Heart the striking gesture of Letizia with the mask so as not to spoil her makeup and the strange look of Felipe

Two and a half years have had to pass for the kings of Spain, Felipe VI (53 years old) and Letizia Ortiz (49), have returned the splendor to the Royal Palace of Madrid with one of those hopeful dinners of gala where long dresses,The decorations and the tiaras are the great protagonists.

Queen Letizia literally shone after dusting from the royal jeweler some of the most valuable pieces of the Bourbon: the Russian tiara (or tiara of queens), the whole of collar and chatter bracelet -diamond impressing that Alfonso XIII gave to Victoria Eugenia-;and the brooch of the lot of passing with the false pearl pilgrim.

As a wink to Italy, given that the dinner offered was in honor of its president, Sergio Mattarella (80), and Laura (52), his daughter, who served as First Lady, Letizia chose a dress signed byGiorgio Armani.

As the protocol sends on these occasions, the design was long, although adapted, of course, to the tastes and body of His Majesty: of wide braces -with which he could exhibit his toned arms -, with a heart neckline, smooth and drapedIn the chest and waist area.

With this jewelry deployment rarely seen, the queen's Beauty appearance was relegated to a second or third plane.However, it is also important.Letizia knows it, and therefore, he carried out a kind of trick from which Spanish knows all the details.

After kissing, which passed politicians, authorities and Italian personalities invited to dinner, all the guests agreed to the hall.At that time, in the middle of a walk towards her corresponding chairs, the queen begins to manipulate her mask, making a striking gesture with which she managed to be the first to remove it, to Felipe VI's surprise.

According to the images, it could seem that the sovereign asked her hairdresser, Luz Valero, who also combed it and place the impressive tiara of pearls and diamonds, also adapted - it can be that with forks - the mask, in such a way that he protected, but that barely touched makeup.

So much so that it shows that the strings of the protective tool are longer than usual.With the mask half remove, Felipe VI looks at his wife, who when he realizes asks, in some way, if it is time to take it away or if he must wait a little more.He approves, even with his mask on his face, and ends up giving him a strange look - perhaps of resignation - that capture the cameras.

After the speeches of the King and the Italian president, the cameras went out and the evening took place in intimacy.With this first postpandemic gala dinner, Queen Letizia has earned ovation and public and press loas after exhibiting on Tuesday the best of global fashion, with Armani in front in a classic wink to whom she receives in her country;And by carrying some of the most valuable and emblematic historical jewels of the queens María Cristina de Austria and Victoria Eugenia.

The rest of the outfit was completed by small brilliant earrings that he already wore on his cooperation trip to Paraguay and has even taken Princess Leonor (15), her Manolo Blahnik shoes with stamping python effect, her black clutch braided blackBottega Veneta skin and Silk.

[More information: the exhibition of Lestizia jewelry at the gala dinner: chaton necklace, bracelet, brooch and tiara of queens]

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