The Telegraph goes as far as to say that "they made the steps leading to Madrid's Zarzuela Palace resemble a catwalk." Carla Bruni and the Princess wore similar dresses (Bruni's was blue, and the Princess' magenta), but while Bruni stayed with her modest black Louboutin heels, Princess Letizia donned a pair of sky-high platform heels in a shade of lavender. So who eclipsed the other in terms of fashion-forwardness? The Grazia says the Princess (and not just because she gets the better title) for her bold choice of a snug bandage dress "knowing she's about to meet a supermodel." Luckily enough for Princess Letizia, her husband towers over her at six foot four inches, so she won't have to worry about trading down for flats Bruni's husband, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, was in town (and by "town," I mean "Madrid.") for two days of talks with the Spanish royal family. The couple met King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia at Madrid's Zarzuela Palace. They were honored with a military parade and later lunched at the Pardo palace, the traditional home-away-from-home for traveling dignitaries when visiting the capital of Spain.

Reports say that 'highly intimate' pictures of Bruni with her ex-lover and philosopher Raphael Enthoven. Thieves reportedly broke into the flat of Enthoven's brother and stole the prints and videos from the flat. However, Bruni's approval ratings skyrocketed when nude photos of her were leaked, so this new development may not be as harmful as the thieves intend it to be.