![Queen Letizia of Spain (C,R), King Felipe VI of Spain (C) and Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (C,L) attend the Spanish National Day military parade in Madrid on October 12, 2022](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-1012-02-letizia01.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
The Spanish royal family gathered in Madrid today for the annual National Day festivities, and Queen Letizia wore a favorite pair of pearl drop earrings for the occasion.
![Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, King Felipe VI of Spain, Princess Sofia of Spain and Queen Letizia of Spain attend the National Day Military Parade on October 12, 2022 in Madrid, Spain](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-1012-02-letizia02.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain were present for the annual National Day Military Parade in Madrid, where they were joined by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
![Princess Sofia of Spain, Queen Letizia of Spain and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez attend the National Day Military Parade on October 12, 2022 in Madrid, Spain](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-1012-02-letizia03.jpg?resize=1200%2C1801&ssl=1)
Infanta Sofia, the younger daughter of the King and Queen, was also present for the parade. Her sister, the Princess of Asturias, would normally also join the family for this event, but she’s currently a student at the United World College of the Atlantic in Wales.
![Queen Letizia of Spain and Princess Sofia of Spain attend the National Day Military Parade on October 12, 2022 in Madrid, Spain](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-1012-02-letizia04.jpg?resize=1200%2C1800&ssl=1)
Both mother and daughter chose dresses with dotted prints for the parade. Queen Letizia opted for small ivory polka dots on a sage green background, while Infanta Sofia wore larger, more abstract dots on a blue dress.
![Queen Letizia of Spain attends the National Day Military Parade on October 12, 2022 in Madrid, Spain](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-1012-02-letizia05.jpg?resize=1200%2C1800&ssl=1)
Letizia echoed the dots on her dress with her jewels, choosing a favorite pair of pearl drop earrings from her collection. The earrings feature bezel-set diamond studs and Australian pearl drops, and they’ve resided in her jewelry box for a very long time.
![Princess Letizia, Prince Felipe and Princess Leonor attend the Christening of Princess Leonor, at the Royal Palace on January 14, 2006 in Madrid, Spain](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-1012-02-letizia07.jpg?resize=1200%2C1778&ssl=1)
Letizia has been wearing the earrings for more than a decade, and she’s chosen them for some very important family occasions. Here, she wears them for the baptism of Princess Leonor at the Royal Palace in Madrid in January 2006.
![Princess Letizia of Spain holds her daughter Princess Sofia during the baptism of Princess Sofia on July 15, 2007 at Zarzuela Palace in Madrid, Spain](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-1012-02-letizia10.jpg?resize=1200%2C1723&ssl=1)
She also wore the earrings for the baptism of Infanta Sofia, held at the Royal Palace in July 2007.
![Copenhagen, Denmark. 15th Apr, 2015. Queen Letizia of Spain attend the gala dinner for the Danish Queen Margrethe's 75th birthday at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, 15 April 2015](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-0916-letizia05.jpg?resize=1200%2C1734&ssl=1)
She’s also worn them for gala occasions. Here, in April 2015, she pairs the earrings with her own Ansorena tiara for the 75th birthday celebrations for Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.
![Princess Letizia of Spain attends "Miguel de Cervantes" Award 2012 at Alcala de Henares University on April 23, 2012 in Alcala de Henares, Spain](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-1012-02-letizia08.jpg?resize=1200%2C1798&ssl=1)
We got a good look at the details of the earrings during this appearance, the annual Cervantes Awards in Alcala de Henares in April 2012.
![Queen Letizia of Spain attends 'Accion Magistral 2017' awards on December 18, 2017 in Madrid, Spain](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-1012-02-letizia09.jpg?resize=1200%2C1803&ssl=1)
The details are also quite clear in this photograph, showing Letizia wearing them with the same black-and-white ensemble at the Accion Magistral in Madrid in December 2017.
![Crown Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia of Spain during Spain's National Day Military Parade on October 12, 2008 in Madrid, Spain](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-1012-02-letizia11.jpg?resize=1200%2C1668&ssl=1)
Letizia has reached for these earrings for the National Day celebrations multiple times during her royal marriage. Her earliest appearance in the pearl drops at the military parade came in October 2008.
![Princess Letizia of Spain attends the Royal Palace reception on the National Military Parade 2012 on October 12, 2012 in Madrid, Spain](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-1012-02-letizia12.jpg?resize=1200%2C1578&ssl=1)
She wore them again on National Day in October 2012, paired with a tweed suit.
![Queen Letizia of Spain attends the National Day reception at the Royal Palace on October 12, 2016 in Madrid, Spain](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-1012-02-letizia13.jpg?resize=1200%2C1588&ssl=1)
She coordinated her earrings with a lovely black-and-white embroidered coat dress for the National Day parade and reception in October 2016.
![Spain's Queen Letizia (R), Spain's princess Leonor (C) and princess Sofia arrive to attend the Spanish National Day military parade in Madrid on October 12, 2017](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-1012-02-letizia14.jpg?resize=1200%2C1720&ssl=1)
And in October 2017, she wore the earrings on National Day with an heirloom jewel: the Countess of Barcelona’s Pearl Drop Brooch.
![Queen Letizia of Spain attends the National Day Military Parade on October 12, 2022 in Madrid, Spain](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecourtjeweller.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2022-1012-02-letizia06.jpg?resize=1200%2C1700&ssl=1)
Here’s one more look at Queen Letizia wearing the earrings for today’s National Day parade.
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