Queen Letizia of Spain balanced her love of fashion with her need for warmth in a glamorous black coat and grey suit for a journalism seminar in La Rioja today. The Spanish queen, 52, arrived at Yuso Monastery in San Millán de la Cogolla for the closing ceremony of the 17th International Seminar on Journalism and Language as temperatures teetered around freezing.
![[Adding a touch of glitz to her ensemble, the royal sported a pair of gold earrings in the shape of flower blossoms and finished off her look with a smattering of glamorous makeup, while leaving her hair down]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/13/93230977-14201429-Adding_a_touch_of_glitz_to_her_ensemble_the_royal_sported_a_pair-m-16_1734442580059.jpg)
To combat the cold, the royal mother-of-two donned a knee-length black coat which was cinched in at the waist with a matching belt. Dressed in wide-legged grey trousers and practical block heels, former journalist Letizia was prepared to ward off the chilly winter temperatures.
![[The kind-hearted queen took the time to speak to a group of children lingering outside the monastery before heading inside to preside over the closing ceremony]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/13/93230949-14201429-The_kind_hearted_queen_took_the_time_to_speak_to_a_group_of_chil-m-5_1734442326265.jpg)
Her effortlessly glamorous outfit was completed with a fashionable handbag worth around £1,200 from luxury brand Caroline Herrera. Adding a touch of glitz to her ensemble, the royal sported a pair of gold earrings in the shape of flower blossoms and finished off her look with a smattering of glamorous makeup, while leaving her hair down.
![[To combat the cold, the royal mother-of-two donned a knee-length black coat which was cinched in at the waist with a matching belt]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/13/93230963-14201429-image-a-7_1734442409885.jpg)
The kind-hearted queen took the time to speak to a group of children lingering outside the monastery before heading inside to preside over the closing ceremony. Organised by San Millán de la Cogolla and the FundéuRAE, journalists from across the world gathered in La Rioja to discuss the challenges that war correspondents face and how the digital age has changed reporting on conflict.
![[Her effortlessly glamorous outfit was completed with a fashionable handbag from luxury brand Caroline Herrera]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/13/93230973-14201429-image-a-18_1734442972520.jpg)
