January 2019

It was a quite busy day on Thursday at the Palace of La Zarzuela in Madrid, as both King Felipe VI and Spanish Queen Letizia were busy in receiving audiences from various representatives.

Queen Letizia received two audiences. In the morning she met with the members of the Mavi Calzada Handball Club New Technologies on the occasion of having proclaimed himself a champion of the XXXIX edition of the “Cup of HM the Queen” of Handball.

Handball Club La Calzada, a women ‘s club formed in 1995, has a senior team in the league Guerreras Iberdrola, the top flight of national and handball teams based in the highest categories of children, cadets and juveniles of Asturian handball. In 2018, the team won the ‘Cup of HM the Queen’ in Malaga.

Later in the day, Queen Letizia met with the representation of the Spanish Brain Injury Federation (FEDACE) as Queen has accepted the Chair of the Honor Committee of the IV National Congress of Brain Damage, which was held in Madrid on the 22nd and 23rd November 2018.

Spanish Federation of Brain Injury (FEDACE) represents and energizes the associative movement of people with Acquired Brain Injury (DCA) and their families.

Acquired Brain Injury (ACD) is a sudden injury to the brain. It is characterized by its sudden onset and by the varied set of sequelae it presents according to the area of the injured brain and the severity of the damage. These sequels cause abnormalities in perception, physical, cognitive and emotional alterations.

The Spanish Federation of Brain Damage is composed of 36 entities of families and people with brain damage. These entities together represent 9,270 people, 4,921 of whom live with Acquired Brain Injury.

For the day in Palace, Queen Letizia keeping her style minimal choose BOSS ‘Ferie’ short-sleeved sweater.

The £219.00 short-sleeved top by BOSS Womenswear offered in a regular fit features a distinctive check and double-layered effect achieved with a tube jacquard construction and is styled with a high crew neckline.

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Queen paired the outfit a new pair of black slim-fit trousers. It looks like a new addition to Queen’s Wardrobe and is still unidentified.

Letizia was wearing black and white Magrit leather pointed-toe pumps.

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And finished her look with white gold Laura Marquez ‘Linear’ earrings.

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain today inaugurated 39th edition of the International Tourism Fair-FITUR in Madrid. The Fair is being held from 23 to 27 January at the Feria de Madrid, and has the Dominican Republic as an honorary member, under the motto “It has everything”.

During the inauguration of the Fair, the royal couple were accompanied by the president of the Congress of Deputies, Ana Pastor, the president of the Community of Madrid, Ángel Garrido, the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism.

FITUR is the global meeting point for tourism professionals and once again becomes a leading fair for receptive and issuing markets in Latin America.

Organized by IFEMA, FITUR has the support of the main players of the sector, the World Tourism Organization, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, as well as the companies and entities represented in its Organizing Committee.

FITUR has added new elements to the Fair such as  FITUR CINE / SCREEN TOURISM, dedicated to film tourism, promoted by Spain Film Commission.

Felipe and Letizia began their tour of Hall 10, where they visited the exhibitors of Air Europa, Melia and Iberia, official carrier and president of the Organizing Committee.

In Hall 9, they toured the exhibitors of Turespaña, where they received the greeting of the tourism counsellors of all the Autonomous Communities in attendance, the Madrid, Basque Country and Asturias.

Before visiting in Hall 3 the exhibitors from Colombia, Grupo Piñeiro and the Dominican Republic, the royal couple held a meeting with the ministers of tourism and high-ranking foreign personalities.

The tour of the International Tourism Fair-FITUR continued with the visit in Hall 4 having Tunis, and in Hall 2 having Egypt, Iran, Ras Al Khaimah (UAE) and FITUR Cine Screen exhibitions.

After the tour, King Felipe and Queen Letizia received the greetings of the members of the Governing Bodies of IFEMA and the Organizing Committee of FITUR.

For the day, Queen Letizia kept her looks minimal with a white blouse and grey checkered skirt. She was wearing a new white blouse with a frill overlay detailing. The label of the blouse is still unidentified.

Letizia paired the blouse with grey checkered Massimo Dutti Midi Glen Patterns Wool Skirt with frayed detailing and asymmetrical hemline.

The skirt, from label’s Autumn-Winter 2018 Collection, is a new addition to Queen’s wardrobe but we have seen a similarly styled dress from the same label last year in November during a visit to Museum.

Queen was carrying her Hugo Boss Luxury Staple C Calfskin Clutch and paired the outfit with Magrit Cognat leather Laur salons we have seen in past too.

A pair of $840 TOUS Gold New Romance Earrings with Gemstones finished her look.

On Tuesday, King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain offered the traditional annual reception to the Diplomatic Corps accredited in Spain at the Royal Palace of Madrid.

The reception was attended by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, high-ranking officials of the Government and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation.

Felipe and Letizia arriving for the Reception.

After the greetings, the reception was held in the Throne Room of the Palace.

King Felipe addressed the gathering.

King stressed, “We will continue to assert the Spanish constitutional model outside our borders of democracy and coexistence, as well as our firm, will to contribute from it to global governance, and we know that in this effort we will continue to count on the support of our allies, partners and friends.”

After the speeches of His Majesty the King and the nuncio of His Holiness the Pope, the act concluded with the usual reception in the Hall of Columns of the Royal Palace.

For the annual event, Queen Letizia brought back her classic style. She chose the combination of burgundy and white matching the interior of the Throne Room.

Queen was wearing white Blusil Stretch Silk blouse from her go-to label Hugo Boss. Highlighted with shirring, the full-sleeve blouse features a layered Mandarin collar detailed with covered buttons. The blouse is cut from flowy stretch-silk georgette in a creamy, pink-tinged neutral. Letizia wore the blouse first time in May 2017.

Embed from Getty ImagesLetizia paired the blouse with a new burgundy velvet long maxi skirt from her in-house designer Felipe Varela. The skirt features a side button closure.

Queen was wearing Uterque burgundy curved heel suede pumps.

Embed from Getty ImagesLetizia finished her look with a pair of white gold and diamond waterfall earrings first seen at the concert of Princess of Asturias Awards in 2014. They are still unidentified.

A look back at Queen’s previous appearances on the same event.

 

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