I really wish they'd find a more creative way to document the king's presence. All those ``firing squad'' photos of half a dozen people lined up with one very stiff and formal looking very tall king in the middle. BORING!
It is odd, so different from how the other monarchies do things. Are there any Spanish Dishers who can tell us if this is a cultural preference? Do very stiff firing-line style group photos seem more official/respectable to Spaniards than looser more relaxed groupings? I think there was a time in Britain when stiff formality was preferred in official photos, maybe Spain still feels that way?
Official photos are an iconography of a monarchy, this is clearly the image King Felipe wishes to project: tall, straight, formal, businesslike. Maybe he feels it necessary after all the chaos that led to him becoming King earlier than expected?