princess of Asturias, Doña Leonor, preside over the reception on the occasion of Spain's National Holiday at the Royal Palace. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Felipe VI Proclamation Callao Plaza Gran Via Madrid 06/19/2014 photo Matias grandson Archdc.

05/22/2014. Toledo. Castilla la Mancha. Spain The Princes of Asturias Don Felipe and Doña Letizia visit the El Greco exhibition on the tenth anniversary of their wedding. Photo: DE SAN BERNARDO/Luna Revenga. archdc.

Madrid, 07/07/2015. King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia offer a gala dinner at the Royal Palace to the president of Peru Ollanta Humala and his wife Nadine Heredia. Photo: Ángel de Antonio ARCHDC.

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