The wedding of Prince Felipe and Letizia Ortiz was held on 22 May 2004 in the Almudena Cathedral at the Royal Palace of Madrid, Spain. At the time of the wedding, the groom, Prince Felipe, was the heir to the Spanish throne. The bride, Letizia Ortiz, was a journalist. The wedding was presided over by the Archbishop of Madrid, Antonio María Rouco Varela, and was watched by 25 million people in Spain alone.