
I like the unexpected grey and mint colour combination and thought the grey headpiece tied in well with Margarita’s sapphire earrings and necklace. This headpiece consisted of a side silk bow and a cloud of net tulle which framed the Infanta’s face. King Juan Carlos’ other sister, Infanta Margarita topped her mint green dress and jacket with a pale grey fascinator. I assume Infanta Pilar’s other two daughter-in-laws, Bárbara Cano and Mónica Martín Luque also attended this wedding- can anyone help source photos of them at this event? Laura, a model, was probably used to such high fashion looks but the hat was a little macabre for my taste. The textured hat was trimmed with a giant black feather, a spray of ecru feathers and flowers at the back, and an open weave veil which tightly enclosed her face. Laura Ponte, who would marry Infanta Pilar’s son Beltran in September 2004, wore a dramatic black vertical saucer hat. Her hat, a chartreuse straw oversize fedora with wide brim and large feather spine decoration, certainly made a statement. Pilar’s daughter, Simoneta Gómez Acebo, wore a lime green ensemble that seems best left in the past. It’s not a hat for the faint of heart (which makes me love it) but I still have a hard time seeing it paired with Pilar’s very traditional floral coat. The hat was trimmed with a large mass of feathers on the side. Pilar wore a dramatic magenta straw hat with tall crown and upturned lattice brim that came to a sharp point. King Juan Carlos arrived at Almudena Cathedral with his sister, Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz.

As one might expect, members of the extended Spanish royal family were in attendance for the wedding of the then Prince of Asturias and Letizia Ortiz Rocasalano.
