Leonor, involuntary protagonist in her Welsh boarding school

Back to school for Leonor de Borbón after the summer holidays. All students have already arrived at the facilities of UWC Atlantic College, ready to start a new course. In the case of the princess, it will be the 2nd year of the baccalaureate, a decisive year in her academic curriculum and in which her role changes as she goes from advisor to advisor, that is, another degree of experience in the center that serves her as a kind of hostess for the freshmen boys and girls. The Welsh boarding school has shared on its social networks how the landing of the youngsters went and we all took a good look at the eldest daughter of the kings of Spain.

Don’t bother letting your eyes search for it, for it isn’t there. Despite the number of students present in the videos shared by the UWC, there is no trace of the Spanish princess. Of course this is no coincidence, but by a pronounced strategy in the treatment of the image of Leonor, either at the request of Felipe and Letizia or according to the protocol of the center. The shared videos show the enormous happiness of the freshmen, received by the sophomores, but where the future queen does not intervene.

“It’s an exciting day here at @uwcatlantic. As we celebrate and welcome freshmen with cheers, music and the sound of pots and pans! Each new student shares their name, nationality and which dorm they belong to before being taken to their accommodation with the help of a sophomore to settle in.. The castle vibrates with a sense of unity and connection,” they write. It is clear that the princess has exercised her role as an adviser, but it has not been made public. It should be noted that the change of roles is part of an initiative by the boarding school itself to encourage interaction between newcomers and older students, who explain to their new classmates what their everyday life at school will be like. Leonor already has a lot of experience with this.

It is not surprising that this is the case, as the UWC has maintained absolute secrecy around her since the beginning of her career in Wales and has not made her a participant in the content on social networks or on her official website, as if she were a of the more student. will try This sick leave makes him the involuntary protagonist of the new UWC post. As we all worked hard to find it, it has become clear that the dominant trend will remain that of the first year, a difficult mystery to solve.

In any case, Leonor will remain at the boarding school until October. It will be at the end when she returns to Spain to celebrate her 17th birthday with her family, on 31. And not only for that, but to be the undisputed protagonist of the next edition of the Princess of Asturias Awards. It’s an appointment marked in red on the royal family’s calendar and this year they had to be postponed in time to adapt to the princess’s calendar. From Zarzuela it is very clear that priority will always be given to the studies of his eldest daughter.

If all goes well, Leonor will complete her Baccalaureate in June next year and will return to our country after graduation, but now permanently. After the summer of 2023, important events will take place. The most prominent will be his coming of age, where he will swear his position in a solemn institutional act marked by the dissolution of the Cortes Generales following the end of the current government’s tenure.

His military training will also begin in the fall, which we have recently learned will follow the same path as his father, King Felipe. Leonor will begin to learn to be captain general of all armies before tomorrow. This one will have several stops. Air in San Javier (Murcia); the Land one, in Zaragoza, and the Marine one, in Marín (Pontevedra). This allows her to become a sailor, the Bourbon midshipman, of the training ship Elcano.