On June 23, 2021, King Felipe and Queen Letizia presided over the delivery ceremony of the "Gold Medals of Merit in Fine Arts 2018 and 2019" held at El Pardo Royal Palace in Madrid and presented the medals to their winners. The Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts is given by the Ministry of Culture of Spain to persons or organizations that have shown success in art and culture or to those that have made contributions to promotion of art and culture or to conservation of artistic heritage.