were subjected to heavy criticism by LGBT activists and Republican parties like IU and ERC. The governing PSOE did not comment, while the conservative opposition PP also did so, after initial criticism of the Queen from one of its representatives. A biography published in May 2012 depicts Sofía as a vegetarian who dislikes bullfighting. Titles and honours 2 November 193814 May 1962: Her Royal Highness Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark 14 May 196221 July 1969: Her Royal Highness The Princess of Asturias 21 July 196922 November 1975: Her Royal Highness The Princess of Spain 22 November 1975 – 19 June 2014: Her Majesty The Queen of Spain 19 June 2014 – present: Her Majesty Queen Sofía of Spain Queen Sophia was awarded the Order of the Queen of Sheeba by Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia in 1973 upon her and her husband King Juan Carlos's visit to the capital Addis Ababa. Sofía was appointed to the Grand Cross of The Royal and Distinguished Order of Charles III on 10 May 1962 and to The Royal Order of Queen Maria Luisa on 14 May 1962. The Queen of Spain was appointed to the Collar of the Royal and Distinguished Order of Charles III as dame on 31 October 1983. Since then, Queen Sofía has received different appointments and decorations by more than 40 foreign states. Ancestry Notable published works En Decelia: fragmentos cerámicos de Decelia y miscelánea arqueológica. Athens, (1959–1960). Edited in Spanish in Spain, 2013. References External links Official website of the Spanish Royal Family Official website of the Queen Sofia Foundation 1938 births Converts to Roman Catholicism from Eastern Orthodoxy Danish princesses Fellows of Exeter College, Oxford Fellows of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Former Greek Orthodox Christians Greek princesses House of Glücksburg (Greece) Living people Nobility from Athens Spanish anti-abortion activists Spanish infantas Spanish people of Danish descent Spanish people of German descent Spanish people of Greek descent Spanish people of English descent Spanish people of Russian descent Spanish Roman Catholics Spanish royal consorts Juan Carlos I of Spain Members of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre Grand Crosses Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Royal Olympic participants Autonomous University of Madrid alumni Alumni of Schule Schloss Salem 20th-century Eastern Orthodox Christians 20th-century Roman Catholics 21st-century Roman Catholics Recipients of the Medal of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay Recipients of the Order