Felipe, Prince of Asturias

Felipe is 6ft 5inches tall.

Felipe started school at Santa Maria de los Rosales, a modern day school where he could fit in without special treatment, the same school his daughters currently attend. Felipe attended high school at Lakefield College School in Ontario, Canada, and studied in the Autonomous University of Madrid, where he earned a degree in Law. He also completed several courses on economics. He completed his academic studies by obtaining a Master of Science in Foreign Service degree from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, where he was the roommate of his cousin, Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece, Prince of Denmark. Felipe has fulfilled his institutional commitments in his capacity as Heir to the Crown, chaired many official events in Spain, and participated in key events in different sectors and aspects of Spanish public life. Since October 1995, Felipe has made a series of official visits to the Spanish Autonomous Communities with a view to gaining in-depth knowledge of Spain and making contact with other Spaniards. Felipe holds regular meetings with constitutional bodies and the main state institutions in order to keep in touch with their activities. He also attends meetings of the various bodies of the Central Administration and of the Autonomous Communities as required by his national and international institutional activities. Felipe grants public and private audiences to a large number of people with a view to receiving up-to-date information on national and international affairs. Read Less

The wedding was watched by more than 25 million television viewers in Spain alone, and was broadcast throughout the world. Letizia Ortiz then gained the title HRH The Princess of Asturias, but is often referred to as Princess Letizia. On 8 May 2005, the Spanish Royal House announced that the couple were expecting their first child in November.

On 25 September 2006, the Royal House announced that the couple were expecting their second baby in May 2007. On 28 November 2006, it was revealed that the child would be a girl.

Felipe is godfather to at least eight children: prince Konstantinos-Alexios of Greece and Denmark, son of Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, Prince of Denmark; prince Ernst August of Hannover, son of prince Ernst August of Hannover; Luis Felipe Gómez-Acebo y Ponte, the son of his cousin, Beltrán (son of Infanta Pilar); Miguel Urdangarín y de Borbón, son of his sister infanta Cristina; Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway, daughter of Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway; Prince Vincent of Denmark, second son of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark, and Princess Sofia of Bulgaria, daughter of Prince Konstantin of Bulgaria. In turn, Konstantin is godfather to Felipe's daughter, Sofía. Read Less