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Spanish monarchs arrive in Cuba for first visit by country's royals
12 November 2019, 03:06 | Updated: 12 November 2019, 03:12
Cuba Spanish Royals. Picture: PA
The king and queen are on a three-day tour.
Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia arrived in Cuba on Monday night on the first state visit to the island by a Spanish royal.
The couple disembarked in Havana at the start of a three-day visit to Cuba’s capital and the eastern city of Santiago.
The king and queen will tour historic sites during the week as Havana celebrates the 500th anniversary of its founding, but they will leave before the actual anniversary on Saturday.
The trip has sparked criticism from right-wing politicians in Spain and inspired critical opinion pieces in conservative-leaning newspapers over a trip seen as a step forward for normal relations between Spain and its former colony, a single-party Communist state that cracks down harshly on dissent.
More:
https://www.lbcnews.co.uk/world-news/3f67da15b5e543949a7b899b5a9af389/
