Queen Letizia in baby blue for Order of Civil Merit ceremony

19/6/2019

The Spanish royal family presided over the Order of Civil Merit decoration ceremony on Wednesday at the Royal Palace in Madrid.

The Order of Civil Merit was established by King Alfonso XIII of Spain in 1926 and it recognizes the civic virtue of officers in the service of the Nation, as well as extraordinary service by Spanish and foreign citizens for the benefit of Spain.

Spanish royals attend Order of Civil Merit ceremony 2019

The ceremony took place on the fifth anniversary of King Felipe VI's reign, and today he bestowed the Order of Civil Merit on 41 Spanish citizens.

Queen Letizia joined her husband in congratulating the recipients, as did their two daughters, Leonor, Princess of Asturias and Infanta Sofía.

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Her Majesty beamed in a baby blue cap-sleeve dress for the occasion.

Featuring an inset tab waist with jeweled buttons, the a-line number hits below the knee. Unfortunately the designer/brand of the dress is unknown.

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The was a sparkling surprise today. In addition to her familiar Bvlgari aquamarine teardrop earrings and Karen Hallam signature ring, Queen Letizia debuted a diamond and sapphire bracelet.

It's origin is unknown but I'm intrigued by Sara's suggestion from the Spanish blog Letizia De Princes A Reina. She suggests it could be a matching piece for the diamond and sapphire epaulette earrings Letizia wore on Day 2 of the UK State Visit in 2017.

She also premiered a sky blue Mascaró 'Ceremony' clutch bag as confirmed by the brand on Instagram.

Letizia offset the blue ensemble with her beige Prada glossed Saffiano leather pointy-toe pumps.

A video from today's ceremony:

29 Comments

Wendy

21/6/2019 01:30:47 am

Letizia has read Sandy's comment and wears a bracelet....😅

Sandy

21/6/2019 09:21:48 pm

Letizia is you are reading this please start wearing some necklaces too.

BWat

21/6/2019 02:01:17 am

LOVE those earrings!

Laura

21/6/2019 03:17:59 am

Letizia's dress is sweet...not a show stopper but just fine for this occasion. I don't care for the nude shoes with this. They don't clash but they also don't elevate the look. I would have worn navy shoes, or grey, or pale blue to match her clutch. Letizia's hair looked a tad disheveled today.

Ava Pittman

21/6/2019 04:51:10 am

A beautiful outfit today. The Queens dress is so elegant, the colour very pretty. Her teardrop earrings and bracelet are absolutely gorgeous. The beige shoes are a hit, but the clutch bag, stunning.

Sandy

21/6/2019 05:16:29 am

This is a lovely, simple and elegant dress. I love the waistband with the bejewelled buttons which helps emphasize Letizia's tiny waist and adds some interest preventing the dress from being dull. The taupe shoes are a nice touch of contrast. I also love those gorgeous aquamarine earring and beautiful sapphire bracelet which are in sync with the dress. Let's hope this means we will be seeing more jewelry in the future. I'm just not wild about the powder blue colour because it reminds me of a baby boy.

Simone

21/6/2019 04:59:15 pm

Baby boys do not wear that colour anymore!! It is sexist, at least in this country mums dresses girls and boys in blue, pink, white, but not sex difference, it is considered a bad education?? I can't find the right word.

Sandy

22/6/2019 02:37:09 am

Well Spain is moving in the right direction. Hopefully the rest of the world will follow.

Wendy

22/6/2019 06:20:42 pm

The Scandinavian countries go even better....also about the global warming , reciclyng, and those things...

Mary Rose

21/6/2019 07:27:19 am

Hello. Thank you for the great post! The bracelt suggestion was also mine first!. The dress remind me a Dolce & Gabbana worn by P.Victoria and Q.Maxima. I know its not the same but the buttons looking similiar. https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-U-FZDoAbjw8/U5R79qkC6nI/AAAAAAAB16c/7PeJqksV_i4/s1600/dolce-gabbana-pink-belted-jacquard-dress-product-1-16815685-1-007822513-normal_large_flex.jpeg

Elizabeth (Admin)

21/6/2019 10:53:58 am

Wow yes, the details do look very similar! Thanks for sharing Mary Rose x

Jennifer

21/6/2019 07:58:42 am

I will be adding this ensemble to my list of favourites for 2019! It's sublime, I wouldn't change a thing! the refined silhouette is beautiful.The stunning Bvlgari earrings couldn't be more perfect against the soft blue colour. The shoes and clutch appear almost invisible but enhance the look further. The Mascaró is immaculate against the dress, I love that the pumps don't coordinate in colour but lengthen the leg in the perfectly matched nude tone. It was graceful in motion, the encrusted jewelled buttons looked heavenly sparkling throughout, the sophisticated cut of the cap sleeves was subtle in design and the blue complemented King Felipe's shirt. The dainty diamond and sapphire bracelet provides interest against the clean backdrop of the dress. I adore the loose up-do, hair and makeup are effortless and youthful. Everything about this look is utterly elegant and works harmoniously with the rest of the families clothing.

Zoe link

21/6/2019 09:02:47 pm

Everything you said! Poetry in motion for this look.

Bertie

21/6/2019 08:13:10 am

Straight on to the next engagement for Letizia and Felipe after the splendours of Windsor -- no let up for working royals! I love Letizia's dress in all its quiet classic style, a lovely unassuming piece in equally downplayed colour to help her maintain a supporting maternal role while her daughters step into the limelight.

The styling of her dress is immaculate with a beautifully cut scoop neck exposing a hint of throat, no more, feminine but not showy, the delicate cap sleeves, the gently flaring skirt and that lovely inset waist, the diamante buttons balancing nicely with her jewellery. Hem length is good too, the pastel shade keeps a below-knee skirt looking heavy.

