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It's bizarre to me to have a monarchy without having a proper ascension ceremony. A coronation ceremony would help re-connect Spain with its former Spanish colonies, remnants of the Spanish monarchy are the last vestiges of the Spanish Empire in the former colonies.
Its possible to have royal ceremonies steeped in religious tradition while having a secular constitution, but its very complicated. The Spanish constitution will have to make provisions for the Spanish Royal Household exempting it from laws that restrict it from conducting royal ceremonies (it can be reasoned as part of preserving and protecting heritage). But I don't think its feasible with Spain given its history and current situation, but maybe in the future.
There are ways to get around the whole issue of secularism and tradition but Spain will require a stable government and economy before it can happen.
Spanish Monarchs are not crowned and have historically always been proclaimed before the Cortes .The last monarchs to be crowned was Juan I of Castile back in 1379, Ferdinand I of Aragon in 1414 and Eleanor I of Navarre in 1479.