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Letizia Marks 53rd Birthday as Spain’s Royals Ready First State Visit to Egypt Since 2014

Palace officials say the Egypt trip seeks to consolidate a newly formalized strategic partnership.

Overview

  • Queen Letizia turns 53 without her daughters present, with Princess Leonor in military training at San Javier and Infanta Sofía starting studies at Forward College in Lisbon.
  • King Felipe is scheduled to receive diplomats who supported Spain’s summer wildfire response to express thanks.
  • The state visit to Egypt begins Tuesday and runs through 19 September, marking the first trip there by the current monarchs since their 2014 proclamation.
  • President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi and Entissar Amer will host the royal couple at Cairo’s Al Ittihadiya Palace, with a business forum and visits to Spanish archaeological missions in Luxor on the program.
  • Letizia has no official events listed on her public agenda for her birthday ahead of the Egypt departure.