Overview

• On August 17, the King visited the UME’s Joint Operations Center to review the latest deployments against active wildfires, according to the Royal Household.
• Casa Real said he has maintained constant contact with the national government and called regional presidents in Madrid, Andalucía, Galicia, Castilla y León, Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura, Asturias, Cataluña, Comunidad Valenciana and Aragón.
• The UME remains deployed across multiple fronts as severe fires in the northwest, including Galicia, continue, with Sky News (via Vanidades) reporting about 168,000 hectares burned and three deaths.
• The Royal Household published a video message thanking military personnel, civilian teams and volunteers for their work to protect residents and contain the fires.
• Media coverage highlights scrutiny of the timing of the royal response, with uncertainty reported over whether Queen Letizia and their daughters left Greece immediately.