WorldSpanish royals make sensitive official visit to Ceuta

Name: Spanish royals make sensitive official visit to Ceuta
Uploaded: 2026-10-14T09:43:37.000Z
Description: Cheering crowds waving Spanish flags welcomed King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia to Ceuta on Tuesday. The diplomatically sensitive visit follows July’s migrant influx from Morocco and is the royals’ first trip there since 2007, when a crisis erupted with Morocco, which claims Ceuta and Melilla as its territory.

Cheering crowds waving Spanish flags welcomed King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia to Ceuta on Tuesday. The diplomatically sensitive visit follows July’s migrant influx from Morocco and is the royals’ first trip there since 2007, when a crisis erupted with Morocco, which claims Ceuta and Melilla as its territory.

France 24 English 2026-10-14 09:43