This Friday Oviedo hosts the award ceremony for the Princess of Asturias Awards 2026. The gala will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Campoamor Theater and will be presided over by the Kings, with the presence of Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía.
The winners of this edition are already known. Among them are Lionel Messi, Patti Smith, Studio Ghibli, Julian Barnes and the astronaut Christina Koch. David Klenerman, Shankar Balasubramanian and Pascal Mayer have also been awarded; the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, and historian Timothy Garton Ash. The day includes audiences at the Hotel de la Reconquista before the awards are presented.