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By Simon Hunter

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They add to the steady stream of guest confirmations for the historic event that also includes royals from Belgium, Denmark and Sweden, among other countries. The invitation of foreign monarchs to the coronation is a break with tradition. Among those reported to be attending include King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of

FIVE Iberian lynx cubs have been born at the El Acebuche breeding centre in Almonte (Huelva).

They were born in two litters and are all in good health.

These are the first lynxes born this year at the centre, where seven cubs were born in 2022. A total of 43 of western Europe’s largest cat were born in Spain last year (20 male and 23 female), most of them in Andalucia.

The Iberian lynx is classed as endangered. In 2002 there were only 94 lynxes but now there are more than 500.

Belgium and Crown Prince Akshino and Crown Princess Kiko of Japan. Felipe and Letizia, who were also in attendance at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in September of last year, are planning to arrive in London the night before the coronation and stay in London for around 24 hours.

Exile

While there was speculation that Spain’s former king and queen, Juan Carlos and Sofia, could also attend the coronation, they are reportedly not among the 2,000 invitees.

Juan Carlos, the disgraced self-styled ‘emeritus king’ who has been living in self-imposed exile in Abu Dhabi since 2020,was due to meet in private with King Charles III this week in London. He is then scheduled to make only his second visit to Spain since a series of financial scandals forced him out of the country. The former king in tends to compete in the Spanish Cup sail ing regatta in Sanx enxo in Galicia, with the Bribon crew in the six-me tre class before leaving for Abu Dhabi on Sunday.

SHE was slammed for being too old to be a mum when she had a baby via a surrogate mother. But the revelation that 68-year-old Ana Obregon is in fact going to be a grandmother has done little to calm the storm.

The celebrity has received significant criticism not least because surrogacy is illegal in Spain. But she has now revealed that the baby, Ana Sandra, is in fact the child of her son, Alejandro Lequio Obregon, who passed away three years ago from cancer. When Alejandro was diagnosed, doctors recommended that he freeze his sperm, as is common with many cancer patients that undergo chemotherapy. Before he passed away Alejandro expressed his desire to have children even if he wasn’t around to bring them up.

Obregon has now explained that the only thing that kept her going was the thought of one day bringing her grandchild into this world.

Obregon is legally the mother of her grandchild who was born to a surrogate of Cuban heritage in the US.

Leave those kids alone

COLOMBIAN warbler Shakira has made a plea for her two children to be left alone as the three of them begin a new life in Miami.

“My children, Milan and Sasha, have gone through a very difficult year, suffering relentless harassment and persecution with no respite by the paparazzi and several media outlets in Barcelona,’ she wrote on her social media accounts.

“Now that they are starting a new stage of their lives I earnestly call on the media, in the name of my children, to please respect their right to privacy,” she continued.

Shakira has been constantly in the headlines since her high-profile split 10 months ago with former Barcelona football player Gerard Pique.