Letizia, with a black shirt as a sign of mourning for the death of Isabel II: inaugurates the school year in La Palma

first image of Letizia after showing next to Felipe VI condolences to Carlos III on the death of his mother. The consort has traveled to La Palma this Friday, September 9, to preside over the symbolic opening of the new school year. An election in which the Queen wanted to focus on the residents of the Canary Island and her children, one year after the terrible eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano.

In the middle of a lunar landscape of lava and ash, Felipe VI told the clappers of La Laguna de Los Llanos de Aridane: “We are not going to forget you.” It was in September 2021, when the Kings made their first visit to ground zero. With that promise, his monarch’s wife has landed in the same neighborhood. She has returned there to speak with the neighbors and to learn first-hand how they have rebuilt their lives, their houses and their jobs after Cumbre Vieja.

Letizia has toured, together with the Minister of Education, Pilar Alegría, the Princesa Acerina center, where students from the Infant and Primary cycles attend. Last year saw the course interrupted by the closure of the center due to the destructive impact of the volcano and harmful gases.

During her visit to the Los Campitos, Todoque and María Milagros Acosta centers, the Queen has put on work clothes. A black and white key look as a sign of mourning for the death of Queen Elizabeth II. She has combined the blouse with a lady skirt with a matching belt with a round buckle, signed by Massimo Dutti, and Castañer espadrilles with black wedges.

Everything indicates that the Kings will attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. As planned in Operation Brigde, the religious ceremony will take place next Monday, September 19, at Westminster Abbey.