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Sisterly love! Spain's future queen's bond with her only sibling

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28th October 2023
The heir to the Spanish throne is turning 18, a milestone birthday as it marks the reaching of adulthood according to Spanish law. Over the past few years, ever since King Felipe took the throne, Leonor’s agenda has been progressively increasing, both in volume and in the importance of the engagements undertaken. All of this has happened with a select few steady figures by her…
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Birth of a princess: The arrival of Leonor

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28th October 2023
Princess Leonor was born in the early hours of 31 October 2005, the first child of then-Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia. Unusually for the time—though not out of place in today’s tech-savvy world—her birth was announced to the press via SMS messaging. She was the…
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A prize for Hollywood royalty from Spain's future queen

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21st October 2023
In a big family reunion, the Spanish royals presided over the traditional Princess of Asturias Awards ceremony, which this year also saw the presence of Hollywood royalty. And so, under a slight drizzle, King Felipe, Queen Letizia, Queen Sofía, Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía arrived at the Campoamor Theatre in Oviedo, the capital of Asturias. It was a,day full of…
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All eyes on Princess Leonor as milestone birthday approaches

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6th October 2023
October will be a busy month for Spain’s future queen. Amid her military training, the Princess of Asturias will celebrate her 18th birthday with a host of ceremonial and constitutional events to mark the occasion. Princess Leonor, who turns 18 on 31 October, will swear an oath to the Spanish Constitution on her birthdate in a ceremony before the Cortes Generales involving both the Congress…
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The heir to the throne of Spain reaches big milestone in military training

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20th September 2023
Princess Leonor was beaming as she received the sword that symbolises her official title of Dama Cadete (Dame Cadet), in the first important milestone of her military training. The Princess of Asturias was among the 613 new recruits who, on 19th September 2023, received their official titles of Cadets, and the ceremonial swords that come with that, from the hands of their peers in the…
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