Editing Monarchy of Spain (section)

==Household of the king==
{{Main|Royal Household of Spain}}
[[File:España_-_Madrid_-_Campo_del_Moro_-_Entrada.JPG|thumb|Royal Palace of Madrid]]
The royal household organization, constitutionally ''La Casa de Su Majestad el Rey'',{{NoteTag|A literal translation is "House of H.M. the King", often translated into English as "royal house" or "royal household".}} supports and facilitates the monarch and members of the royal family in fulfilling their constitutionally hereditary responsibilities and obligations.<ref name="Wiki Source Spa Constitution 78" /><ref name="Royal Household">[http://www.casareal.es/laCasa/laCasa-iden-idweb.html Royal Household] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120903033831/http://www.casareal.es/laCasa/laCasa-iden-idweb.html |date=3 September 2012 }} Household of H.M. the King website</ref> The royal household is funded through yearly budgets drafted by the government of the day in consultation with the monarch, and brought before the Cortes for approval, and then paid directly to the monarch. The royal household coordinates with various government administration ministries, and receives their advice and support where needed, though in no way does the royal household form part of the government administration.<ref name="Royal Household" /> Royal household staff serve at the pleasure of the monarch, and does not resign when the Spanish government resigns during election cycles. The royal household is managed by the ''Head of the Household'' who inspects and supervises all household operations through various bureaus or offices of the General Secretariat. The Head of the Household is assisted by a Secretary General.<ref name="Royal Household" /> The General Secretariat is divided into various departments which includes the secretariat (bureau) of King Juan Carlos (since 2014); planning and coordination; the secretariat (bureau) of H.M. the Queen; security services; communication; protocol; and administration, infrastructure and services.<ref name="Royal Household" /> Before his father's abdication, Felipe VI had his own secretariat as Prince of Asturias.

The [[Spanish Armed Forces]] are represented by the ''Head of the Military Chamber'', who does not advise the king on matters of national defense, which is the portfolio of the [[Minister of Defence (Spain)|Minister of Defence]] and President of the Government to advise the king. Rather, the'' Head of the Military Chamber'' coordinates royal military operations and ceremonies, and prepares the royal family for any military activities.<ref name="Royal Household" /> The Military Chamber is directed by a commander who must be an active lieutenant-general or a general within the Spanish military, and is under the direct orders of the king.<ref name="Royal Household" /> The commander maintains an office with a military legal advisor, an auditor, and section heads for staffing, protocol, operations and logistics.<ref name="Royal Household"/> The king is assigned personal [[Aide-de-Camp|aides-de-camp]] for his assistance, and by extension to his wife the queen and to Princess Sofía.<ref name="Royal Household" /> Aides-de-camp are drawn from all of the services, from the Army, from the Navy, from the Air and Space Force, and from the Civil Guard.<ref name="Royal Household" /> The Princess of Asturias is entitled to, in future, personal aides-de-camp, drawn from the Army, the Navy, and the Air and Space Force.<ref name="Royal Household" />

The Head of the Household, Secretary General, and Head of the Military Chamber are considered senior management staff and are compensated at the level of senior government administration officials.<ref name="Royal Household" /> In 2004, the royal household employed 100 staff members.

The royal household's public relations department manages and maintains an official website on behalf of the royal family known as ''Casa de S.M. El Rey''. The website lists biographical information on members of the immediate royal family, charts their activities, records speeches given at events, and publishes their expected diary of upcoming events, among other information. Additionally, the public relations department publishes the king's diary of his private meetings and the [[meeting minutes]], so long as the other party agrees.<ref name="Spanish King rebrands for recession" />

===Residences and royal sites===
{{See also|Spanish royal sites}}
The king and queen preside over many official functions at the [[Royal Palace of Madrid|Oriente Palace]] in [[Madrid]].<ref name="Spanish royal sites">{{Cite web |url=http://www.patrimonionacional.es/ |title=National Heritage Official Website |access-date=26 November 2009 |archive-date=19 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919132113/http://www.patrimonionacional.es/ |url-status=live }}</ref> However, King Felipe and Queen Letizia and their family reside at the ''Pavilion'', a modest home on the El Pardo estate, near his parents' residence at La Zarzuela.<ref name="An Engaging Monarchy" /><ref name="Su casa">{{cite news |language = es |title = Su casa: Aquí vivirán después de casarse |trans-title = Your Home: They will live here after their wedding |newspaper = [[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]] |year = 2004 |url = http://www.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-13-11-2007/abc/Nacional/zarzuela-anuncia-el-cese-temporal-de-la-convivencia-matrimonial-de-los-duques-de-lugo_1641343084090.html |access-date = 2009-12-02 |archive-date = 2 April 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190402115728/https://www.abc.es/hemeroteca/historico-13-11-2007/abc/Nacional/zarzuela-anuncia-el-cese-temporal-de-la-convivencia-matrimonial-de-los-duques-de-lugo_1641343084090.html |url-status = live }}</ref> King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía have spent the majority of their time at the La [[Zarzuela Palace]], a former hunting lodge on the [[Royal Palace of El Pardo|El Pardo]] estate on the outskirts of Madrid. The El Pardo Palace itself has served as the "guest house" for visiting heads of state since the 1980s.

