It would not be new if there had not been the precedent of the gala dinner held on April 17 in Amsterdam, where the Queen, due to an ailment in her left foot, had to greet the guests, sitting down. This Wednesday, Queen Letizia received standing the around one hundred guests who attended the lunch that the Kings offered at the Royal Palace of Madrid in honor of the writer Luis Mateo Díez, who yesterday received the Cervantes prize. Writers, editors, booksellers, critics and personalities from the world of culture greeted the Kings in the Gasparini room, before heading to the dining room.
Before greeting the guests, the Queen had a detail with Luis Mateo Díaz, to whom she placed the miniature of the Cervantes medal that he wore on his lapel.
A week ago, the Queen, affected by a Norton neuroma in her left foot, had to sit and greet the more than two hundred guests who attended the dinner offered by William and Maxima of the Netherlands to the Kings on the occasion of their trip. of State. Her illness prevents Letizia from standing still when she must wear high-heeled shoes, a singularity that her long dress forces her to do.
Due to the injury to her left foot, as well as the chronic metatarsalgia she suffers from in both, Queen Letizia no longer wears high heels in events where she can wear shorts or pants, as was the case on this occasion. To attend the lunch with the writers, Letizia wore a pink dress from the Pedro del Hierro brand that she debuted a couple of years ago on the state trip to Sweden and she wore low-heeled, slingback shoes from Carolina Herrera.
Attending the lunch were, among others, the Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun, the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz-Ayuso; the mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, numerous cultural managers, award-winning writers such as Sónsoles Ónega, whom the Queen greeted with special affection.
