Like a good part of the Spanish, the Kings are about to go on vacation.
Starting Friday, Felipe VI, Letizia and her two daughters will spend a few days in Mallorca, where they will alternate some official commitments – especially the King, with some receptions – with days of rest, tourism and walks.
This Wednesday, Doña Letizia has attended her last engagement in Madrid before leaving for the Balearic Islands.
It was a work meeting on mental health at the Madrid headquarters of Unicef.
Although the Queen does not particularly like her clothes to stand out above her work, this time her outfit has been striking, because she has worn a dress that she had not worn before, but which is not new: her eldest daughter premiered it , Princess Eleanor, just a month ago.
Doña Letizia has worn it for the appointment at Unicef while the Princess of Asturias wore it for the first time during a cultural evening at the Canal de Madrid theaters on June 25, where she went to see the dancer and choreographer María Pagés —prize Princess of Asturias of the Arts 2022— with her parents and her sister.
Both have combined it with esparto wedges.
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Princess Leonor on June 25, 2022 at the Canal de Madrid theaters. Carlos Alvarez (Getty Images)
Leonor wore the dress -shirt, with a white background and red and green geometric print- for what was her first appearance in Spain after finishing the school year in Wales, at the boarding school where she studies High School, while her mother has chosen to close the course.
The piece is from Dándara, a Spanish firm created in 2000 that has fifty physical stores in Spain and a dozen in Europe and America.
Initially, it cost 59.99 euros, but it is reduced – it was already reduced when the princess dressed it – at 39.99.
After the appearance of the Queen with the garment, the firm's website has collapsed.
It is more and more common to see the Queen and her daughters wear medium and small firms of Spanish origin;
for instance,
In the past Princess of Girona awards, Doña Letizia wore a dress from the Galician brand Bouret, Leonor, from Miphai and Sofía, from Bruna.
Other brands such as Cherubina, Laura Bernal and & Me Unlimited are some of those chosen by the three women of the Royal Family.
Queen Letizia attends a work meeting on mental health at Unicef headquarters, this Wednesday in Madrid. Antonio Gutiérrez (Europa Press)
This is not the first time that the Queen has looked for clothes in the family closets, but until now she had not been seen with any of her daughters, although the other way around.
At the last Princess of Asturias Awards, held in Oviedo in October 2021, Infanta Sofía wore a pink tulle skirt accompanied by a black shirt that her mother had already worn.
He dressed it together with a long, flowing skirt, also black, at a gala dinner in honor of the president of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, and his wife, Cecilia Morel, held in early March 2011 at the Royal Palace in Madrid, and never he had been seen with her in public again.
Queen Letizia, in Madrid in March 2011, and Infanta Sofía, in Oviedo in December 2021, with the same shirt.GTRESONLINE
In addition, Doña Letizia uses garments from her mother-in-law, the queen emeritus, with some frequency.
In January, for the annual reception of the diplomatic corps at the Royal Palace, she recovered a Valentino dress worn by Doña Sofía during a reception of the then King and Queen in Germany with Walter Scheel, who was its president between 1974 and 1979. Four months earlier, In September 2021, she decided to wear a plant-print dress that Sofía had already worn in Rome 40 years ago, in 1981, this time for a lunch at the Zarzuela Palace with the President of Chile, Sebastián Piñera.
The King and Queen of Spain, Felipe and Letizia, and their daughters, Leonor and Sofía, have attended the ceremony for the Princess of Girona awards, a title held (in addition to that of Princess of Asturias) by their eldest daughter. Gianluca Battista
The Princess of Girona and the Infanta Sofia attended the awards ceremony for the first time in November 2019, and Leonor then gave her first speech in Catalan.
After the stoppage of the pandemic, they returned last year, in July 2021. This will be the third time for the young women in the celebration. Gianluca Battista
Felipe VI and his daughter Leonor, Princess of Girona, at the awards ceremony that bear his name, held in Cornellà de Llobregat.
