Felipe VI in 2019 did not respond to an official apology from Mexico's then president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. In reality, responding or not was the responsibility of the Spanish Government, on which the king's statements depended, which had no political autonomy. Moreover, what Mexico asked for and Spain did not give was something that other former colonial countries, each of which had its own nuances, had already done, such as the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, or the UK.
The consequence of not responding to López Obrador's request was that Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico's president-elect, decided not to invite King Felipe VI to his inauguration, this October 1. And the Spanish government responded to this decision by refusing to attend the event. Other Spanish political representatives, such as Irene Montero, Ana Pontón, Gerardo Pisarello and Jon Iñarritu, for example, will be present at the Mexican ceremony.