November 2018

On Wednesday night, King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain hosted a gala dinner for the Chinese President and First Lady, Mr Xi Jinping and Mrs Peng Liyuan at the Royal Palace of Zarzuela in Madrid.

Chinese President Xi Jinping began a state visit to Spain on Tuesday with the aim of strengthening the preferential partner relationship that both countries have maintained for more than a decade and promoting business opportunities for Spanish companies in projects such as the Silk Road.

Speaking at the formal dinner, King Felipe said, “It is also the great progress made in recent decades, which has allowed us to build a structured, dense, and based on respect, mutual commitment to the principles of unity and national integrity, confidence and the desire to grow together“.

As the night was a white-tie event, I was expecting Queen Letizia bring back some dazzling jewels and surely she did not disappoint. She brought back a black velvet gown that she debuted at the gala dinner hosted at the palace in the honour of Argentinean State visit in February 2017.

Here a look at Queen wearing gown in 2017. The minimal gown was a perfect choice to showcase the dazzling tiara that she wore for the first time.

A closer look at the gown. Letizia gave her look a more regal touch with the Order of Carlos III sash that she pinned with diamond Fleur de lys brooch. The brooch was made from the centrepiece of her “Princess” tiara.

Letizia wore Queen Maria Christina’s, Cartier Loop Tiara. The wedding gift to Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria on her wedding to King Alfonso XII of Spain in 1879. the diamonds and pearls set in the platinum tiara were reportedly made by Cartier.

From Order of Splendor, ” It features round pearls at the centre of upright diamond loops, each loop composed of an inner ring of large round diamonds and a thinner outer ring. More round pearls top the tiara between each loop and in the very centre.” Learn more about the tiara here.

Queen paired the tiara with some more joyas de pasar jewels. She was wearing large chaton diamond earrings.

Her double diamond bracelets were complimenting the whole look.

Throughout the state visit, Queen kept her fashion choices to minimal. Today she brought back an old gown and yesterday she wore $119 Asos dress and on private dinner on Tuesday she wore Felipe Varela dress that she wore last year too.

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Queen Letizia of Spain presided over the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the National Employment Institute currently known as State Employment Public Service at the Royal Palace in Madrid.

Created in 1978, the aim of the Public Employment Service in the planning and promotion of employment policies based on the needs of individuals and companies through training programs, guidance and promotion of employment.

The Daily Dining Room of the Royal Palace of Madrid hosted the commemorative event, which involved elements from the Minister of Labor, Migration and Social Security, the National Heritage and the National Heritage Workshop Schools.

During the event, she visited the exhibition of different National Heritage Workshop Schools and learned about the work of the students in crafts such as saddlery, binding, furniture and construction (forging and plaster) and gardening (the composition of flowers and natural woods).

Queen Letizia at the exhibition.

The Program of Schools and Workshops of Employment of the National Heritage, which began in 1986, is one of the most relevant initiatives of the Public State Employment Service. Not only does it provide its working students with an employment opportunity and official accreditation of their professional qualifications, but it is also an ideal means to carry out actions aimed at promoting respect and effective equality between women and men, both in the workplace and in the workplace. the social.

Throughout these almost 32 years of promotion of these active employment policies, more than 5,000 student workers have been trained in a score of different jobs related to the conservation and restoration of historic-artistic heritage, traditional arts that need to be maintained and transmit from generation to generation so that they do not fall into oblivion.

The Workshop Schools are aimed at young jobseekers from 16 to 24 years and have a duration of two years divided into two phases: a first training phase of six months, in which they receive an assistance grant of 9 euros per attended school day and a second phase of training in alternation with work, with a duration of eighteen months, in which the students, and workers, receive a compensation equivalent to 75 percent of the minimum interprofessional salary, currently receiving a compensation of 623.93 euros net monthly, including the proportional part of the extraordinary payments.

The Employment Workshops are aimed at people over 24 years of age. For twelve months, all of them training in alternating with work, the working students receive a remuneration equivalent to the minimum interprofessional salary, currently 834.27 euros net per month, including the proportional part of extra payments.

The Promotion and Development Units are support units made up of jobseekers that make up a multidisciplinary team of professions such as architects, forestry engineers, agronomists, restorers or IT professionals, whose purpose is to support the teaching staff of the different projects so that the training imparted and its accreditation is as professional as possible, in permanent contact with the labor market to adapt to the existing demand.

Before leaving Letizia posed for a photograph with the administration of the employment commission.

Once again stepping away from the traditional style notes, Queen Letizia brought back a look that can only be described as classic Letizia. She was wearing Carolina Herrera stone double-face wool coat that we first saw in December 2016 at the 40th anniversary of Zeta Group.

Here a look at Letizia wearing the coat in 2016.

Underneath the coat, she was wearing a white blouse with a pussy bow. I believe it was her Hugo Boss Banika blouse that she debuted at the National Innovation and Design Awards in 2015.

Here Letizia wearing the blouse in 2015.

She paired the blouse with a new stone-coloured patterned trouser that is yet to be identified.

Letizia teamed up her outfit with her familiar accessories. She was wearing Hugo Boss Camel pumps that she first wore in November 2016 during Portugal visit.

She was carrying a white and camel colour block Carolina Herrera Camelot bag debuted during Royal History Dictionary Presentation in May 2018.

She finished her look with her €2107 Gold & Roses Crawler Skyline Earrings from Gold & Roses. debuted in September this year when she visited her home town Oviedo to open the Academic Year 2018/2019 at CP Baudilio Arce.

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After last night private dinner, today King Felipe and Queen Letizia gave an official reception to Chinese President Xi Jinping and First Lady Peng Liyuan at Royal Palace of Zarzuela in Madrid.

The Chinese Couple arrived at the Palace in the early morning. President Jinping and King Felipe reviewed the troops at the official welcome ceremony.

During the welcome ceremony, the couple received the Royal Guard of Honour parade.

Both couples held a brief meeting at the palace. Then Queen Letizia accompanied First Lady on a visit to the Royal Theater of Madrid.

Upon arrival, the ladies were welcomed by Minister of Culture and Sports and Director-General of the theatre.

Queen sit with First Lady in the Royal Box of the theatre to see the lightening rehearsal of the Turandot Opera.

Next Letizia and Mrs Peng Liyuan toured the theatre and received a briefing about the history of the theatre from the artistic director of the Teatro Real.

Letizia and Mrs Liyuan during the tour of the theatre.

Before leaving Letizia and Mrs Peng met with the artists performing different operas at the theatre.

For the day, Queen Letizia chose a very beautiful elegant and I must say economic look. She was wearing a pink Carolina Herrera Coat. The pink brushed wool coat is from the designer’s Autumn-Winter 2017 collection.

Underneath the coat ASOS design midi dress with pretty floral and bird embroidery in pink, green and purple on it. Thanks to Núria Tiburcio for the quick id.

The fully lined $119 fully lined dress featured a crew neckline, button-keyhole at the back, full sleeves and full skirt.

The midi dress was a really surprising choice on Queen’s behalf giving the occasion of a state visit. But I really like the dress and the way she carried it – very elegant.

A closer look at the print.

She paired the dress with blush pink bespoke suede pumps from Magrit.

She was carrying a matching blush pink Magrit clutch.

A closer look at the bespoke clutch.

The CooLook Sarin earrings that she has in her jewellery box for a long time finished today’s look.

Tonight Felipe and Letizia will host a gala dinner in the honour of Chinese state visit at Palace. Stay tuned!!

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