Queen Letizia Appoints A Woman To Head The Queen's Secretariat
Posted by karenl on April 11, 2024, 12:15 am
"Queen Letizia of Spain has made history after hiring a female secretary for the first time.
The European monarch, 51, and her husband King Felipe, 56, have appointed María Dolores Ocaña Madrid to the important position, breaking tradition in the royal household.
María, a state lawyer, will take over the position as Letizia's right-hand woman from April 30.
It means that a woman will be at the Head of the Queen's Secretariat for the first time in history, sending a message of modernity from the Spanish royal household.
María has previously been pictured with the monarch at the Inauguration of the World Healthy Food Centre in Valencia in 2019, demonstrating that the two clearly have a long-term and close bond"