The Oriente Palace and the palaces of the El Pardo estate form part of the "[[Spanish royal sites]]", a collective term used to denote the set of palaces, monasteries, and convents built under royal patronage throughout history. Royal sites are owned by the state and administered by the ''[[Patrimonio Nacional]]'' (National Heritage) on behalf of the government of the day, and made available for the king as the head of state. Whenever a member of the royal family is not in residence, the royal site is made available for public visitations. The royal household coordinates directly with the National Heritage Council and relevant government ministries or other interests in their planning and staging of state events, with royal sites often providing the setting.

Juan Carlos began a tradition of taking his family on annual holidays to the island of [[Palma de Mallorca]], staying at the [[Marivent Palace]] there since the 1960s.<ref name="An Engaging Monarchy" /> Juan Carlos, known as a keen yachtsman, was presented with a yacht by the [[Balearic Islands]] and a consortium of local business leaders in 2001 as part of an effort to further associate the royal family with the islands, and to promote the islands as a tourist destination.<ref name="Fortuna">{{cite web| title=El yate del Rey sale más caro| url=http://www.elsiglodeuropa.es/siglo/historico/temapor2000/417%20temaportada.htm| publisher=El Siglo| access-date=17 August 2009| archive-date=4 July 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704202858/http://www.elsiglodeuropa.es/siglo/historico/temapor2000/417| url-status=dead}}</ref> The yacht, known as the ''Fortuna'', is also owned by the State and administered by the Patrimonio Nacional.<ref name="Fortuna" />

===Annual budget and taxation===
Constitutionally the monarch is entitled to compensation from the annual state budget for the maintenance of his family and household administration, and freely distributes these funds in accordance with the laws.<ref name="Wiki Source Spa Constitution 78"/><ref name="Royal Household"/> According to the Royal Household, "[T]he purpose of these resources is to ensure that the Head of State may carry out his tasks with the independence which is inherent to his constitutional functions, as well as with due effectiveness and dignity".<ref name="Royal Household"/> The annual budget pays the remunerations for senior management staff, management staff and career civil servants, other minor staffing positions, and for general office expenses.<ref name="Royal Household" /> The Head of Household, Secretary General, and other management staff salaries must be comparable to other administration ministers within the government, though in no way do they form part of the government or administration.<ref name="Royal Household" /> As such, the management staff experience increases, decreases, or freezes to their pay in accordance with the fluctuations of government minister salaries.<ref name="Royal Household"/> Additionally, the annual budget pays for the maintenance and expenses of senior members of the royal family who undertake royal duties; which includes grocery, clothing, and toiletries allotments.<ref name="Royal Household" /> The budget approved by the Cortes for 2010 was just under 7.4&nbsp;million euros, a budget only slightly larger than that spent on the [[Monarchy of Luxembourg|Luxembourg monarchy]].<ref name="Royal Household" /> In 2011 the king addressed the perennial critique of the monarchy; that of how the annual budget awarded to the monarchy and royal household is spent.<ref name="Politica.elpais.com" /> The report revealed that only 9.6% of the 8.4&nbsp;million euros budgeted that year for the monarchy are paid to royal family members as 'salaries and representative duties', with the difference marked for royal household operational expenses such as household staff salaries, various insurance premiums and liabilities, services, and 'supplementals' such as overhead.<ref name="Politica.elpais.com"/> In 2012, the monarchy volunteered an additional 7% pay-cut in solidarity with government officials.<ref name="JuanCarlosOustedfrompresidency" />

Not included in the annual budget is the maintenance and upkeep of Spanish royal sites, which are owned by the state and made available to the king as the head-of-state, but administered by Patrimonio Nacional on behalf of the government of the day. Spanish royal sites are open to the public when members of the royal family are not in residence. Maintenance and upkeep includes [[groundskeeping]], [[Domestic worker|domestic staffing]] and catering.<ref name="Royal Household" /> The budget is administered with professional Public Administration accounting procedures, and is audited by government auditors.<ref name="Royal Household" /> All members of the royal family are subject to taxation and annually submit Income Tax and Wealth Tax returns and effect the relevant payments.<ref name="Royal Household" />