Spain

Princess Leonor returns to Spain as future queen starts the last leg of naval training

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3rd July 2025
The future queen of Spain arrived back in the country following three weeks of training aboard the Blas de Lezo frigate. Princess Leonor now begins the final leg of naval training with her shipmates. Having disembarked from Spanish waters in mid-January for six months of practical training aboard the naval training ship Juan Sebastián de Elcano, Princess Leonor sailed the seas and stopped at…
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Spain

This royal is reaching a milestone birthday but keeping the celebrations very low key

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29th April 2025
She’s second in line to the throne of Spain but this royal teenager is keeping a big birthday very low key. Infanta Sofia of Spain, younger of the two daughters of King Felipe and Queen Letizia, turns 18 on April 29 but there are no big glitzy celebrations planned for her. Casa de S.M. el Rey Instead, a series of photos have been released of Sofia as she reaches this…
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Princess Leonor sets sail on next part of military training

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9th January 2025
There’s a future queen heading out to sea! On Wednesday, Princess Leonor, the future queen of Spain, set sail aboard the naval training ship Juan Sebastián de Elcano for several months of practical training. Midshipman Leonor attended a special ceremony at the Port of Cádiz in which it was announced over the loudspeakers that “Her Royal Highness the Princess of Asturias on board.”…
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Princesses on parade: why future queens of Europe on military training has become big news

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30th October 2024
Europe’s future queens are taking a different path to their thrones in the twenty first century with more and more female heirs carrying out the military training that was historically only given to their brothers. Leonor, Princess of Asturias, is in the midst of her military training and has perhaps had the highest profile of all future queens in this role . She is in her second year…
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