The King and Queen of Spain accompanied by their daughters, Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía, hosted an audience with the Board of Trustees of the Spanish Committee of the United World Colleges Foundation (UWC), along with the sponsors of Scholarships and students of the 2021-2023 class, at La Zarzuela Palace, Madrid.

Today, UWC has 18 colleges on 4 continents; they provide a challenging and transformative educational experience to a deliberately diverse group of young people.  These colleges teach the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma as a formal academic program, in the development of which UWC played a major role, while also emphasising the importance of experiential learning, community service, and outdoor activities.

The Spanish Committee of the UWC Foundation was established in 1996, under the High Patronage of King Felipe VI and the Presidency of SARD Carlos de Borbón, Infante of Spain. The Foundation is in charge of raising the necessary funds so that each year a greater number of Spanish students can attend the UWC. It is reported Princess Leonor will be studying the IB Diploma in Wales at the UWC Atlantic College.

The King and Queen of Spain presided over the solemn opening ceremony of the Jacobean Year 2021-2022, in the Navarra town of Roncesvalles. ​

A Jacobean Year or Ano Xacobeo is a Jubilee or Holy Year. A year is considered a Holy Year when the 25th of July, the feast of Santiago Apóstol, falls on a Sunday. The number of pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago increase significantly during Holy Years, particularly in July, as many pilgrims aim to arrive in Santiago de Compostela in time for Saint James Day celebrations.

The Camino de Santiago de Compostela (the Way of St. James), is a network of pilgrims' ways or pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the apostle Saint James the Great in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia in northwestern Spain. ​

Their Majesties arrived at the Hermitage of San Salvador, in Alto de Ibañeta, they walked the section of the Camino de Santiago to the urban complex of Orreaga - Roncesvalles, and to the Sancti Spiritus chapel, an old pilgrim cemetery. After a brief meeting with the members of the Government of Navarra and attending authorities the King and Queen went to the Priory House where they signed the Gold Book of Navarra. At the Collegiate Church of Santa María de Roncesvalles, they commemorated the Jacobean Year 2021-2022. Following the ceremony, Their Majesties went to the Chapel of San Agustín, where a floral offering was made in front of the tomb of the King of Navarre, Sancho VII el Fuerte.

The King and Queen of Spain inaugurated the 40th edition of the International Contemporary Art Fair-ARCOmadrid 2021, which takes place from July 7 to 11, at Ifema, Madrid.

​ARCOmadrid is one of the prominent contemporary art fairs on the international circuit, held in the Spanish capital annually. The event attracts collectors, curators, museum directors, gallery owners, artists and professionals from all around the world, which makes the show a unique and unmissable event on the international art calendar. ​

This year ARCOmadrid brings together a total of 130 galleries from 26 countries. 

The Queen of Spain participated online in an event that takes place in parallel to the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, titled 'On the road to recovery from COVID-19 and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals: let's address the challenges of people living with a rare disease as human rights, a priority for sustainable development.' The forum is held between July 6 and 15 in New York. ​

This is a milestone and a further step in Spain's support towards the approval of the UN Resolution on Rare Diseases, for which the FEDER (Spanish Federation of Rare Diseases) has been working for years together with similar international platforms to urge all member states to develop policies that respond to families who live with these pathologies or are in search of a diagnosis. A Resolution that would allow greater recognition of rare diseases at the international level to make recommendations, place the issue on the agenda of the UN system and demand the action of United Nations agencies.

In her speech, Her Majesty said that “rare diseases affect more than 300 million people around the world. And that two out of three make their debut early before they are two years old ”. These are "very complex, progressive and disabling chronic pathologies that - I continue - make these children very vulnerable patients with great health and social dependency." For this reason, Queen Letizia stressed that “Spain, together with Brazil and Qatar and with the determined impulse of FEDER, Eurordis and Rare Diseases International, will present a resolution granting the common framework of fundamental action and cover the requirements of those who suffer from a minority disease or seek an adequate diagnosis ”.

