The Princess of Asturias has gone for plastic surgery - to correct a breathing problem in her nose, the Royal Palace announced on Friday.
Princess Letizia went for the surgery shortly after returning from the Beijing Olympics.
The septorhinoplasty she had - an operation to straighten the cartilage and bone that separates the nose into two sides - was carried out by palace medical staff to fix a deviated septum.
Patients with a deviated septum - the wall between the left and right sides of the nose - find that one side of their nose is wider than normal and one is narrower.
The consequences of a deviated septum can range from a mild impact on breathing to a complete lack of function of one or both nostrils.
Even with little or no breathing disturbances, a deviated septum can make the exterior bridge of the nose look crooked.
Princess Letizia's first public appearance following the surgery was when she and her husband, Crown Prince Felipe, visited a Madrid hospital to meet with the survivors of the Spanair plane crash.
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