13-10-2026 15:08 via article.wn.com

Spanish royals begin sensitive diplomatic visit to tense Ceuta

Cheering crowds waving Spanish flags lined the streets of Ceuta on Tuesday as King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia began a diplomatically sensitive visit to the North African city, following July's mass migrant influx from neighbouring Morocco. Their trip will mark the first royal visit since 2007, when a diplomatic crisis erupted with neighbouring Morocco, which claims sovereignty over Ceuta and Spain's other North African territory of Melilla. More than 70,000 migrants streamed into the small city
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