There is no doubt that the Queen creates a trend. After announcing this Monday that, due to an injury to her right foot, she will appear at all official events wearing sports shoes, this Tuesday, the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, not to be outdone, appeared at the ceremony for the children’s and youth literature awards, El Barco de Vapor and Gran Angular, also wearing sneakers. Both have also agreed on the choice of a suit, white in the case of the Queen and sky blue, for the president.
The event took place at the Real Casa de Correos, a building located in Puerta del Sol, Madrid, which is the headquarters of the Community. In addition to the Queen and the Madrid president, the Minister of Education and Vocational Training also attended the event. Pilar Alegría, who, unlike the previous two, has opted for a more conventional set of a makeup-colored flared skirt, white blouse and matching high heels.
If on Monday, the Queen wore a pair of sneakers from the Spanish brand Mu The Brand, this Tuesday, to attend the literary awards, she debuted another pair this time from the British brand Vivobarefoot. The white suit, of which she has several versions, was also brand new and belongs to the collection that Victoria Beckham has designed for Mango.
The event, which the Queen has attended since her days as a princess, has been convened to present the 46th edition of the El Barco de Vapor and Gran Angular awards for the best children’s and youth literature book. The first award went to Pedro Caldas for “The Legend of the Samurai and the Blue Butterfly” and to David Lozano for “Intruder”. Both awards are worth 35,000 euros each, the largest amount in the Spanish-speaking world in their categories.
In her words, the Queen has highlighted the “slow and hopeful gesture” of the winners when they “sit down, pick up a book, start reading and turn off the screens for a while to turn on the mind.” He also remembered Luis Mateo Díaz, the brand new Cervantes Prize winner, citing his warning of the ability to absorb the attention that social networks exert on adolescents and celebrated that “a group of adults” had gathered to “celebrate children’s reading.” and young people”
