Every January 6th, the traditional Passover military was held at the Madrid's Royal Palace which marks the beginning of the military calendar year. After a military ceremony in the main courtyard, Don Felipe and Doña Letizia presided over a reception in which the sovereign delivered his first speech of the year. With this act, the institutional agenda for 2017 of Their Majesties was inaugurated. Next week, they will resume with normality the rest of their official activities. As usual, all eyes were on Letizia.
For this event, It is customary for royal women to wear a full length dress to the Pascua Militar ceremony, the Queen regained a style that has already been worn several times and had debuted on her first Pascua Militar as Queen. She opted to wear her Felipe Varela teal green long sleeve gown. The gown features embroidery down the sides and a beaded tonal belt at the waist includes has a scoop neckline and it is fabricated from double crepe wool. To complete her look, she wore her bespoke teal suede Magrit pumps, Felipe Varela clutch. As the hairstyle, she wore a very refined nappy bun which showcased her Coolook earrings made with labradorites and amethysts.
Thus dressed, Queen Letizia attended, alongside her husband King Felipe VI who was in his military uniform, at the different stages of this unavoidable event of the beginning of the year in Madrid. Celebrated on the day of the Epiphany, the Pascua militar is deeply rooted in Spanish military life. Its origin goes back to the reign of King Carlos III when the latter, on January 6th 1782, took the city of Mahon in the island of Minorca in the Balearic Islands to the British troops who occupied it then.
The royal couple was welcomed at the Plaza de la ArmerÃa (the square of the Arsenal) by the President of the Government Mariano Rajoy, their new Defense and Interior Ministers, the Chief of the Defense Staff and the head of the King's Military House. A solemn ceremony followed, with a review of the troops, a national anthem and a salvo of twenty-one gunshots. Then Letizia and Felipe won the Salon de Gasparini in the Royal Palace to receive greetings from the military authorities, various representatives of the Spanish armed forces, veterans and the Civil Guard. Also in the Royal Palace, this time in the Throne Room, the King of Spain handed military decorations to civilians and members of the armed forces. Then, like the Minister of Defense, the sovereign gave a speech. Finally, the King and Queen of Spain gathered in the Hall of Columns with the authorities present and the members of the military commissions.
Photo Credits: Casareal.es
For this event, It is customary for royal women to wear a full length dress to the Pascua Militar ceremony, the Queen regained a style that has already been worn several times and had debuted on her first Pascua Militar as Queen. She opted to wear her Felipe Varela teal green long sleeve gown. The gown features embroidery down the sides and a beaded tonal belt at the waist includes has a scoop neckline and it is fabricated from double crepe wool. To complete her look, she wore her bespoke teal suede Magrit pumps, Felipe Varela clutch. As the hairstyle, she wore a very refined nappy bun which showcased her Coolook earrings made with labradorites and amethysts.
Thus dressed, Queen Letizia attended, alongside her husband King Felipe VI who was in his military uniform, at the different stages of this unavoidable event of the beginning of the year in Madrid. Celebrated on the day of the Epiphany, the Pascua militar is deeply rooted in Spanish military life. Its origin goes back to the reign of King Carlos III when the latter, on January 6th 1782, took the city of Mahon in the island of Minorca in the Balearic Islands to the British troops who occupied it then.
The royal couple was welcomed at the Plaza de la ArmerÃa (the square of the Arsenal) by the President of the Government Mariano Rajoy, their new Defense and Interior Ministers, the Chief of the Defense Staff and the head of the King's Military House. A solemn ceremony followed, with a review of the troops, a national anthem and a salvo of twenty-one gunshots. Then Letizia and Felipe won the Salon de Gasparini in the Royal Palace to receive greetings from the military authorities, various representatives of the Spanish armed forces, veterans and the Civil Guard. Also in the Royal Palace, this time in the Throne Room, the King of Spain handed military decorations to civilians and members of the armed forces. Then, like the Minister of Defense, the sovereign gave a speech. Finally, the King and Queen of Spain gathered in the Hall of Columns with the authorities present and the members of the military commissions.
Photo Credits: Casareal.es
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