Queen of Spain rushed to hospital with infection as royal engagements cancelled
Queen Sofía of Spain was admitted to hospital on Tuesday evening
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Queen Sofía of Spain has been rushed to hospital with an infection as royal engagements are cancelled.
The Queen, 85, was admitted to a clinic in Madrid on Tuesday night after developing a urinary tract infection.
The Spanish Royal Household has said that the Queen is recovering well from the illness but will remain in the hospital under observation.
Sofía, who is King Juan Carlos’s wife, is being treated at the Ruber International Clinic in Madrid.
The mother of King Felipe is recovering from an infection at a Madrid clinic
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Her scheduled royal visit to a food bank in Huesca on April 12 has been cancelled as she continues her recovery.
The mother of King Felipe VI has recently returned from a holiday to Majorca over the Easter break.
Sofía and Juan Carlos have three children: Infanta Elena, Infanta Cristina and King Felipe.
In June 2014, Juan Carlos abdicated in favour of his son and Letizia and they became the King and Queen of Spain.
King Felipe was pictured visiting the Queen in the Ruber clinic
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King Felipe carried out engagements as his mother’s health news was revealed, holding a military audience at the Royal Palace in Madrid.
Queen Sofía has maintained a healthy lifestyle and an active number of royal engagements in recent years.
King Felipe was pictured visiting his mother at the Ruber Clinic on Wednesday but it has not been confirmed if his siblings have been to visit.
Sofía was born on November 2, 1938, in Athens, Greece, as Princess Sophia Margarita Victoria Frederika of Greece and Denmark.
King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain married in 1962 in Athens
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Her early years were spent in Egypt and South Africa as the Greek Royal Family fled the country during World War II.
Sofía first met her future husband, Infante Juan Carlos of Spain, during a 1954 cruise hosted by her parents for royalty from across Europe.
They married in 1962 in Athens, but it wasn’t until 1969 that Juan Carlos succeeded dictator Francisco Franco as head of state making way for Carlos and Sofía to become King and Queen of Spain.
Upon her marriage, the Queen converted from Greek Orthodoxy to Catholicism and changed her name from Sophia to the Spanish spelling Sofía.