Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano Photos: See Spanish Queen Before She Was A Princess!

Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano may be the Queen of Spain today, but years ago when she was a student and lived in Guadalajara, Mexico, she had to work hard in order to become a renowned journalist. Letizia Ortiz studied journalism at the Complutense University of Madrid before beginning graduate studies in Guadalajara, where she was an assistant at a cigar shop. It took a few years before Rocasolano married into royalty.

According images released by the Daily Mail, in an article entitled "The Cigarette Girl Who Became a Queen: Pictures Reveal Spanish Royal Letizia Selling Tobacco When She Was a Student at Mexican University," the now wife of Philip VI worked providing information on a brand of cigarettes in order to earn extra money. Letizia and then returned to work for television in SPain at CNN + and TVE.

It was while working for TVE that she met Philip, who proposed in 2003 and married Rocasolano in 2004. When King Juan Carlos I abdicated the throne lat week, Letizia became Queen of Spain. "We have a great country, we are a great nation -- let us trust in it,” said King Philip at the coronation ceremony. The proclamation and reception possessed more of a military-style quality, while no foreign leaders were invited,