On June 18, King Felipe, Queen Letizia, Crown Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofia attended the presentation ceremony of the "Order of the Civil Merit", at the Royal Palace in Madrid. The Order of Civil Merit (Orden del Mérito Civil) was established by King Alfonso XIII of Spain in 1926. The order 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'.
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Leonor is such a classic beauty!
ReplyDeleteI love the colour coordination of the family: Queen Letizia and Sofia are wearing red/ pink; Leonor and King Felipe are wearing blue/ light blue and the king wears a pink tie. Perfection.
ReplyDeleteAll look good.
Personally I do not like the cut of the dress of Leonor. It ages her. But it must be difficult to find an appropriate dress for her age and the occasion.
CC
Leonor is wearing a really lovely dress!
ReplyDeleteAt last, not a child anymore and self conscious in a good way!
Josh
Ravissantes Leonor et Sofia, chacune dans son propre style ; j'adore la couleur fuchsia de la toilette de Letizia ; est-ce que sont les mêmes boucles d’oreilles portées le 10 juin 2021 lorsque qu’avec Felipe, ils se sont rendus à Grenade pour assister au vernissage d’une exposition ? Ça y ressemble beaucoup - J’adore, j’adore !!
ReplyDeleteOui, ce sont les mêmes BO
DeleteThree beautiful girls. Absolutely beautiful
ReplyDeleteSusana
Leanor is so pretty but her dress would be less matronly in a brighter color, a bit shorter. Love Sofia’s dress!
ReplyDelete"matronly" = ugly on young women because it makes them look older (does it really?) but good enough for old women because they are old anyway. I see ... and greyish colour good enough for oldies but not for young ones. Would red then be inappropriate for an old lady? Confused (to be frank, also disappointed and disgusted ) about so much unreflected age-speak among women. (-Ann.)
Delete😀 Ann, I think you are taking offence where none is intended. We see many of our most elegant older royals ——-, Queens Elizabeth, Margethe and Sonia come to mind immediately—-in bright colours and they look great. Conversely, very dark colours can be unnecessarily ageing on a younger person. Equally, the use of the term matronly implies that something would be more suited to an older person , not necessarily ugly. personally, while I like all the outfits today, Leonor’s is my favourite. I love her shoes and think she looks so elegant and grown up
DeleteI don't find this dress matronly at all. The color works well with Leonor's coloring. I prefer the model's shoes but Leonor's are a good choice for someone getting used to wearing heels. Love Letizia's earrings and dress. Sofia's dress is nice- not sure if it needed the trim on the shoulders.
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I agree with Mrs Cleaver to a great extent. I find the dress ages Leonor unnecessarily, and a bright colour would have been fresher; Leonor could have changed outfit colours and styles with her mother, and worn the bright dress shorter. The colour seems to be a dusty blue. - Thank you for your comment, Mrs Cleaver! - Ellie
DeleteNice dress for Leonor, she wears it shorter than the model, that is fine. Her shoes are ok.
DeleteExcellent family effort. Coordinated but not matchy-matchy.
ReplyDeleteI really like Leonor´s dress. It is formal but not the least matronly, I think. It looks just lovely in my view and has some interesting features that take center stage thanks to the muted colour. My only little quibble is that the hem is lower in the front than in the back, but other than that it is superb. I even think that her altered version looks much better than the original.
Leonor - perfectly fine but maybe not the ideal choice for being seated in front of an audience.
Letizia - I wonder if she chose a longer dress just because she would be sitting in front of an audience. If so, it´s a practical choice, but from a fashion point of view, I think her dress is actually too long. It would have looked better at just below the knee. The cut of her dress is simple but flattering, and here, the vibrant colour is the main feature.
Felipe looks great, as always.
The way this family coordinates is fantastic.
ReplyDeleteTo see CP Leonor coordinating with her father (as his heir) in this blue gray and then Queen Letizia and Sofia in this pink is gorgeous. I love the color of Queen Letizia's dress. Since the cut is simple, the color can stand on its own. And her earrings are one of my favorite pairs. I also love Sofia's dress, perfect for a young lady. CP Leonor's dress has an interesting cut, it looks good on her, if it does age her a tad. King Felipe looks as handsome as ever.
Chel
What a beautiful family--and I like the color coordination even though its probably accidental! Queen Letizia looks great in that vibrant pink--she can wear bright colors so well. I am so happy to see Leonor now consistently wearing heels and dresses that are more grown-up--she is a young lady of 15 and a future queen and she beginning to look the part more these days. She looks very pretty, even elegant in her dress. Sofia looks wonderful too--in fact, I like her dress the best! If she was also allowed to wear heels--wow! Both princesses are getting tall--I think even taller than their mother since the Queen wears towering heels while Sofia wears flats and Leonor wears kitten type heels.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree!
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Es verdad que es un color difícil de llevar.
