Carla Bruni Sarkozy meets her fashion match in Spain's Princess Letizia

The Telegraph UK ^ | April 282009 | Hilary Alexander and Fiona Govan in Madrid

[Cincinna]

For once, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy had to share the limelight on a state visit to Spain on Monday. She met her match in Princess Letizia, the wife of Spain's Crown Prince Felipe.

They made the steps leading to Madrid's Zarzuela Palace resemble a catwalk as Mrs Bruni-Sarkozy and her husband, the French President Nicolas Sarkozy, arrived for two days of talks. Both women wore similar fitted dresses; France's first lady in cobalt blue Christian Dior and Princess Letizia in plum by one of her favourite Spanish designers, Felipe Varela.

But while Mrs Bruni-Sarkozy opted for modest kitten heels by the London-based French celebrity cobbler Christian Louboutin, the princess, a former newsreader, accessorised with lilac platform-soledextreme high heels, a shoe passion she can well afford to indulge given her husband is at least six inches taller than she is.

Mrs Bruni-Sarkozy and her husband were greeted by King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia and honoured with a military parade before attending a luncheon at the Pardo palace, where visiting dignitaries traditionally stay.

[PugetSoundSoldier]

And we had to get stuck with Michelle... Sigh...

[exist]

Carla > The other chick

[Cincinna]

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Chapeau to Bruin Bird Man for the heads up.

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The battle of the First Ladies has been joined. For her fashion sense and natural beauty, I give the first three rounds to Carla. Letitia is very attractive, but has had way too much plastic surgery. Both ladies have much in common. They were both top models before their marriage to powerful men. Carla was ( alas!) a pop singer, and Letizia was a TV news presenter. Letitia does get points, however, for having a beautiful family, with two adorable little girls.

Spanish Royal Dinner for the State Visit of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni at the Royal Palace in Madrid

L-R QUEEN SOFIA, CARLA & NICOLAS SARKOZY, KING JUAN CARLOS, PRINCE & PRINCESS DES ASTURIES

CARLA AND LETIZIA

LETIZIA OR CARLA? OK GUYS, POST AWAY

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[freekitty]

The Princess is really pretty.

[freekitty]

LOL Aunt Esther strikes again.

[Cincinna]

This one won’t be winning any beauty contests in the near future. No matter how much money they spend on her, she will always be Aunt Esther.

[Kickass Conservative]

There ain’t enough Viagra on Planet Earth to stand up to that.

[21twelve]

Wow! Both are very pretty. I like Carla’s face a bit more - something “impish” and cute about it.

[maggief]

[MaxMax]

How could you even think of such a thing. /shudder

[21twelve]

First time I saw that photoshop I figured her legs were photoshopped too. Nope! Those legs are HERS! Of course that would make sense - they match her arms.

[KLT]

Oh now that’s attractive...Very nice pic of Michelle Nobama...bet she’s a nice person...NOT

[iowamark]

The prince is a tall one, isn’t he? Stands out in a crowd.

[MissDairyGoodnessVT]

no fashion faux-pas here is there ?these ladies know how to dress and this certainly excludes the present FLOTUS for the naive,immature and juvenile taste in fashion she exhibited during her lord and master’s charm tour.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Is Carla pregnant?

She has looked a little pale and under the weather in the last month of pics I’ve seen, like she is nauseated and trying to make it through an event.

She has a bit of a tummy in these pics but nothing pronounced.

[Electric Graffiti]

The camera man definitely caught the right shot of the 2 going up the stairs. The little vixens....

[Enterprise]

I didn’t know Chewbacca had a wife!

[Proud_USA_Republican]

When you do a photo history of Bruni, you can tell she’s had massive cheek implants and a new chin shaped as well.
Mike Savage was in the zone this week when he was touching on how the the libs & MSM are all ga-ga over Obama’s abs and how america should be more concerned with whats between his ears.