Complicity and a ‘flamenco’ dress: the ‘made in Spain’ winks of the meeting between Queen Letizia and Jill Biden

The city of Madrid is preparing to receive this week the President of the United States, Joe Biden, in which he is his first official visit to our country on the occasion of the celebration of the 32nd NATO Summit† A meeting that will be attended by the highest representatives of a total of 44 international delegations and will take place between 28 and 30 June at various locations in the capital. IFEMA, the Royal Palace, La Granja, the Prado Museum or the Reina Sofía Museum will be some of the key locations for this new international summit. A meeting to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Spain’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organizationand which, among other things, discusses the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the possible accession of Finland and Sweden to the organisation.

Queen Letizia has presided over receive the first lady of the United States this morning, Jill Biden, who landed with her husband at Torrejón de Ardoz airport last Sunday. This first meeting took place around the this Monday at 11:00 a.m in the Palacio de la Zarzuela, where both have shown a great complicity† It should be remembered that this was the second time that Letizia received the first lady of the United States in our country, after the visit of Michelle Obama in 2016.

For what was her first meeting with Jill Biden, Doña Letizia has decided to bet on a style of the most original† The queen has chosen a long straight dress measuring unit in black with an extravagant white polka dot print. a summer design Made in Spain elaborated by the seamstress José Hidalgo who decided to combine the Spanish partner with a pair stilettos black suede slingbacks signed by Carolina Herrera† bet on simplicity and all the fame of his outfits to this design. a piece for which the prestigious Sevillian designer has been inspired by his latest collection of flamenco dresses† As for the part beauty it is necessary to emphasize its crescents in the wind, a look with which we have already seen it on several occasions this year. As for her jewelry, she couldn’t miss her ring. Karen Hallam, which is undoubtedly one of her favorite jewels. For her part, Jill Biden chose to wear an elegant red suit jacket which she paired with undercut heels in a tone naked†

The First Lady of the United States will also play an active role in the celebration of this new Summit of the NATO† Jill Biden has arrived in Madrid to lead an important social agenda parallel to the top, aiming to promote various social issues at a time of great anticipation for the whole world. After brief contact at the Palacio de La Zarzuela, Letizia and Jill traveled to the headquarters of the Spanish Cancer Society make one guided visit by the facilities of an entity of which Doña Letizia has been honorary president since 2010. In addition, it concerns: a disease in which the American first lady is very involved for years. And it is that in 2015, his eldest son Beau Biden died of brain cancer at the age of 46. Sad news that made him fully involved in this illness, which has seen him travel to more than 60 cities and three different countries during his first year in the White House to give new impetus to the fight against cancer.

After a morning of official commitments, Jill Biden and Doña Letizia they will return to their official calendar next Tuesday in the morning to visit together the reception and referral center for Ukrainian refugees in the city of Pozuelo de Alarcón in Madrid. It is a center that provides shelter, food and psychological care to those who suffered the consequences of the terrible war started by Vladimir Putin, with a capacity of about 500 people. Next Wednesday, June 29, the date has been chosen for the start of a cultural tour through the capital of Spain† Queen Letizia will host the first ladies of this NATO summit during the visit to the Royal Glass Factory in the Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso.

In addition to Jill Biden, Letizia will be able to enjoy the company of, among others, Brigitte Macron, the wife of the French president, or Carrie Johnson, the wife of Boris Johnson. To end the day on Wednesday, they travel again to the center of Madrid, where they will visit the Reina Sofía Museum. Is 32nd NATO Summit will bring together more than 40 heads of state and government from all over the world in Madrid. In addition to representatives of the 30 member states of the Atlantic Alliance, members of four invited Asia-Pacific countries (Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea), four other member states of the European Union but not of the Alliance, as well as the heads of the European Commission and the European Council. Is mass arrival of important personalities from all corners of the world will make the capital of Spain practically shielded and blocked during the celebration of this summit.