King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia's state visit to Germany, 1st Day

Queen Letizia wore a royal blue dress by Carolina Herrera Fall 2013 collection. First Lady Elke Büdenbender

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia are making a state visit to the Federal Republic of Germany on October 17, 18 and 19 at the invitation of Germany’s President, Frank-Walter Steinmeier. In addition to the institutional part in the German capital, the royal couple will also visit Frankfurt to attend the opening of the Book Fair, in which Spain is the guest country.

Queen Letizia wore a royal blue dress by Carolina Herrera Fall 2013 collection. First Lady Elke Büdenbender

Queen Letizia wore a royal blue dress by Carolina Herrera Fall 2013 collection. First Lady Elke Büdenbender

On October 17, the King and Queen were officially received at the Bellevue Palace by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and First Lady Elke Büdenbender. Afterwards, the King and Queen participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Neue Wache, the memorial to the victims of war and tyranny. At the end of the day, at the Bellevue Palace, the King and Queen will attend the State Dinner offered in their honor.

Queen Letizia wore a royal blue dress by Carolina Herrera Fall 2013 collection. First Lady Elke Büdenbender

Queen Letizia wore a royal blue dress by Carolina Herrera Fall 2013 collection. First Lady Elke Büdenbender

Queen Letizia wore a royal blue dress by Carolina Herrera Fall 2013 collection. First Lady Elke Büdenbender

Queen Letizia wore a royal blue dress by Carolina Herrera Fall 2013 collection. First Lady Elke Büdenbender

Queen Letizia wore a royal blue dress by Carolina Herrera Fall 2013 collection. First Lady Elke Büdenbender

Queen Letizia wore a royal blue dress by Carolina Herrera Fall 2013 collection. First Lady Elke Büdenbender

Queen Letizia wore a royal blue dress by Carolina Herrera Fall 2013 collection. First Lady Elke Büdenbender

Queen Letizia wore royal blue dress by Carolina Herrera Fall 2013 collection
Carolina Herrera Fall 2013 Collection

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  1. Deux couleurs bleue différentes mais chacune dans son propre style ; je remarque quand même que la robe de Letizia a beaucoup plus de tenue que celle de la première dame !

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  2. I don’t love the dress on Q. Letitia. Those little embellishments on the bodice look fussy and don’t photograph well. It’s a rare miss for me. (V.M.)

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    1. I do believe that QL chose the dress especially because of the flowers attached to it. It is a nod (and that royals do very often) to the cornflower which is considered to be the National Flower of Germany. I like it, actually.

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    2. Love the color and style of the dress except for the froo-froo accents.

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    3. These pics are not as good as somewhere else. Especially Queen Letizia is looking much better ..

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    4. @DSC I am German and have never heard of the cornflower to be the National Flower of Germany. If at all this goes back to the old days of the Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preußen) Later it was used as a recognition symbol of some Nazis and today you can see it sporadically used by supporters of the far right. By no means could I imagine that QL makes a nod into this direction. I think there is often some sort of over interpretation of the choice of colours when it comes to state visits. Maybe she simply liked the colour and the style of the dress. Maybe there was a dress code, as Germany is no monarchy to go for a more classic business style in blue and grey.

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    6. P. the original18/10/22 11:51

      @Beth, I am afraid you are confusing Germany and Austria.
      You should ckeck your sources.
      Yes, the cornflower is the National Flower of Germany.
      As a German, and I do not believe you are one, you should know better about it.
      You see, sometimes one can learn a good deal of things by simply touring places abroad.

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    7. @P. the original
      Das ist ja lustig! Aber okay, wenn Sie das sagen, dann bin ich wohl keine Deutsche und habe keine Ahnung von Deutschland :-)))) Es hat mit diesem Blog 'Newmyroyals' und auch mit dem Staatsbesuch von König Felipe von Spanien und Königin Letizia wenig zu tun, deshalb fasse ich mich kurz:
      Nein, die Kornblume ist nicht die Nationalblume Deutschlands. Auch wenn englischsprachige Webseiten etwas anderes schreiben. Sie war früher in Preussen populär, aber nicht im heutigen Deutschland. Deutschland hat keine Nationalblume. Wir haben überhaupt nur drei nationale Symbole 1. Die Flagge schwarz/rot/gold 2. Das Wappen mit dem Adler (ein Nationaltier haben wir also, aber keine Blume) 3. Die Nationalhymne
      https://www.bmi.bund.de/DE/themen/verfassung/staatliche-symbole/staatssymbole/staatssymbole-artikel.html
      https://www.bpb.de/themen/politisches-system/deutsche-demokratie/39421/wappen-flagge-und-hymne/

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    8. Let's put it this way: it is considered by foreign countries to be the German National Flower. And QL is not the first foreign royal lady to make such assumptions as Catherine, now PoW, then DoCambridge, had been wearing a cornflower-blue dress to a visit to Germany as well. So, it might be that their sources tell them to take it into consideration. Just for the records: I'm German, too.

