Spain's royals visit Ceuta enclave amid friction with Morocco after border surge

First visit by Spanish head of state to Ceuta since 2007 Spain and Morocco have differences over border management Royals visit cemetery where victims of mass crossing were buried Felipe, Letizia to travel onto Melilla on Wednesday By Guillermo Martinez CEUTA, Spain, Oct 13 (Reuters) — Spain's King Felipe and Queen Letizia visited Ceuta's Muslim cemetery on Tuesday where most of more than 100 migrants who died in July's mass crossing into the North African enclave from Morocco were buried. The visit, the first by Spain's head of state since 2007 and in Felipe's 12-year reign, followed rising friction between Madrid and Rabat, which claims the tiny territory of Ceuta and Spain's other North African enclave, Melilla, as its own. The streets of the 84,000-person territory, which covers less than 20 square km, were packed with thousands of Ceutans waving Spanish flags to greet the royal couple. "I am a Spaniard, Spaniard, Spaniard," they chanted. The Moroccan government has historically opposed Spanish royal visits to the two cities, which Madrid considers part of its territory since the 17th and 15th centuries, respectively. The two kingdoms have traded barbs over border management fo