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Queen Letizia was almost caught out in the rain today while attending a meeting with the Spanish board of rare diseases.
The stunning royal, 52, opted for a blacked-out ensemble, including a stylish belted coat, straight-cut trousers and patent leather shoes.
The meeting took place at the Spanish Federation for Rare Diseases (FEDER) headquarters in the country’s capital, Madrid.
Though it was a visibly drizzly day, the down-to-earth Queen came prepared with a hefty black umbrella, which she used to shield herself and María Dolores Ocaña Madrid, her head of secretariat.
The mother-of-two was as chic as ever in a belted black coat that cinched her waist and revealed her toned and svelte physique.
Her accessories were pared back, consisting of only a black leather handbag, a pair of crystallised small hoops and a gold ring worn on her index finger.
Adding a touch of glam to her look, she opted for rose-pink eyeliner, sculpted eyebrows, black mascara, nude lipgloss and just a hint of eyeliner.
Her brunette locks were typically sleek and styled with a side part, allowing her hair to fall neatly around her shoulders.

Queen Letizia was almost caught out in the rain today while attending a meeting with the Spanish board of rare diseases (Pictured: Queen Letizia and her head of secretariat María Dolores Ocaña Madrid today)
The royal appeared in high spirits and though rain continued to fall around her, she soldiered on and stayed focused on the day’s events.
Photos captured Letizia smiling under the grand umbrella with her head of secretariat, María Dolores Ocaña Madrid, and the president of the Spanish Federation of Rare Diseases (FEDER), Juan Carrión Tudela.
The trio were snapped in various photographs while her husband, King Felipe VI of Spain, 56, was notably absent.
Each year, Letizia visits FEDER to learn about the challenges and opportunities the charity anticipates for the year ahead.
The former journalist, who is the Honorary President, was beaming as she arrived to chair the meeting at the organisation’s headquarters in the Spanish capital.
The Spanish Federation of Rare Diseases was established in 1999 and aims to promote ‘the need to work with everyone involved to promote the access to a diagnosis for those people suffering from rare diseases’.
They help people who have contracted a disease that less than five people per 10,000 have. There are more than three million people that fit the bill in Spain alone.
It comes as Queen Letizia chaired an event in Madrid to promote sustainability.

Adding a touch of glam to her look, the royal opted for rose-pink eyeliner, sculpted eyebrows, and nude lipgloss

Though it was a visibly drizzly day, the down-to-earth Queen came prepared with a hefty black umbrella

Photos captured Letizia smiling under the grand umbrella with her head of secretariat, María Dolores Ocaña Madrid, and the president of the Spanish Federation of Rare Diseases (FEDER), Juan Carrión Tudela (far right)
Organised by the BBVA Microfinance Foundation BBVA Microfinance Foundation (FMBBVA), according to the Spanish Royals’ website, the ‘Seeds for a sustainable future’ event was set to ‘highlight the transformative role of cocoa and that of small and medium-sized enterprises in combating poverty, creating employment and facilitating opportunities and progress for people’.
Last week, the royal looked immaculate, donning a black and white houndstooth fabric frock, which was both chic and businesslike.
She paired the dress with a full-length black coat which she wore as a cape, simply slung over her shoulders, and black kitten-heeled pointed pumps.
Letizia opted for a classic make-up look, pairing a fresh, dewy base with a light smokey eye shadow look in brown, and a pink lip.
Her glossy chestnut locks were worn loose, styled into a side parting, and falling past her shoulders.
During the engagement, the royal was snapped giving a speech, looking confident as she took her place at the lectern.

The royal – who is the Honorary President of FEDER – appeared in high spirits and though rain continued to fall around her, she soldiered on and stayed focused on the day’s events

Spanish Queen Letizia and Maria Jesus Ocaña with Juan Carrion Tudela during a working meeting
She told the audience: ‘This entity has brought us together once again to make us aware that there are currently 3 million people, 3 million small entrepreneurs, who live in the five Latin American countries where this Foundation operates and who get ahead every day because someone believed in them and supported them in their idea of starting a micro-enterprise.
‘Three million people in vulnerable situations who are progressing and who manage to get an education and whose daughters and sons also have the opportunity to study thanks to the microcredits from the BBVA Microfinance Foundation.’
According to the Palace, entrepreneurs Marlon Ferreira, Ana Rodríguez and Constantino Blandford also attended, in order to ‘share how cocoa drives economic, social and cultural development in their countries’.
It noted: ‘In Colombia, Peru, the Dominican Republic and Panama, countries where FMBBVA is present, this crop is a source of income for more than 300,000 people, promotes female empowerment and opens opportunities for family education.

Her brunette locks were typically sleek and styled with a side part, allowing her hair to fall neatly around her shoulders

The Spanish Federation of Rare Diseases was established in 1999 and aims to promote ‘the need to work with everyone involved to promote the access to a diagnosis for those people suffering from rare diseases’
‘In addition, it has played a key role in the transition to peace in Colombian regions affected by the conflict, where coca cultivation has been replaced by cocoa, known as the fruit of peace’.
The appearancecomes several days after King Felipe and Queen Letizia were snapped bidding farewell to their daughter Princess Leonor as she embarked on a six-month sailing trip that will take her across the United States.
The royal couple watched proudly as their 19-year-old daughter took part in a departure ceremony before setting sail from Cadiz onboard the Juan Sebastian Elcano for a navy training cruise.
The future queen looked solemn as she joined her fellow students, all aspiring officers of the Spanish Navy, for the procession before the three-masted sailing ship left the port in Cadiz.
Meanwhile, her parents smiled and waved goodbye, while King Felipe documented the milestone by taking photographs of Leonor.
The young royal is undertaking a navy training cruise, sailing through two oceans, and visiting 10 ports and eight countries in America, according to La Vanguardia.