she arrived in a flurry of cream silk and tipped a wink to the royals as her car pulled up on horse guards parade today, angélica rivera was back in a cream ensemble as she said her farewells to the queen and the duke of edinburgh at buckingham palace this morning the moment came at the end of the three day state visit from mexican president enrique peña nieto and his glamorous wife, with the couple set to spend the afternoon in aberdeen before flying home tonight scroll down for video  on their way: the queen emerges from buckingham palace with president enrique peña nieto  president peña nieto, 48, and ms rivera, 45, began the visit with a ceremonial welcome on horse guards parade there, they were treated to a 42 gun royal salute and a traditional procession along the mall, with the queen travelling with president peña nieto in the diamond jubilee state coach behind them came the duke of edinburgh and ms rivera who chatted happily as they waved at the crowds from their seats in the australian state coach ms rivera, a former soap star, was then squired on a tour of the royal collection by a clearly charmed duke of edinburgh, with the pair seen deep in conversation as they inspected a saddle presented to prince philip during a visit to mexico in 1975 royal party: behind them were the duke of edinburgh and peña nieto's wife, angélica rivera  glamorous: the mexican first lady was chic in cream, while the queen wore a stunning ivory suit  genial: the couple had clearly enjoyed their visit and were all smiles as they made their farewells  and they're off: the queen and prince philip waved their guests off from the steps of buckingham palace  later, she drew all eyes as she arrived for the traditional state dinner in a spectacular crimson dress that made her look almost as regal as the queen herself ms rivera's whirlwind tour also included a solo visit to the set of downton abbey alongside the countess of wessex yesterday, and a dinner at london's guildhall meanwhile, her husband spent much of yesterday locked in talks, with nick clegg visiting the president at buckingham palace in the morning and ed miliband following in the afternoon in between meetings, president peña nieto travelled to downing street for a meeting with the prime minister, during which the issue of human rights was raised but the mexican leader was back at his wife's side for last night's dinner at the london guildhall, where they were joined by prince richard, duke of gloucester, and his wife birgitte sparkling: last night saw ms rivera dazzle in diamonds for a banquet at london's guildhall  chic: the mexican first lady opted for a glamorous floor length black gown for the event  warm welcome: ms rivera and the lord mayor's wife, gilly yarrow, were presented with posies  eye catching: for tuesday's state dinner, ms rivera opted for a stunning crimson gown  convivial: president peña nieto was seated next to the queen, who wore the russian kokoshnik tiara  cheers! the british and mexican heads of state clinked champagne glasses during the dinner  spectacular: the state dinner menu featured noisettes of windsor estate lamb and poached dover sole  on arrival, the couple were welcomed with a  royal salute fired from the cannons at the tower of london during which a total of 62 shots were fired   the basic 21 gun royal salute, plus another 20 because the tower is a royal palace and a further 21 for the city of london the mexican national anthem was then played and president peña nieto was invited to inspect a guard of honour before making his way inside at the end of the banquet, both president peña nieto and lord mayor yarrow made speeches   in president peña nieto's case, for the second night in a row the mexican couple, who are currently in aberdeen meeting with the secretary of state for scotland, alastair carmichael mp, will spend the afternoon touring the robert gordon university during the visit, they will be introduced to academics and be shown a demonstration of the drilling and advanced rig training simulator this evening, they will be formally bid farewell by viscount brookeborough, lord in waiting to the queen before boarding a flight back to mexico busy schedule: ms rivera spent yesterday with sophie wessex on the set of downton abbey  high powered: meanwhile, president peña nieto was engaging in talks with david cameron at no10  warm: ms rivera was given a tour of the royal collection by the duke of edinburgh  personalised: the duke showed ms rivera a western saddle given to him during a tour of mexico in 1975  wink: ms rivera made headlines for the wink she tipped at the royals as she pulled up on horse guards  all smiles: she spent the ceremonial welcome standing beside the queen  hobnobbing: the visit also included a meeting with the duchess of cornwall and prince charles  ceremony: peña nieto travelled to buckingham palace with the queen in the diamond jubilee state coach 
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angélica rivera was glamorous in a cream ensemble for the farewell  the queen, who hosted the visit, was elegant in a delicate ivory suit  mexico's enrique peña nieto was also waved off by prince philip  only two state visits such as this week's are hosted by the queen a year 