Letizia rescues the engagement necklace from her jewelry box: an announcement of the upcoming 20th wedding anniversary

The appointment of the Kings was reception to the Diplomatic Corps accredited in Spain. An audience that takes place every year around this time at the Royal Palace of Madrid. On this occasion it was celebrated one day after the 56th birthday of Felipe VI. For this event, whose protocol requires a morning suit for men and a long dress for women, Mrs. Letizia has worn the necklace and earrings that she wore at the party requested, the pre-wedding eve of her wedding with Don Felipe that rainy May 22, 2004.

A long, shirt-style dress, buttoned from top to bottom and ink blue. It has been the choice of Doña Letizia to preside with Felipe VI over the reception of the Diplomatic Corps. The Queen, who has tied her dress with a matching belt-bow, has resorted to her jewelry box background and has rescued some historical pieces.

These are the pearl earrings and the necklace she wore at the party before her wedding: a set of sapphires and diamonds, a gift from her in-laws and that It belonged to Don Juan Carlos's mother, María de las Mercedes. With this historical gem, Letizia puts us back on the 2024 calendar and reminds us that it will be the year in which the Kings celebrate the 20th anniversary of her wedding.

Felipe VI and Letizia presided over the event in the Gasparini Room of the palace, where they received a greeting from the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez; and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares. The Diplomatic Corps in Spain is made up of 126 embassies, almost 800 Consulates, 153 career consulates and more than 600 honorary ones. In his speech, the head of State highlighted that this year “gives us the opportunity to move towards a United Nations better prepared to respond to the commitments made and the challenges of our days, such as the new threats to peace.”