ReplyDeleteTambién es la primera vez que usa sujetador. Las tres muy guapas. Más alegre el vestido de Sofía pero también es más niña aunque la veamos tan grande.
How do you know it's her first time wearing a bra?
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I don't really like Leonor's dress at all. My first reaction was OO! she would have looked gorgeous in Letitias dress and that dress would actually look better on Letitia. Matronly in my head is a large lady with ample bosom strapped up in a tight corset and bolt upright carriage and very bossy. I know it is silly but that is what I think about . I just think the style of Leonor's dress does nothing for her body shape and distracts from het absolutely beautiful face and stunning hair. She seems to have Letitias thick well behaved hair as well as her figure lucky girl.
ReplyDeleteà nalerina 19/6:21 10:32
DeleteC'est tout à fait cela quand je lis vos propos ; j'ai eu quelquefois l'occasion de lire "Matrone" dans certains commentaires ; je m'y suis habituée mais là, là, il est particulièrement mal employé en ce concerne Leonor qui est une adorable jeune fille à la magnifique chevelure que je lui envie ; ce mot est vraiment malvenu !
Nothing could make you take your eyes off the beautiful face of Leonor and her little queenly bearing.
DeleteIn a 15-year-old girl, looking a little older, I don't think it becomes a problem, because she looks like she is ... 18,.. We have already seen 11, 12, 13 and 14 year old princesses look like 30 year old women.
Eleanor's dress is simply that of a princess
Strange description of "matron" for such a sweet and delicate girl, but it seems that the Spanish have a very different taste from other countries. Honestly, I stay with the way to vetir our princesses. Greetings
Susana
Even the French are against the English...🤣😂😃MATRONLY!! Whe you have Kate as a grandmother?? Difficult to understand !!
DeleteLucrecia.
Which English person are you addressing Lucrecia? And what has Catherine, a 39 year old woman, got to do with a teenager?
DeleteSeriously, why do you have to make silly assumptions just because you disagree that she looks matronly?
G
Que bella familia, Felipe es un hombre elegante, apuesto, el vestido de Letizia divino la queda maravillosamente bien , Leonor, Sofia ya tiene edad de elegir ellas
ReplyDeletemismas sin que sus padres tengan que intervenir, salvo si van escotadas, faldas corta, maquillaje, no es asi , las niñas son adorables.
I like Leonor's dress ,it's not my favorite but it's ok, and this is the first time she wears a a tight dress where her breast is marked, so of course, she looks more adult than we were used to think of her. The one dress I found it was really for a much more old person, even for a granny, was the one she wore for her speech at the Princess of Asturias awards, the golden 2 pieces dress, awful dress, I doubt she chose it. But this one blue dress looks perfectly ok for her age. What I don' t like are the shoes. The dress would look more youthful with other shoes, for example something of the style that the model is wearing, but, I suppose, it looked less formal too.
ReplyDeleteThe dress I like the most here is the one Sofia is wearing, the colors and the design are cheerful and it looks a very comfortable dress, especially for hot weather. It's perfect for her age too.
On the contrary, I don't like Letizia's one, I find it very simple, the color is too much intense, and it's too long and too close at the neck. I don't think favors her.
To Esther, I thought Sofia's dress looks a bit childish for a tall girl.
DeleteWhile I think the princesses are both lovely, I'm not a fan of either dress. I think Leonor's is ok but could have done without the gathered bit at the side. From the waist up it is beautiful, then the bottom half looks drab. I don't get why she doesn't wear normal heels, she is almost sixteen, she should ditch the granny heels. Sofia's dress seems for a much younger girl.
ReplyDelete¿Y qué son tacones normales según usted? ¿Los zancos que usan las princesas holandesas o las barbies Castro? Leonor está perfecta con unos tacones de 3-4 cm, ideales para una jovencita EN ESPAÑA. Aquí no nos gusta que las chicas aparenten 30 años y ellas siguen nuestras costumbres. Sofía tiene 14, es todavía una niña y se viste como tal. Seguramente cuando cumpla 15 empezará a usar tacones, poco a poco, sin quemar estapas, como su hermana.
DeleteSon bellas como dos soles y no necesitan pintarse como payasas ni vestirse/calzarse fuera de su edad y condición.
Esta familia es como una sonata de Mozart, todo belleza y armonía. Letizia brilla con ese vestido tan sencillo y perfecto gracias a su color y movimiento. Leonor se ha convertido en una mujercita preciosa, tan dulce en su bonito vestido azul, que es su color favorito, aunque a mí me gustaría menos grisáceo. Sofía sigue siendo una niña aunque sea muy alta y va vestida a su estilo de siempre, con un vestido vivaz y alegre. Sus zapatos son los más bonitos de las tres.
ReplyDeleteY Felipe un AS, como siempre, epítome de la clase y la elegancia.
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