Queen Victoria was known as the “Grandmother of Europe” after her nine children married into various European monarchies, but many royal fans might now know that the Spanish royal family is connected to the legendary English queen. One of Victoria’s granddaughters, Queen Victoria Eugenie—nicknamed Ena—married King Alfonso XIII of Spain in 1906. Although she lived an unhappy life with the Spanish king, one of his gifts still lives on through the monarchy’s current queen, Letizia.
Queen Letizia wore two of Queen Ena’s most impressive pieces of jewelry on May 4, wearing a massive diamond necklace and matching earrings to an event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the El Pais newspaper.
