Something is moving in the Royal House between Leonor and Felipe. The eldest daughter, the heir, the pride of Zarzuela, the one who has to save the image of the monarchy, sends the first sign of discord, of personality and of marking her own path. It’s the first effect of being an adult woman. Leonor is the only person over 18 years of age in Spain who, for example, is prohibited from voting. A ridiculous European who this Sunday saw how the princess Elizabeth of Belgium He was voting in the European elections while Leonor was in the canteen of a military barracks passing the time. This is the image that Zarzuela wants to offer for the future queen. A total disaster. Coinciding with this disastrous episode, a digital close to the Crown, The digital Confidential, has published an exclusive based on sources close to Zarzuela: Leonor is tired of following the path set by her father and has made a decision about her training and her destiny that goes against the criteria of Zarzuela and the Government. In this, Leonor feels closer to Letizia than to Felipe.
When Leonor turned 18, Letizia disappeared from the decision-making bodies of the princess’s future. From that moment on, it was the officials of Casa Real and the Government of Pedro Sánchez who took the helm. They were taken three decisions essentials about Leonor’s training: two years studying Baccalaureate at an elite boarding school abroad, in Welsh, to keep the teenager away from the Spanish press. Two years where the princess was able to do and undo without a single photo or information being published. Not even the exam grades have been published. Total secrecy. Second decision, the most controversial and one that was resisted by Letizia: sending Leonor to do military training. Her mother would have preferred a more symbolic training, spending a few days with soldiers, but her father, under pressure from the Army leadership, forced her daughter to spend three whole years in the three armies: Land, Sea and Air, and living in Zaragoza, Pontevedra and Murcia, far from the university environments that I would now have to attend. It is at this moment that Leonor has said enough and that she rebels against the third phase: entering the University in 2026.
Zarzuela and the Government have decided what college career Leonor has to attend. It is the first major adult decision a person makes in their entire life. Evidently, They have not had the opinion of the princess and they decided that Leonor will study Law like her father, and like most politicians and deputies. Four years studying law plus a specialization master’s degree is very hard if it is not your will or your vocation. And Leonor, in Zaragoza, running at 6 in the morning carrying the assault rifle, has said that she plans to study whatever she wants. According to the aforementioned digital, Leonor has decided to oppose Zarzuela and study an engineering. It is a very important decision for two reasons: because it is the first that Leonor makes for herself, disobeying the designs she receives, and because of the desire to mark her own reign, more feminine, empowering, and based on science and not on hierarchy. . A 10 for the princess.
These two teenagers in the photo are the ones who will decide what will happen to the monarchy. And they have already started doing it. Leonor stays in the Army until the summer of 2026. Then, when she leaves flying planes in Murcia, she will take the plunge and announce that she will study the university degree she wants. The princess will meet 21 years and Leonor’s reign will truly begin.
