Queen Letizia of Spain is elegant in a pale blue shirt dress when she joins King Felipe


Queen Letizia of Spain was the image of discreet elegance, as she attended an engagement with King Felipe today.

Letizia, 47, and Felipe VI, 52, were seen meeting today with the Minister of Health of Spain, Salvador Illa, and Abbot Octavi Vila, while visiting the Monastery of Santa María de Poblet, north of Tarragona.

The couple, who was not accompanied by their two daughters, Princess Leonor, 14, and Princess Sofia, 13, wore masks in accordance with social distancing rules after the pandemic.

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Queen Letizia of Spain was the image of understated elegance while attending an engagement alongside King Felipe today.

Queen Letizia of Spain was the image of understated elegance while attending an engagement alongside King Felipe today.

Letizia looked elegant as she adjusted the mask to her dress, a light blue cotton dress that fell just above her ankles, and was tied at the waist by a belt.

Royalty paired the look with a pair of white espadrilles, with hair tied back in an elegant ponytail.

Meanwhile, Philip looked elegant in a black suit and patterned tie, standing at a suitable distance as he met with the religious leader and his associates.

The couple was seen exploring the picturesque monastery as they continued their post-pandemic tour.

Letizia, 47, and Felipe VI, 52, were seen meeting today with the Minister of Health of Spain, Salvador Illa, and Abbot Octavi Vila, while visiting the Monastery of Santa María de Poblet, north of Tarragona.

Letizia, 47, and Felipe VI, 52, were seen meeting today with the Minister of Health of Spain, Salvador Illa, and Abbot Octavi Vila, while visiting the Monastery of Santa María de Poblet, north of Tarragona.

Royals have embarked on several weeks of intense travel around the country in the wake of COVID-19, beginning a tour of Spain on Monday, June 22.

They started the tour in the Canary Islands before heading to Mallorca, Seville and Aragon.

This week, they had three commitments after starting the week attending the Mariano de Cavia, Luxa de Tena and Mingotie Awards gala in Madrid on Tuesday, which is organized by the Spanish national newspaper ABC.

Queen Letizia is the mother of the princesses Leonor, 15, and Sofía, 12, with her husband, King Felipe, who ascended the Spanish throne in 2014.

Letizia looked elegant as she put on the mask with the dress, a light blue cotton dress that fell just above the ankles and was fastened at the waist with a belt.

Letizia looked elegant as she put on the mask with the dress, a light blue cotton dress that fell just above the ankles and was fastened at the waist with a belt.

Philip looked elegant in a black suit and patterned tie, standing at a suitable distance as he met with the religious leader and his associates.

Philip looked elegant in a black suit and patterned tie, standing at a suitable distance as he met with the religious leader and his associates.

The couple was seen exploring the picturesque monastery as they continued their post-pandemic tour.

The couple was seen exploring the picturesque monastery as they continued their post-pandemic tour.

Letizia married King Felipe ten years ago in the Cathedral of Santa María la Real de la Almudena in Madrid.

The relationship began in November 2002 and in 2003, a few months after being promoted to the position of presenter on the national news channel, she quit her job and days later the royal engagement was announced.

The former news reader is the granddaughter of a taxi driver and the oldest daughter of Jesús José Ortiz Álvarez, a journalist, and the first wife, María de la Paloma Rocasolano Rodríguez, a nurse and a representative of the hospital union.

He attended public high school and did a degree at the Complutense University of Madrid. Later he obtained a master’s degree in audiovisual journalism at the Institute of Studies in Audiovisual Journalism.

King Juan Carlos abdicated in 2014 in favor of his son, now King Felipe VI.

The couple, who was not accompanied by their two daughters, Princess Leonor, 14, and Princess Sofia, 13, wore masks in accordance with social distancing rules after the pandemic.

The couple, who was not accompanied by their two daughters, Princess Leonor, 14, and Princess Sofia, 13, wore masks in accordance with social distancing rules after the pandemic.

Royals have embarked on several weeks of intense travel around the country in the wake of COVID-19, beginning a tour of Spain on Monday, June 22.

Royals have embarked on several weeks of intense travel around the country in the wake of COVID-19, beginning a tour of Spain on Monday, June 22.

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