Letizia in November 2019

Today, Queen Letizia undertook the only engagement scheduled for this week. She attended the opening of the exhibition ‘Goya Drawings – Only the will is left over’ at the Prado National Museum.

The exhibition is showing the work of Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes in chronological order. The artwork includes his drawings, Italian Notebooks and Bordeaux Albums.

Goya was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries and throughout his long career were a commentator and chronicler of his era.

Upon, arrival, Queen Letizia toured the Museum and held a brief meeting with the Royal Board of the Prado National Museum and with the curators of the exhibition José Manuel Matilla and Manuela Mena.

This exhibition is the result of the work carried out to prepare a new chronological catalogue of Goya’s drawings through a collaboration agreement signed in 2014 by the Botín Foundation and the Prado Museum.

Since the 1973 Gassier catalogue was published, the number of drawings has undergone modifications and there has been a need to develop a new reasoned catalogue in which the huge collection of his work from more than two centuries ago can be updated.

The exhibition brings together more than a hundred of Goya’s drawings, coming from the Prado’s own collections and from public and private collections around the world.

In addition, it provides a modern vision of the ideas that the artist approached on a recurring basis during his life, and that highlights the survival and relevance of his thinking.

Letizia touring the exhibition.

Before leaving, Queen Letizia talked with the attendees and guests.

Now to What Letizia Wore – Queen Letizia chose a stunning a pink floral Dress from her signature label –Hugo Boss.

She was wearing ‘Kalocca’ dress in Rose Pink. Thanks to Nuria for the id.

The €499 viscose dress with floral print in burgundy and orange featured smocked yoke waistline and an asymmetrical hemline, a turned-down collar and belt with D-ring closure.

A closer look at the print and waistline. Currently, the dress is available on Zalando in a few sizes.

Queen Letizia paired the dress with her Magrit pumps that she debuted during Peru visit in November 2018.

She was carrying her matching Magrit bag also debuted during the Peru visit.

The Spanish Queen finished her look with gold bamboo earrings debuted during Cuba visit last week

and her Karen Hallem ring.

Ahead of the engagement, Queen quietly joined her Mother-in-law Queen Sofia for a visit to ‘New Future’ market. The duo was seen last time at the rake in 2013. As per Nurias’s report, Queen bought a 30Euro dress while Sofia made a purchase of Brooch costing Euro10.

For the market visit, Queen chose the same look but topped it with a brown suede jacket with leather panels.

King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain started the last day of Cuba visit by visited the National Museum of Fine Arts where Goya’s self-portrait is on display.

Painted by the author from Zaragoza in 1815, and temporarily ceded by the National Prado Museum for a month – from November 11 to 12 December, the portrait is the highlight of the Museum.

 This Museum opened at the beginning of the 20th century, houses an important artistic heritage, and is considered one of the most prominent Museums in Latin America with more than 45,000 works.

Video of the visit.

Next, the Spanish Couple visited the Center for Molecular Immunology of Cuba.

The objective of this Center is to share, exchange and discuss the new trends and challenges of Biotechnology and Bioengineering related to obtaining products for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases.

With a mission to obtain and produce new biopharmaceuticals for the treatment of cancer and other chronic noncommunicable diseases and introduce them into Cuban Public Health, Center is one of its types.

During the visit, the royal couple received a brief history of the centre and its working from the general director of the centre.

King Felipe and Queen Letizia also greeted several cancer patients who have successfully overcome the disease.

They also toured the Cancer Immunotherapy Center, where they visited the laboratories and held a brief meeting with researchers and workers.

Before leaving King Felipe and Queen Letizia stood for a group photograph.

The next stop of the visit was Santiago de Cuba. After arriving, King Felipe and Queen Letizia went to the Castle of Morro de San Pedro de la Roca, an important military fortress, declared a World Heritage Site.

The Castle was designed in the early 1600s by Battista Antonelli (also known as Juan Battista Antonelli), a member of a Milanese family of military engineers, on behalf of the Governor of the city, Pedro de la Roca de Borja, as a defence against raiding pirates.

During the 20th century, the Rock fell into decay, but it was restored during the 1960s by Francisco Prat Puig. King and Queen toured the historical castle.

They unveiled a bronze plaque marking the visit.

Felipe and Letizia listening to the historical values of the castle.

The royal couple stood for a group photograph before moving to the next stop of the itinerary.

The next stop was Bulwark where a tribute ceremony took place dedicated to the members of the Squadron of Admiral Cervera who fell in the battle of  1898.

A solemn reading and a prayer were read with a Cuban Army bugle.

A small video of the tribute ceremony.

Last stop of the state visit was a visit to the Memorial of the Loma de San Juan.

The memorial was a decisive place in the battle of the Spanish-Cuba. The royal couple laid a laurel wreath at the monument to the fallen Spanish soldier.

Felipe and Letizia visiting the memorial.

They also paid homage to those who gave their lives in the battle of Las Lomas de San Juan. After that, the royal couple headed back to Spain.

Now to What Letizia Wore – for the last engagement of the state visit, Queen Letizia took to her real style and brought back a regal look from her wardrobe back.

She wore Massimo Dutti Two-Tone Print Pleated Dress. We first saw the dress in September 2019 during a visit to the University of Salamanca.

Queen again wore the dress this year in March on the last day of Argentina State Visit and then in June at Palace Audience.

Queen Letizia paired the dress with her Carolina Herrera navy suede slingback pumps that she also has in beige, red and black.

She topped the dress with a new navy skinny belt.

Letizia was carrying her Carolina Herrera Baret clutch bag.

Her small huggie hoop earrings that she wore on the first day of the Cuba visit

and her Karen Hallem ring finished the look.

During the tour of the castle, she was holding her Carolina Herrera cat-eye sunglasses.

Dress Like Queen

Spanish King Felipe and Queen Letizia ended their day 2 of the Cuban State visit by hosting a dinner for the President of Cuba and Mrs Lis Cuesta at the Palace of the Captains General.

Queen and King welcomed the President and First Lady at the dinner.

The dinner was attended by the dignitaries of both countries.

Both King Felipe and the President addressed the gathering before raising a toast.

Video of the dinner night.

For the dinner, Queen Letizia debuted another look.

She was wearing Maje Roane pink organza shirtdress. Thanks to HeavenQRF for the id.

The $245 dress features button fastenings at front, shirt style collar, long sleeves, buttoned cuffs, patch pocket at chest, self-tie belt at waist, pearlescent buttons, semi-sheer, full skirt with a v-neck slip underneath.

Letizia paired the outfit with her nude Steve Madden Plaza mules.

Queen finished her look with diamond earrings featuring a leaf shape with a central round stud hanging from a square stud that she first wore last month at the El Mundo Anniversary

And her Karen Hallem ring.