For the third consecutive year (plus the break in 2020 due to the pandemic), the ceremony has not been held in Girona, due to the veto of the pro-independence groups. Lorena Sopêna (Europa Press)
The Infanta Sofía and the Princess of Girona (15 and 16 years old, respectively), accompanied by their mother at the ceremony, which was held at the Agbar Foundation Water Museum (Aguas de Barcelona), in Cornellà of Llobregat (Barcelona).
For the occasion, the Queen has worn a navy blue dress with a silver cord on the shoulder from the Coruña firm Bouret, made by hand by artisan dressmakers from Galicia. Gianluca Battista
The winners of the Princess of Girona Foundation awards: from left to right, Elisenda Bou-Balust, Eleonora Viezzer, Claudia Tecglen, María Hervás and Trang Nguyen. Toni Albir (EFE)
For the first time, the five awards have gone to five women: the actress, playwright and producer María Hervás (Arts and Letters Award);
the engineer Elisenda Bou-Balust (Company);
the physicist and researcher Eleonora Viezzer (Scientific Research);
the psychologist and social entrepreneur Claudia Tecglen (Social) and the Vietnamese environmental defender and writer Trang Nguyen (International).
According to the foundation, these figures "have reflected on the main challenges facing youth and society, emphasizing empathy, commitment, determination, hope and courage." Gianluca Battista
The Princess of Leonor gave a speech in Catalan during the presentation of the awards granted by the Princess of Girona Foundation.
She spoke of "the demand" of the current moment, both due to the end of the pandemic and due to "terrible events such as the war in Ukraine," she pointed out.
Lorraine Sopena (Europa Press)
The awards ceremony, held in Cornellà de Llobregat on July 4, marks the first time that the Royal Family has been officially seen together since the return of Princess Leonor from the Welsh boarding school where she is attending Baccalaureate.
For the family photo, Felipe VI and his family posed with the president of the Congress of Deputies, Meritxell Batet from Barcelona, and the Minister of Education, Pilar Alegría. Gianluca Battista
Both the Queen and her daughters have opted for three Spanish firms, and not very large ones, for these awards.
Doña Letizia by the Galician Bouret;
Princess Leonor for a sky blue dress by Miphai, a brand based in Madrid and Malaga;
and the infanta Sofía for a set of cream-colored pants and camisole from the Toledo firm Bruna. Gianluca Battista
The Vietnamese writer Trang Nguyen receives the International Princess of Girona Foundation award from King Felipe and Queen Letizia and their daughters, Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía. Toni Albir (EFE)
Felipe VI, upon arrival at the awards ceremony at the Museo de las Aguas de Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona.
In his speech, the King highlighted the many challenges facing the new generations: “Young people must speak up.
Because the future we are talking about is your future.
And because yours is also the present”. Gianluca Battista
The psychologist and communicator Claudia Tecglen, at the time of collecting the award. Toni Albir (EFE)
Before the awards, Leonor and Sofía have participated in a workshop with the members of the Foundation's Advisory Council, whose honorary president is the heir to the throne, and also in a workshop given by Hadi Partovi, CEO of Code.org, an NGO that promotes teaching digital programming in schools.
The King and Queen and their daughters have also held a meeting with former winners of the Princess of Girona Foundation. Gianluca Battista
Princess Leonor, upon her arrival at the ceremony for the Princess of Girona awards. PAU BARRENA (AFP)
The actress María Hervás receives the 2022 Princess of Girona Arts and Letters Foundation award together with the royal family and the president of the Congress of Deputies, Meritxell Batet. Toni Albir (EFE)
The engineer Elisenda Bou-Balust receives the 2022 Princess of Girona Business Foundation award. Toni Albir (EFE)
In December 2018, at the National Fashion Awards ceremony, Doña Letizia wore a flared red dress with puffed sleeves worn by the queen emeritus for an audience held at the Zarzuela palace in the spring of 1982. It was the the first time that she was seen with a garment of her mother-in-law in a public act.
But in a photograph that the palace released for the celebration of the 80th birthday of King Juan Carlos, also in 2018, although in January, she could already be seen wearing a gray striped dress with long sleeves and a lace neck, which the queen had worn. emerita in November 1984.