6 JULY 2005

While she's camouflaged her growing figure until now, it looks like Crown Princess Letizia's burgeoning bump is too much to disguise as she enjoys the fifth month of her pregnancy.

Wearing a soft pink dress and striped summer jacket, a curvier Letizia accompanied her husband, Crown Prince Felipe, during a visit to the Spanish city of Ciudad Real.

The princess seemed particularly interested in speaking with one local politician who recently welcomed a baby of her own. The royal mum-to-be congratulated the town councillor on the new arrival and was also curious about how her first days of motherhood had been.

Felipe and Letizia announced their expectant status in early May, just two weeks before their first wedding anniversary, revealing the new addition to the family would arrive this November.