 He said "this victory is especially dedicated to Ignacio Echeverría, who died a hero".During the Spanish state visit to the United Kingdom in July 2017, Felipe VI mentioned his act of heroism at the reception in the Spanish Embassy as well as in his speeches to both houses of Parliament and at the state banquet in the presence of the Queen.A tribute was held in Comillas (Cantabria), where Echeverria spent the summer with his family, on 10 August 2017.