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    9. P. the original18/10/22 18:22

      @Beth
      Thank you for writing in German.
      (Doch, Deutschland hat auch eine Nationalblume!).
      This is a language I usually speak at work or in other particular contexts.
      I am writing in English now so that everyone can understand what I am saying.
      By the way, writing in German through your translator does not mean you are a German in any respect.
      Your tone does not change a little bit though and it is typical of all of your comments , regardless of the identity you select to use (I am referring to the tone of the first three lines of your comment at 15:51).
      No, I can assurre you that the cornflower is indeed the National Flower of Germany , this is to say , it is a symbol which adds to the others - more official and known worldwide- you mentioned picking up here and there on the internet and trying to corroborate your previous comment at 10:54.
      You see, some people know about countries only through their Google researches, some others know about them both because they studied in those countries and because they visit them for work or on holiday (the latter being my case, I mean I studied there for a while and I still go there sometimes).
      Nonetheless, it is understood that you can rely solely on what you find out on the Internet.
      It is just fine with me, go on as you like.

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    10. Oh for goodness sake P the Original - you and your silly conspiracy theories about there being this one mysterious poster posing under different guises! FYI - Beth is a long- time poster on this blog (way longer than you) and has never claimed to be anything other than German.

      PS. I don't believe you're German.

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    11. P. the original18/10/22 22:20

      Anonymous 20:47 defending " Beth"
      I am not in the least interested in how many names, nationalities and languages you wish to use.
      It Is your free choice.
      There is no conspiracy, I just notice your shifting from one name/ language to another because I am not blind.
      Fact is that whatever name or language you select , your tone does not change in the least and It Is not a pleasable tone as everyone can perceive in your comments on this blog.
      I am sure that there are or there have been German fellow bloggers on this blog but I do not get why you insist being one of them when you are not.
      Now you become / side with Beth, uhm...
      As to me, I never ever said nor claimed I am a native German.
      On the contrary, I clearly stated that I lived and studied also in Germany for some time in my life.
      You seem to misread others' comments far too often, do you?
      I happened to reply in German to some fellow bloggers too on this site when I saw their comments.
      As simply as that.

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    12. @P. the original
      I simply answered to a comment, where somebody made assumptions about QL's dress being a nod to the german national flower. All I said was, this can't be the case, because we don't have one. And that's a fact. The colour blue and at times the blue cornflower as a symbol was only connected to the old 'Königreich Preußen'. It was later used by conservative nationalist parties and the Nazis. And because of that connection to the Nazis this flower is not and cannot be used as a national symbol of the modern Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Believe me, because of our history we Germans are very cautious and conscious about our symbols. I have no idea why sources in other countries refer to the cornflower as a german national symbol when it is not.

      And the rest of your personal assumptions about me, well, honestly, I don't know what to say. All I did was commenting on a statement that I considered false and you start attacking me like this: I am not German, I don't speak German, I know nothing about my country and the history and culture of my country, I know nothing at all, all I know is only through google. And when I write in my mother language, I have to run it through the google translator first.....Ähmmm, does this even make sense? And no, I do not write under different identities, I have always used the same nickname for the last ten years. Oh, and just for the record I travelled quite a bit in my life, live in a multi-cultural family and speak several languages. You are welcome ;-))

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    13. @DSC Wissen Sie, warum die Kornblume in anderen Ländern als deutsche Nationalblume gesehen wird? Geht das auf Preussen zurück? Oder wird das mit der 'Blauen Blume der Romantik' in Verbindung gebracht? Ich kenne z.B. die englische Rose und die französische Lilie, aber eine deutsche Nationalblume kenne ich tatsächlich nicht. Ich weiß, dass die Farbe blau im alten Preussen eine Rolle spielte, wegen der Uniformen. Vielleicht spielen die Styleberater der ausländischen Royals ja darauf an? Keine Ahnung. Meine Vermutung war ja schlicht und einfach, dass für diesen Event der Dresscode 'Business' ausgegeben wurde. Und das bedeutet meistens blau und grau.

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    14. Wow, @P the original - you really are deluded. You really aren't the kind of linguistic forensic scientist you seem to think you are. I'm not Beth - no quotation marks needed - nor am I more than one of many different people who choose to be Anonymous when posting. It isn't just one person - and you clearly do care because you keep posting comments about it's always one person and your amazing ability to work that out from the comments that are made.

      PS. The tone of your comments is not particularly pleasant either so stop virtue signalling.

