Royal Palace National Day Reception: Ceuta and Melilla Society Represented for the First Time
After the National Day parade, the King and Queen hosted the traditional reception at the Royal Palace of Madrid on October 12. More than 1,000 guests greeted the Royal Family in the Throne Room in a receiving line that lasted about an hour and a half.
For the first time, a delegation of civil society from Ceuta and Melilla attended the reception, representing the institutional, health, education, cultural, sporting and business worlds of the two autonomous cities. Their presence opened the Royal Family's visit to the two cities on October 13 and 14, the first of Felipe VI's reign.
Infanta Sofía attended the reception for the second time. The guest list followed the custom of recent years, with a broad presence of civil society alongside the country's institutional leadership.
Notable by his absence was Vox leader Santiago Abascal, who was in Ceuta on October 12 instead. The reception is the social centrepiece of Spain's National Day. (Source: Household of H.M. the King, Spain)
Source: Household of H.M. the King, Spain
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