THE Gran Hotel, Atlantis Bahia Real, in Correlejo, Fuerteventura, has a little known claim to fame, information on which is generally kept in-house — unless you had heard the rumours and asked.

The son-in-law of Spain’s King Juan Carlos has been summoned to appear before a judge as a suspect in a corruption case.

POPE Benedict yesterday urged 1.5 million young Catholics in an aerodrome near Madrid to spread the gospel to others seeking better values than modern society offers.

Pope Benedict XVI urged more than a million young people to become missionaries for the faith today, giving them words of encouragement as he concluded the church's youth festival.

POPE Benedict denounced economic structures that put profits ahead of people yesterday at the start of a trip to recession-hit Spain where the costs of the pontiff’s visit have sparked violent protests.

POPE Benedict XVI strongly defended traditional families and the rights of the unborn, directly attacking Spanish laws that allow gay marriage, fast-track divorce and easier abortions as he dedicated Barcelona’s iconic basilica, the Sagrada Familia.

US first lady Michelle Obama and daughter Sasha went for lunch with Spain’s king and queen at the royal family’s holiday retreat on the resort island of Mallorca in the Mediterranean.

King Juan Carlos of Spain successfully underwent lung surgery to remove a small benign growth today, doctors said.

A CORK family was caught up in a horror bombing on the Spanish resort island of Mallorca which killed two police officers and led authorities to block all outgoing flights and ships from leaving as part of a manhunt.

RYANAIR has been given the royal seal of approval after Queen Sofia of Spain travelled on the airline from Spain to London.

Spain has returned 45 allegedly contraband pre-Columbian artefacts to Peru during a visit by King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia.

Spain’s King Juan Carlos laid a wreath at a towering glass monument to the victims of the Madrid train bombings today on the fourth anniversary of the terror attacks.

King Juan Carlos will begin a visit to Spain's two North African enclaves today that has sparked a diplomatic spat with Morocco, which claims the territories as its own.

THREE years on from the train bombings that killed 191 people and injured more than 1,800, Spain’s political and social wounds are still aching, and the country is torn by a host of conspiracy theories.

Spain today honoured the victims of the Madrid train bombings by unveiling a towering glass monument bearing messages of condolence written in the days after the attacks three years ago.

Spain today remembered the victims of the Madrid train bombings with a towering glass monument bearing messages of condolence written in the days after the attacks three years ago.

US troops carrying the American flag were to march today in a Spanish military parade for the first time in three years, a sign of rapprochement between two countries divided over the Iraq war.

Services have today resumed on a Valencia underground line that suffered a derailment that killed 41 people in the Spanish coastal city, a transport department spokesman said.

Princess Cristina, the second daughter of Spain’s King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia, has given birth to a girl, her fourth child and the royal couple’s sixth grandchild, the Royal Palace said today.

IT was hard to know which shone the brightest, the searing sun on our backs, the scalding giant arc lamps of the TV cameras or the beatific smile on the face of Benedict XVI.

BELOW a golden crown, Prince Rainier III was given a tearful farewell yesterday at a funeral in Monaco's cathedral.

Prince Rainier III of Monaco is to be laid to rest today beside his late wife, the American film star Grace Kelly, in the cathedral where they were married a half century ago.

SPANIARDS lit candles, laid flowers and observed a long silence yesterday to mark the first anniversary of the country's worst terror attack, when 10 bombs ripped through commuter trains, killing 191 and wounding more than 1,500.

Spaniards lit candles, laid flowers and fell into a long, mournful silence today as they marked the first anniversary of bombs that ripped apart crowded Madrid commuter trains, killing 191 people and wounding more than 1,500.

Even torrential rain failed to dampen Spain’s spectacular royal wedding, according to the country’s newspapers today, with all highlighting that, apart from the glamour, the event marked a crucial moment for the future of the monarchy.

Spain's Crown Prince Felipe married former TV anchorwoman Letizia Ortiz before a sea of dignitaries today, putting a commoner in line to be queen for the first time in Spanish history.

Tourists gawked, VIPs arrived and the wedding party rehearsed Thursday as Spain prepared for this weekend’s nuptials between Crown Prince Felipe and former TV anchorwoman Letizia Ortiz.

Socialist leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero became Spain’s prime minister today as he took the oath of office in a formal ceremony presided over by King Juan Carlos.

WORLD leaders dressed in black joined Spanish royalty and families of the 190 victims of Madrid’s train bombings at a state funeral yesterday, honouring those killed in the nation’s worst terrorist attack.

World leaders dressed in black joined Spanish royalty and families of the 190 victims of Madrid’s train bombings at a state funeral today, honouring those killed in the nation’s worst terrorist attack.

Spanish Crown Prince Felipe formally proposed to his TV-anchorwoman girlfriend today as a thoroughly modern couple enacted a centuries-old tradition in Madrid.

Pope John Paul II appealed for world peace today at the start of a short visit to Madrid, testing his poor health with his first trip abroad in nine months.

Pope John Paul II began a whirlwind visit to Spain today, testing his frail health and seeking to reinvigorate Spanish Catholics who’ve strayed from their once-dominant church.