Love the new (to us) bracelet, looking very regal with the fabulous Bvulgari earrings, enough bling for ceremony but no danger of overpowering. The matching clutch is perfect and the pale courts help keep things light, and hair is very elegantly disarranged. Excellent from Letizia.

Bertie

21/6/2019 10:05:21 am

Correction: second par, last line, 'the pastel shade keeps a below-knee skirt from looking heavy.' :)

Bertie

21/6/2019 10:09:09 am

I also thought Leanor's dress very grown up. I like seeing the princesses dressing individually rather than matching, a sign of growing maturity.

Laura

21/6/2019 12:27:48 pm

Bertie, I'm sure the matching dresses were their mother's idea. Now as the girls grow older they likely insist on being individuals.

Bertie

21/6/2019 07:59:34 pm

I'm sure you're right Laura, and I welcome it. I have also blundered once again, it's Princess Sofia's cream dress with sophisticated side-bow I'm admiring. When will I ever learn? Both girls look lovely, of course!

Laura

21/6/2019 12:26:15 pm

I know there is a debate concerning the British Royal Family as to whether or not the women should wear tights or panty hose. Kate seems to wear them when her legs are showing, but Meghan only seems to wear them if the Queen is present. Some lament that tights are old fashioned and unnecessary. But when I see Letizia's bare legs and her sinewy feet, I wonder if tights might give a more polished look.

Wendy

21/6/2019 05:13:43 pm

In Spain tights are not worn, it is not a Letizia's thing. It is considred itchy, very unconfortable to use the bathroom also you need a spare because they are delicate so we only wear opaque tights in winter but not transparent ones.
So it is a tipycal thing of Spain, not Letizia's.

PS: the Catholic Church obligued women to wear tights and all women did a protest in the 70s and they had to allow them to attent mass without tights and mantilla. Here we are very feminist nowadays. If she wore them it would be seen as a backward momevent....

Zoe link

21/6/2019 09:09:00 pm

Her sinewy feet are what she was given to work with. Tights are a fairly modern invention. The polished look will show well on camera, but if the wearer is uncomfortable for whatever reason, then the value is moot.

Sandy

21/6/2019 09:30:09 pm

That's a good point, Laura. In times past tights or pantyhose were a 'must' for women wearing dresses and skirts. It did give a more polished look. Somewhere down the line pantyhose became old fashioned and women stopped wearing them. Where I live I have to wear them in the fall, spring and winter or I will freeze my legs off.
I can understand not wanting to wear them in the summer heat. And
although they can be uncomfortable I think they do make one's legs look more perfect and hide a multitude of imperfections.

Laura

21/6/2019 10:23:55 pm

Exactly my point, Sandy...tights do hide imperfections. Then again, if it is not the style in Spain, then their Queen is more than okay to follow her country's direction. Like you, I live in a cold climate, except for summer. I and my friends wear tights late September until late May.

Wendy

22/6/2019 05:07:11 pm

Moreover, I think that most people wear pants/trousers in winter. I have a lot of dresses for summer, in winter I wear opaque tights, and boots, also they endure a lot. Nevertheless despite living in Madrid, I am from the North of the Country where the higher temperature is 25C in summer. There people wear pants, boots, and the tights are woolen?? As the girls , we call them leotardos, I do not know in English.
Obviously the climate and weather mark the culture. I have been to Sweden and nobody wears tights, but because they wear ski boots, with woolen tights underneath and pants too. ...so....
The issue is more about the transparent thing I must say that she is wearing longer dresses, when she used to wear shorter dresses she used to wear tights. But I must say that I have been in London and Dublin and in the evening women and girls did not wear tights to go out and it was late March.
I was in Canada too, but in summer and it was hot, so I do not know.
I hope I explained myself, sometimes it's tricky.

Wendy

21/6/2019 05:39:49 pm

The most importat is the 107 years old woman who was an awarded and all her life has been helping people. 41 Spaniards were awarded for a life of help to others. Letizia told theThe girls to acompany her to sit down.

Also the 5 year of reigning of Felipe VI

¡Viva el Rey y la Constitución!!

Sandy

22/6/2019 02:46:36 am

The 107 year old lady ( I think her name is Clothilde) looks great for her age. She could pass for 87. I think Spain has one of the longest life expectancy rates in the world. It must be the diet, lifestyle and close family ties.

Karen

22/6/2019 05:44:28 am

Love the dress. The colour and details in the middle is what makes it. Now, accessories : either aquamarine or sapphire but not both. Either aquamarine earrings/bracelet or sapphire earrings/bracelet. To mix the two distracts the eye to look at the earrings back to the wrist, takes the eye too much from the dress.

Purse perfect. Shoes, I'm not sure. Beige is good. But something is slightly off about it.

Ring. I know it's her fav ring. Does she have it in another colour? White gold? Platinum?

To mix gold with with other white gold/platinum ascessories ( Bracelets, earrings, buttons ) once again not a good look.

Overall though, one of her nicest outfits in the last while. I haven't been inspired by her looks lately for many days now.

But this dress is very nice indeed.

Karen

22/6/2019 05:49:28 am

I forgot one more thing. QL's hair. There is a difference between loose/elegant vs messy/takes away from the rest of the outfit.

I'm afraid QL is in the latter category at this occasion with her hair. Look at pic #6 above. Are you looking at her dress/accessories or staring at that out of place long strand of hair down her right side of her face?

Sandy

23/6/2019 12:11:59 am

You're right Karen, the hair is a bit messy and distracting as a result. I think Letizia needs a new hairstylist.

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Queen Letizia in baby blue for Order of Civil Merit ceremony

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