Congo (Zaire) (Former name of Democratic Republic of the Congo) Juan Carlos I of Spain : Grand Cordon of the National Order of the Leopard (1 December 1986) Queen Sofía of Spain : Grand Cordon of the National Order of the Leopard (1 December 1986) Asian foreign honours Middle East Imperial State of Iran Juan Carlos I of Spain : Grand Collar of the Order of Pahlavi Commemorative Medal of the 2500th Anniversary of the founding of the Persian Empire (14 October 1971) Queen Sofía of Spain : Grand Cross (First Class -previously Second Class-) of the Order of the Pleiades or (Order of Haft Peikar) Commemorative Medal of the 2500th Anniversary of the founding of the Persian Empire (14 October 1971) Jordan Felipe VI of Spain : Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Renaissance (20 October 1999) Juan Carlos I of Spain : Collar of the Order of al-Hussein bin Ali (26 March 1985) Queen Sofía of Spain : Grand Cordon of the Order of the Star of Jordan (26 March 1985) Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Renaissance (20 October 1999) Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo : Grand Cordon of the Order of the Star of Jordan (20 October 1999) Jaime de Marichalar : Grand Cordon of the Order of Independence (20 October 1999) Infanta Cristina : Grand Cordon of the Order of the Star of Jordan (26 March 1985) Kuwait Juan Carlos I of Spain : Collar of the Order of Mubarak the Great (2008) Lebanon Felipe VI of Spain : Grand Cordon of the Order of Merit (19 October 2009) Queen Letizia of Spain : Grand Cordon of the Order of Merit (19 October 2009) Juan Carlos I of Spain : Extraordinary Grade of the Order of Merit (19 October 2009) Queen Sofía of Spain : Grand Cordon of the Order of Merit (19 October 2009) Oman Juan Carlos I of Spain : First Class military division of the Order of Oman (December 1985) Saudi Arabia Felipe VI of Spain : Collar of King Abdulaziz Order of Merit (2017) Juan Carlos I of Spain : Collar of King Abdulaziz Order of Merit (1981) Far East Japan Felipe VI of Spain : Collar of the Order of the Chrysanthemum (5 April 2017) Queen Letizia of Spain : Grand Cordon (Paulownia) of the Order of the Precious Crown (5 April 2017) Juan Carlos I