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Rachel KingThu, April 23, 2026 at 2:32 PM UTC

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Letizia in Carolina Herrera at Literary EventCarlos Alvarez - Getty Images

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Queen Letizia looked ready for spring when she arrived at the University of Alcalá de Henares, just northeast of Madrid, on Thursday.

Dressed in a cornflower blue, tie-sleeve Carolina Herrera midi dress, she was accompanied by her husband, King Felipe, for the presentation of the Miguel de Cervantes Prize for Literature in the Spanish Language.

Queen Letizia also appeared to be carrying a multi-colored handbag by Furla.Carlos Alvarez - Getty Images

The day before the ceremony, the King and Queen hosted a luncheon at the Royal Palace of Madrid for representatives of the literary world in honor of Celorio. The Queen dressed for the season in another shade of blue, this time a more pastel hue, in a Hugo Boss blouse and pencil skirt set.

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Letizia in Hugo Boss with Bulgari diamond and turquoise drop earrings.Carlos Alvarez - Getty Images

The Miguel de Cervantes Prize is considered the most prestigious literary award in the Spanish-speaking world, and on par with the Nobel Prize for Literature. Established in 1974, it is awarded annually to authors for their lifetime body of work in the Spanish language. The ceremony is held each year on April 23, the anniversary of Cervantes’ death, in Alcalá de Henares, the city where he was born in 1547. Having lived to the age of 68 in 1616, Cervantes is widely regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time in the Spanish language and one of the world’s pre-eminent novelists, best known for his 1605 epic Don Quixote.

The prize, awarded by Spain’s Ministry of Culture and carrying a cash award of 125,000 euros ($146,158), was presented to Mexican writer and academic Gonzalo Celorio in recognition of what the jury described as more than five decades of work combining “critical lucidity with a narrative sensitivity that explores the nuances of identity, emotional development, and loss. His work is simultaneously a record of modern Mexico and a mirror of the human condition.”

The King and Queen with Mexican author Gonzalo Celorio (center) after receiving the award.Carlos Alvarez - Getty Images

The prize, first awarded in 1976 to Spanish poet Jorge Guillén, has now been given to 51 authors to date. Celorio is the seventh Mexican writer to receive the Cervantes Prize, following the likes of The Labyrinth of Solitude author Octavio Paz in 1981 and journalist Elena Poniatowska in 2013.

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