From an ONCE coupon with the date of his birth that the King received during his visit to Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz) that costs three euros to a valuable set of jewels that the Emir of Qatar gave to the Queen during the State visit valued at more than 100,000 euros. The gifts that the royal family receives related to official activities are very varied, but they all become public ownership and are transferred to National Heritage to comply with the regulations that King Felipe approved at the beginning of his reign, d in accordance with the commitment to transparency.
The House of the King has recently published on its website the list of institutional gifts that, throughout the year 2022, the members of the royal family have received. A total of 389 gifts, of which 215 were for the King; 89, for Queen Letícia, and 47, for both. Princess Eleonor received four, and shared ten with her sister, Infanta Sofia. Queen Sofia, eight. King John Charles is not on the list.
Most gifts received have a symbolic value and the cost does not exceed the limit of courtesy. One gift, however, draws attention: the set of necklace, bracelet, earrings and diamond ring that Queen Letizia received from Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, Emir of Qatar, during the State visit . In the Arab tradition it is impossible to refuse a gift. The jewels, although Letícia can use them, are not her property, but National Heritage, where the rest of the gifts that deserve to be kept and inventoried are also deposited. The list of gifts that Letícia received also includes half a hundred books, brooches, handkerchiefs, bracelets, sunglasses, a laptop case and two sets of aprons. During the NATO summit, held in Madrid in June last year, in which the Queen played host to the first ladies, she received, among other gifts, a handbag from Brigitte Macron, wife of the president of France, and a gift crystal jug from Jill Biden, first lady of the United States.
Among the gifts detailed is an ONCE coupon with the number 30168 that a Sanlúcar de Barrameda vendor gave to King Felipe when the latter visited the city of Cádiz on Friday, March 25, 2022. The coupon, which if he had won it would have meant a gift of six million euros, he did not get a prize, but the seller did, who later received a note of thanks from the Zarzuela. The list of gifts received by the King also includes, in particular, books, commemorative plaques, sports shirts, plates, commemorative coins and ties.
