Queen Sofia of Spain will not be attending a lunch to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee amid a row over Gibraltar, it has been reported.
The Spanish government ordered the royal to decline an invitation to Friday's event at Windsor Castle.
El Pais newspaper in Spain said the snub was in response to a forthcoming trip to Gibraltar by Prince Edward.
Earlier this year Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy raised Madrid's long-standing demand for the return of Gibraltar during talks with David Cameron.
But Mr Cameron told him that there was no change in the UK's position that the Mediterranean outpost should remain British.
Buckingham Palace has not published a list of invitees to the lunch and a spokesman declined to comment.
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