The Queen of Spain held a working meeting with members of the management team of Abertis Foundation and UNICEF Spain to address the projects that they jointly promote, at the Abertis Foundation in Madrid. ​

The Abertis Foundation was founded in 1999 with the aim of responding to the impact that the economic activity of the Abertis Group has on the different territories and countries where the Group is present. The Foundation carries out actions aimed at improving road safety in order to reduce accidents. These actions are focused on child road safety education, awareness of young people and prevention in the case of older drivers.  

After the working meeting, Her Majesty toured an exhibition commemorating the 75th anniversary of the creation of UNICEF, which also highlighted the alliance that it has maintained with the Abertis Group since 2017. Through a strategic alliance, they promote actions that contribute to improving road safety and reduce the impact of traffic accidents on children in countries such as Jamaica, the Philippines and Brazil.

The King and Queen of Spain hosted a luncheon in honour of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, who has recently been re-elected for a second five-year term, at the Royal Palace of Madrid.

António Guterres is a Portuguese politician serving since 2017 as the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations. A member of the Portuguese Socialist Party, he served as prime minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002.

The King and Queen of Spain accompanied by their daughters, Leonor, Princess of Asturias and of Girona, and Infanta Sofía, presided over the ceremony for the 2020 and 2021 Princess of Girona Foundation (FPdGi) Awards at the CaixaForum in Barcelona.

The FPdGi annually calls the Princess of Girona Foundation Awards with the aim of promoting and fostering initiative and effort, scientific research and artistic creativity, solidarity and the development of the talent of young entrepreneurs and innovators who show concern for building a fairer world in a globalised environment and who have the ability to take risks and the motivation to induce changes in society.

After the presentation of the awards Her Royal Highness the Princess of Asturias and of Girona spoke a few words in which she expressed her joy at "returning to Catalonia, in Barcelona, where almost two years ago I was able to learn about the important work that the Foundation does" and emphasised that "now when young people need more than ever to be heard, the work of the Foundation is even more relevant."

The King and Queen of Spain accompanied by their daughters, Leonor, Princess of Asturias and of Girona, and Infanta Sofía presided over the annual meeting with winners of the Princess of Girona Foundation (FPdGi), from previous editions at Albéniz Palace, Barcelona. 

The FPdGi is a private foundation, which was created in 2009. It recognises individuals between the ages of 16-35 who have shown outstanding achievement and drive in areas such as scientific research, artistic creativity, and entrepreneurship. 

The Queen of Spain presided over the opening ceremony of the World Blindness Summit Madrid 2021 at the Sports and Cultural Complex of the ONCE Social Group in Madrid.

The summit brings together the greatest experts in blind education in the world and more than 3500 blind and severely visually impaired people will participate in person and online from nearly 190 countries.

After a brief meeting with the attending authorities and personalities, Her Majesty addressed the auditorium and stressed that "There is not a single relevant matter that this summit, this meeting, is not going to deal with: inclusion, employment, innovation and transformation, accessible and usable technologies, leisure, culture, sport, mobility, the full participation of people with blindness, visually impaired and multiple disabilities in all the aspects that affect their vital development”.

The Queen of Spain chaired a meeting with the Student Residence Board in Madrid.  ​

The Residencia de Estudiantes (Student Residence), is a centre of Spanish cultural life in Madrid. The Residence was founded in 1910, as a cultural institution that helped foster and create the intellectual environment of Spain's brightest young thinkers, writers, and artists. Some of the most prominent figures of 20th-century Spanish culture emerged from among the residents, including  Federico García Lorca, Salvador Dalí, Luis Buñuel and Severo Ochoa.

Today the Residence, among many other roles, organises numerous public events, in which many protagonists of the arts and sciences of the last decades take part. It also develops different research projects following two main lines: the study and dissemination of its historical legacy and the analysis of current intellectual trends in order to explore how our culture is evolving.