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    15. Antwort an Beth 23:00: Ich nehme an, dass es durchaus etwas mit dem alten Preussischen Königreich zu tun hat. Die Farbe Preussisch-Blau bezieht sich ja klar darauf. Vielleicht geht die - sagen wir mal - "Legende" der Kornblume als Nationalblume Deutschlands (bzw. der Vorläuferstaaten davon) auch darauf zurück. Es war ja früher auch oft die Rede von der Kornkammer Deutschlands in (alten) Landesteilen wie Schlesien (Silesia) oder Pommern. Möglicherweise haben sich solche Annahmen dann auch im Ausland wesentlich besser gehalten als hierzulande, denn nachdem die Nazis damit einigen Missbrauch getrieben haben, ist man wohl bei uns eher von der Kornblumen-Geschichte abgekommen. Also, das sind natürlich nur meine Vermutungen, nichts ist da in Stein gemeißelt. Fakt ist wohl, dass es keine wirklich "offizielle" Nationalblume bei uns gibt, dass die Kornblume aber so den inoffiziellen Status einnimmt, vor allem, wenn man ein bisschen in die Recherche geht, was anscheinend Außenministerien und Protokollchefs anderer Länder diesbezüglich tun und das dann ausgraben.

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    16. @DSC Vielen Dank für diese hilfreiche und interessante Antwort. Ja, da ist etwas dran, dass sich Volksmythen und Legenden oft länger halten als offizielle Sichtweisen. Und das vielleicht noch mehr im Ausland. Ich habe es bei Reisen und Aufenthalten im Ausland oft so erlebt, dass die dort lebenden Deutschen viel traditionsbewusster waren als ich es z.B. bin. Man denke allein an die Brauchtumspflege der Amish oder der Mennoniten in den USA oder auch an die Steuben-Parade. Der Blick aus dem Ausland auf das eigene Land ist sehr interessant und lehrreich. Viele liebe Grüße.

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  3. I like her dress, although the waist looks weird (wrinkled? without the belt.

    Her makeup however, is awful. It looks too harsh and makes her look older than she is.

    Hilda

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    1. Agree on the makeup. Usually it is so perfect. I wonder what happened here.. maybe it is the light that makes it look so harsh

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  4. I really like this look on QL, and it's even better without the belt that the model show. I would just like to take that "flowers" and put all together in just one side.

    *Kristhy

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    1. Agree with you! I love this dress.

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  5. Both ladies in blue. I don't care for the Applique on Q Letizia's dress but the color is nice. The German First Lady's dress is simple no fuzz, but elegant. css

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  6. Queen Letizia is looking beautiful as always and so does King Felipe.
    There is an advertisement on this blog that claims every time you look in the bolg that Prince Harry married unhappily.
    Basically, it is a defamation and hate blog.
    verbal violence as a first resort!

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    1. I don't get this notice when I come to this blog. You may or may not know that ads on social media are customized according to your own search history. So, don't blame the blog owner if you don't like the ads. And no, this is not a 'hate blog'. I am following this blog for almost ten years now and this only because it is one of the rare blogs that puts fashion into the centre. Discussions are mostly respectful. But nowadays people are already offended if somebody says anything critical about their favourite royal. And isn't it interesting that it is always some no-name Anonymous who wants to teach others on what to think and what to say? And even wants to dictate the blog owner on how to design their blog?

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    2. The blog owner obviously has no influence whatsoever on the "ads" appearing randomly on side bars. It is just because the algorithms of your own computer or mobile phone reflect your own searching behaviour.

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    3. I have never seen anything like this. The current ads, which I’d not even clocked till I read this, are for Bathrooms, kitchens and a cat thing, none of which interest me in the slightest and none of which I have ever searched! 😂 AnnieM

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    4. @AnnieM, Maybe the internet knows your deepest wishes better than you: you need an new kitchen, a new bathroom and a cat 😂 P.S. I don't get any ads at all. I use an AdBlocker.

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  7. This is a lovely dress, with interesting features. The embellished cornflower's on the shoulders is a nice touch and gesture to Germany. I love her choice of accessories, gorgeous blue blending in with the dress. The blue aqua and diamond earrings as always lovely to see, I love these earrings.

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  8. Lovely blue dress with a thirties vibe. Looks much better without the belt. Bet Frau Steinmeier is sorry she chose blue since it’s difficult to look as good as Queen Letizia in any circumstances and although the President’s wife dress is a lovely colour.

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  9. Beautiful outfit on Queen Letizia.

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  10. Lovely dress. I too think that the dress can do without those flower thingies. In fact, I´d like to take the off and stick them on Frau Büdenbender´s dress which could use a little something, although it´s a neat dress as is.

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  11. QLet looks wonderful in this blue Carolina Herrera dress but I think removing the flower appliques (too frou-frou) andwaering the belt would make me love the dress.

    Janet

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  12. Where is my comment?
    E. Tunghoang

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  13. You should know that the comment help Children to be the great humans.

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  14. That blue dress looks nice and elegant on Letizia.
    Pauline

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