Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano (September 15, 1972) is Queen of Spain as the wife of King Felipe VI. She came from a middle-class family and worked as a journalist for ABC and EFE before becoming a news anchor at CNN+ and Televisión Española. In 2004, she married Felipe, then Prince of Asturias and heir apparent to the Spanish throne. They have two daughters, Leonor and Sofía, born in 2005 and 2007 respectively. As Princess of Asturias, Letizia represented her father-in-law, King Juan Carlos, in Spain and abroad. On her father-in-law's abdication in June 2014, Felipe and Letizia became king and queen. Before becoming a part of the Spanish Royal Family, Letizia had an incredibly successful career as a journalist. She worked for the news network CNN. In 2000, she moved to TVE, where she started working for the news channel 24 Horas. In 2002, she anchored the weekly news report programme Informe Semanal and later the daily morning news programme Telediario Matinal on TVE 1. In September 2001, she broadcast live from Ground Zero following the 9/11 attacks in New York and in 2003, she filed reports from Iraq following the war. On November 1, 2003, to the surprise of many, the Royal Household announced Letizia's engagement to Felipe, then Prince of Asturias. She is not only the first Spanish queen to have been born as a commoner, but also a royal style icon who is considered as one of the most stylish royals of our time.

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