Queen Letizia of Spain popped to the market on day three of her visit to Honduras and El Salvador but Felipe doesn't need to worry. She wasn't gathering the ingredients for a new attempt on a recipe from another cook book. She was hearing about more co-operation projects involving Spain as her visit brought her to Suchitoto in El Salvador.
Letizia does lunch - the Queen of Spain hears about local produce from a woman at the market in Suchitoto
(photo casareal.es)
The trip to the market gave the queen a chance to see lots of different local produce and to meet many of those who rely on it for their living. There was also time for a visit to Santa Lucia's Church and the local town hall. But it was the time at the market stalls that got the most attention - not only was the queen hearing all about Spanish co-operation work, she was also providing some perfect royal photos. After all, who doesn't love a royal talking vegetables, bread and milk?
The day continued with a tour of projects set up by women to help women. Some of this work is focused on helping those affected by violence while other programmes help women overcome economic difficulties and inequalities.
The queen spent her afternoon in Jiquilisco where one of the issues she was told about was the high incidence of kidney problems in El Salvador and the work going on to treat and research them - just a a few years ago, this kind of kidney problem was said to be the third highest cause of death among adults in the country. And Letizia also visited a water and sanitation project which helps around 3,000 people.
Which all means that Letizia's first big solo overseas tour as queen is all but at an end. After another morning of engagements in El Salvador she will head back to Spain with a bit of a success under her belt. And Felipe can breathe a sigh of relief - there were no vegetables in the queen's (rather large) handbag as she left her day at the market.
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