World leaders dine at Spanish Royal Palace - can you spot Jacinda Ardern?

  • 29/06/2022

NATO leaders and invited guests, including New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, have attended a dinner at the Royal Palace in Madrid.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is holding its leaders' summit in the Spanish capital this week. While New Zealand is not a member, it's been invited as one of NATO's "partners across the globe".

Ardern is the first New Zealand Prime Minister to participate in the summit, and arrived in Spain on Tuesday. She's had meetings with the Spanish Prime Minister and French President and also spoken at a Tech4Democracy event.

She ended the night by attending a dinner at the Royal Palace alongside other world leaders, including US President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who she appears to be sitting close to in one photo.

The King and Queen of Spain welcomed the guests into the palace's Hall of Alabarderos for a group photo.

In a speech, King Felipe VI said the "geostrategic reality has radically changed", mentioning the war in Ukraine.

"We currently endure an international system that is undergoing a profound transformation, entailing a number of risks that could strike at the very essence of free, plural and democratic societies.

"Cyber and hybrid threats, emerging and new disruptive technologies, space-related challenges, and the serious effects of climate change… all have a serious impact on security and are already part of our reality in this new, more uncertain, more complex and more dangerous decade."

Ardern is only slightly visible in the shots of the group - can you spot her?

The world leaders' group photo released by the palace.
The world leaders' group photo released by the palace. Photo credit: @CasaReal
A Getty group shot.
A Getty group shot. Photo credit: Getty Images.
Jacinda Ardern arriving for the group photo.
Jacinda Ardern arriving for the group photo. Photo credit: Getty Images.