Queen Letizia wears romantic blush pink dress at National Day celebrations in Spain

Queen Letizia, 47, attended a military parade in Madrid, Spain today alongside her husband King Felipe and their two daughters. The royal wore a blush pink dress which had sheer sleeves and butterfly embroidery from Felipe Varela. She teamed this with a pair of Steve Madden blush pink muled courts and a hot pink clutch from Magrit. Keeping to the pink theme, Letizia wore a striking pair of pink and silver earrings.

She wore her hair swept back in a simple bun, and completed the look with brown eyeshadow and pink lipstick.

Letizia made sure to represent Spain today, wearing a dress by a Spanish designer. The dress featured a Peter Pan collar and was nipped in at the waist, highlighting Letizia’s trim figure.

Queen Letizia of Spain: Five facts about the Spanish royal

Career

Letizia was already famous in her native Spain thanks to a career as a TV presenter and journalist. She even won an award for best Spanish journalist under 30 in 2002, just before she met King Felipe.

Wedding

Felipe and Letizia Ortiz, as she was called then, wed in 2004. She wore a long-sleeved wedding dress with a 15 foot train by Manuel Pertegaz.

As is custom with royal weddings, Letizia wore a tiara. Her diamond and platinum Prussian tiara is a German imperial heirloom created in 1913 by Koch for Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia’s wedding to Prince Ernst August.

Family

Letizia is the eldest of three daughters, with her middle sister tragically taking her own life in 2007. Now, Letizia has two daughters, Leonor, Princess of Asturias and Infanta Sofia of Spain. She is a hands on mum, taking the children to school and enjoying countless family holidays with them.

Divorce

Letizia has been married before, wedding Alfonso Guerrero, a teacher, in 1998. However she did not require an annulment before her roman-catholic marriage to then Prince Felipe in 2004 as her marriage to Guerrero was a civil ceremony.

Plastic surgery

In 2008, Letizia underwent surgery on her nose to correct a respiratory problem, the Spanish palace confirmed at the time.