The Infanta Sofia celebrates his 17th birthday today. From a very young age we saw in her an overwhelming personality but always combined with the most shy and introverted part of her. This has always led him to monopolize all her attention. Charismatic and self-confident, Infanta Sofía is very Bourbon. Now she is almost an adult – next year she will celebrate her coming of age – but since she was very little we saw her responsibility in her, always being very clear about her rightful place, maintaining her position as an infanta, and wasting a lot style (much more daring and less classic than that of its older sister).
Infanta Sofía is getting older. One step away from her older sister, Princess Leonor (18 years old), the youngest daughter of the Kings of Spain captivates in each of her appearances. She is the soccer infanta, the one who shares a name with her maternal grandmother and almost the tallest in the Royal Family. She turned 17 on April 29 in a different and very special way, and he will spend this day in Wales with his classmates from the UWC Atlantic College boarding school, where he is studying his first year of Baccalaureate.
For the first time, Infanta Sofía will celebrate her birthday away from her parents, Felipe and Letizia, her grandmothers Sofía and Paloma Rocasolano and above all from her sister Leonor. The Princess of Asturias and her sister are very close, they always have been, and although they are very much enjoying this new stage in their lives – Leonor in Zaragoza and Sofía in Wales – there are too many kilometers that separate them. Even so, it is likely that the sisters will talk or make a video call to congratulate Sofía on her birthday. This weekend she was able to take advantage to celebrate with his new colleagues, and the infanta is more than integrated and does not miss any plans. There, just like what happened to her older sister, she has come together and found a second ‘family’.
Infanta Sofía and her sister Leonor.
Infanta Sofía, Queen Letizia’s right eye
Infanta Sofía is the right eye of her mother Letizia. If Leonor is very close to her father, King Felipe VI, and both are in great harmony due to the almost identical experiences that they have had to live as heirs to the throne, Sofía and Letizia have always exuded complicity. Both are very clear about her place, but the Queen has always been very aware that she wanted the minimum distinctions between her daughters. Her gestures, looks and ways of communicating in public leave no room for doubt. Letizia and Sofía are close together.
A new exciting stage begins in the life of Infanta Sofía. She turns 17 and it is the year in which she also starts her solo agenda. The youngest daughter of Kings Felipe and Letizia will preside over a National Heritage photography contest, it will be the first time that she has taken charge of an event of the Royal Family without the support of their parents, a huge step as Infanta of Spain. But not only that, she also faces a key year at a training level. She still has to finish this quarter of her Baccalaureate studies and face the second year, but in these months she will have to begin to shape the next stage in her studies and training.
This step forward in their institutional role ends with comments that the Kings had opted for a low profile for their little daughter. Without further ado, now the young woman is focused on this important stage of her training and making the most of the two years she will live at the prestigious boarding school in the United Kingdom.
Queen Letizia has always been very protective of her daughters. Her desire has always been for them to grow up as naturally as possible, but at the same time to turn them into women prepared for the future that has been written for them since the day they were born. This has been a real challenge that little by little is slipping out of her hands and Leonor and Sofía are no longer children. Queen Letizia will not be able to spend the day of her 17th birthday with her daughter Sofía, although her agenda is completely empty this Monday. Will she plan to make a quick trip to Wales to see her? King Felipe VI, for his part, does have an act This Monday, April 29, he will visit the Center of Excellence against Improvised Explosive Devices in Hoyo de Manzanares, so he will not leave Madrid.
