Counting the Queens: Her Majesty welcomes Spanish royals on state visit

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh welcomed King Felipe and Queen Letizia at Horse Guards Parade during the first Spanish state visit for more than three decades.

The Queen gifted King Felipe copies of love letters from his great-grandmother to King Alfonso XIII.

Queen Victoria’s daughter, Princess Victoria Eugenie, met King Alfonso on a state visit to Britain in 1905. The pair married and the princess became Queen Ena of Spain, making King Felipe a descendant of Queen Victoria.