SPAIN’S royal household has loads of detractors, particularly in areas which have traditionally wished independence similar to Catalunya and the Basque Nation. However figures recommend that Spaniards are literally getting a whole lot of bang for his or her buck in terms of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia.

Based on an evaluation carried out by British web site UFO No Extra, the Spanish royals racked up probably the most days of official acts in public amongst all of their European counterparts. 

King Felipe, for instance, spent 194 days out of the workplace. That’s in comparison with King Philippe of Belgium, who managed 150 days and got here in second on the rating. 

Queen Letizia, in the meantime, managed 123 days, coming seventh on the checklist and above Sophie, Countess of Wessex, who totalled 119.

In whole, the Spanish royal household labored in public throughout 219 days in 2022, which is 60% of the yr, in response to figures cited by Spanish each day El Español. 

It ought to be identified that the article focuses solely on the times when the Spanish royals appeared at occasions, and there are a lot of different days when they’re devoted to duties out of the general public eye.

The figures additionally revealed that 2022 was a busy yr for the previous queen, Sofia, Felipe’s mom. She attended 25 acts in 2022 in comparison with the 21 the yr earlier than. 

Not on the checklist, in fact, is her husband, the disgraced former king Juan Carlos I. He has been residing in self-imposed exile in Abu Dhabi since 2020 after a collection of scandals.

One among his uncommon appearances final yr was on the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, one thing that brought on a storm of controversy in Spain on the time given Felipe’s efforts to distance the royal household from his father’s poisonous legacy.

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